Raipur. Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for including 78 more schools of Chhattisgarh in the PM Shri scheme to develop them as model schools. He said that 263 PM Shri schools were approved in the state, with the new approval this number has now increased to 341. Chief Minister Sai has said that it is a matter of joy that Prime Minister Modi has pledged to make India developed by the year 2047 and is constantly taking new decisions in this direction. The effort to improve the educational infrastructure and level of education through the PM Shri scheme will definitely play an important role in building a developed India.
Chief Minister Sai said that these schools included in the PM Shri scheme will have excellent science laboratories, libraries, vocational labs under the National Education Policy 2020, which will take Chhattisgarh to new heights in the field of education. He has also expressed his gratitude to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for this important decision in the field of education.
It is worth noting that under the PM Shri scheme, the Government of India has approved 211 schools in the first phase, 52 in the third phase and 78 in the fourth phase. All the 78 schools included in the fourth phase are from class 1st to 12th. In the first phase, the schools approved under the PM Shri scheme have been upgraded, while the schools approved in the third phase are being upgraded. Facilities like smart classrooms, state-of-the-art labs for science and mathematics, sports facilities, and digital libraries are being developed in these schools.
It is worth mentioning here that the PM Shri scheme was launched in the state of Chhattisgarh on 19 February 2024 by Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. On this occasion, he praised the efforts being made by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai regarding the quality of education in the state. Under PM Shri, there is a plan to develop it as a model school by spending Rs 2-2 crore per school. In accordance with the National Education Policy 2020, the target is to develop schools as model schools under the PM Shri scheme.