New Delhi: The government's move to set up
2,500 Model Schools in Public-Private-Partnership mode has
been opposed by a Parliamentary panel which wants such
institutions under public sector.
Parliament's Standing Committee on HRD has said it does
not agree with the proposal for setting up of model schools in
PPP mode.
"The Committee does not agree with the proposal to set up
model schools particularly through the PPP mode. The Committee
is in favour of setting up these schools under the government
support and control," the committee said in its report.
The government has decided to set up 6,000 model schools
under the 11th Plan period. Of these, about 3,500 would come
up under government sector, and 2,500 in PPP mode. The process
of evolving suitable a PPP model for starting these schools is
already underway.
The government has conveyed to the Parliamentary committee
that the rationale behind setting up of some of the model
schools in PPP mode was to supplement the efforts of the
government sector.
The PPP mode will enable philanthropic bodies or trusts to
meaningfully contribute to the government's efforts to provide
quality schooling to rural children, the Committee was
informed.
-PTI
First Published: Friday, November 27, 2009, 15:03