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.
