New Delhi: Putting primary eduction
programme on a fast track, the government Tuesday decided to set
up 6,000 model schools, including 2,500 under the public-
private-partnership (PPP) mode, before the start of the
next academic session.
"There is a programme for setting up 6,000 model schools
in the country -- 3,500 on a 100 percent government basis and
2,500 on a PPP mode. Both the ministry (Human Resource
Development) and we have been looking at how this can
be done," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh
Ahluwalia told reporters after a meeting with the HRD Minister
Kapil Sibal.
"In the next four weeks we will have a model ready to be
adopted by us. In three weeks time there will be a
presentation here in the Planning Commission after that model
is somewhat ready and we will move ahead and make sure that
this is done for the next academic year," HRD Minister Kapil
Sibal said.
The HRD Ministry, Sibal said, will build 2,500 model
schools, which will be better than the Kendriya Vidyalayas,
while the remaining 3,500 will be set up by the government.
As regards the PPP model, Sibal said, "The nitty gritty
of this will have to be worked out. We are going to have the
private sector coming... we will have FICCI (Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries) and other people
participating in the process."
Bureau Report
