Govt to set up 6,000 high quality model schools
Government has decided to set up 6,000 high quality model schools at the block level under a new scheme, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Government has decided to set up 6,000 high quality model schools at the block level under a new scheme, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Minister of State for Human Resource Development M A A Fatmi informed the House that some of these schools have been envisaged in the Public Private Partnership mode by involving non governmental organisation (NGOs), trusts and societies.
"Besides, some of the existing centrally sponsored schemes in secondary education sector, such as Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC), also provide for involvement of NGOs in their implementation," Fatmi said.
The objective of the IEDC scheme is mainstreaming education of children with special needs in normal school.
Under the scheme, assistance is provided for appointment of special teachers, removal of architectural barriers, setting up of resource rooms, provision of assisting devices, training of teachers and orientation of principals and educational administrations, the Minister informed.
To a different query, Fatmi said: "As per reports from states and Union territories the number of out of schools children in the age group of six to 14 years have come down from 5.3 per cent in 2006 to 3.8 per cent in 2007."
Minister of State for Human Resource Development M A A Fatmi informed the House that some of these schools have been envisaged in the Public Private Partnership mode by involving non governmental organisation (NGOs), trusts and societies.
"Besides, some of the existing centrally sponsored schemes in secondary education sector, such as Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC), also provide for involvement of NGOs in their implementation," Fatmi said.
The objective of the IEDC scheme is mainstreaming education of children with special needs in normal school.
Under the scheme, assistance is provided for appointment of special teachers, removal of architectural barriers, setting up of resource rooms, provision of assisting devices, training of teachers and orientation of principals and educational administrations, the Minister informed.
To a different query, Fatmi said: "As per reports from states and Union territories the number of out of schools children in the age group of six to 14 years have come down from 5.3 per cent in 2006 to 3.8 per cent in 2007."
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