Govt to open 100 secondary schools under PPP model

To improve the quality of secondary education, the state government has decided to start at least 100 secondary schools on the Public-Private Partnership PPP model in the backward areas of the state.

Schools will come up in the backward areas of the state

To improve the quality of secondary education, the state government has decided to start at least 100 secondary schools on the Public-Private Partnership PPP model in the backward areas of the state.

The government has already allocated Rs 20 crore for these schools, and a six-member committee under the chairmanship of Arun Kumar Misra, Principal Secretary of Secondary Education.

The committee has been formed to appoint consultants who would look into the modalities of the project. The process of selection of consultants, however, is almost on the verge of completion.

The committee has been asked to closely study the guidelines that were issued by the Department of Infrastructure and Industry Development on June 29, 2007 regarding PPP.

The government hopes the PPP model will also bridge the gap between the number of schools in the backward areas and those in the developed areas.

8220;It is one of the priorities of the chief minister to make quality education accessible. While we are trying to make the government schools more attractive for students, the other step is to introduce PPP model for construction and running of secondary schools in backward areas,8221; said Rangnath Misra, Secondary Education Minister. Of the 15,265 secondary schools in the board exams last year, only 15 schools could attain 100 per cent pass percentage.

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Following the poor results, the government planned various initiatives like monthly calendar of tasks for teachers and principals, forming divisional-level inspection committees among a host of others. On ground zero, however, none of these initiatives improved the deplorable conditions of the school.

K M Tripathi, Director of Secondary Education, who is also part of the six-member committee, said the government usually gave aid to the aided schools in terms of teacher8217;s salary.

Rest all was in the hands of the private managers. 8220;The PPP model will lay down proper guidelines for the schools.8221;

The Directorate of Secondary Education is the nodal agency for setting up schools on the PPP model and its Principal Secretary Arun Kumar Misra is the nodal officer. 8220;The structure of these schools and the guidelines for PPP will be finalised after the appointment of the consultants, who will guide us over the project,8221; he said.

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