Approval for setting up 419 model schools in 12 states

Press Trust of India, Nov 25, 2009

New Delhi, Nov 25 (PTI) The Centre has cleared setting up of 419 model schools in 12 states across the country and meet 75 per cent of the cost to build and run them.

The Grants-in-Aid Committee (GIAC) of the government has approved setting up of these schools as part of the programme to set up 6,000 model schools across the country.

The Centre will bear 75 per cent of the capital and running expenditure in setting up these schools, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal told the Lok Sabha answering supplementaries during Question Hour.

Of the 419 schools approved by the GIAC, 105 will come up in Bihar, 74 in Karnataka, 72 Chhatisgarh, 43 in Gujarat, 33 in Madhya Pradesh and 21 in Punjab.