“Mission Schools of Excellence” launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar. The ‘Mission Schools of Excellence’ is an ambitious project in Gandhinagar with the goals of reforming the curriculum in Gujarat’s public schools.
Highlights of ‘Mission Schools of Excellence’
The ‘Mission Schools of Excellence’, has a budget of 10,000 crore and is partially supported by the World Bank. It was designed to improve the state’s educational infrastructure by constructing new classrooms, smart classrooms, computer labs, and other improvements. Over 5,567 crore worth of school infrastructure upgrades would be carried out during its first phase. In addition to 1.5 lakh smart classrooms, 50,000 classrooms, 20,000 computer labs, and 5,000 Atal Tinkering labs will be built as part of the project in government schools. Earlier, PM Modi had opened a school monitoring centre in Gandhinagar and urged all States to establish such cutting-edge facilities to raise the standard of instruction in classrooms.
PM Modi also emphasised that the recently launched 5G and the ‘Mission Schools of Excellence’ will take the education ecosystem of Gujarat to new heights.
“In the last two decades, almost two lakh teachers have been recruited and 1.5 lakh classrooms were built,” Modi said. He recalled his journey as a reformer after he became Chief Minister, he had gone to villages, held the hands of children and took them to schools to improve enrolment.
The Gunotsav programme was launched during his tenure through which the aptitudes, skills and abilities of students were evaluated and proper solutions were suggested to improve the quality of education in villages. He was also vocal of the ushering in of technology in government schools while pointing out that more than one crore students and 4 lakh teachers register their attendance online in the State now as the schools have been equipped with internet and smart tablets, Modi further added.
