According to the Education Ministry, Kendriya Vidyalaya (KVS), Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (NVS), Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya and all 29 states and union territories have signed-up for the scheme and a total of 55,564 schools have applied so far.
PM SHRI school admissions: Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI schools) Yojana has received applications from over 55,000 schools, the education ministry said. Launched on November 3, the PM SHRI scheme aims to upgrade 14,500 schools in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The ministry said these schools will be digitally equipped and pedagogy adopted in these schools will be more experiential, holistic, integrated, learner-centered.
According to the Education Ministry, Kendriya Vidyalaya (KVS), Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (NVS), Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya and all 29 states and union territories have signed-up for the scheme and a total of 55,564 schools have applied so far.
Calling it “the laboratory of NEP”, in June 2022, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced that the government is planning to set up PM SHRI schools. Subsequently, on Teacher’s Day 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially announced the PM SHRI Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) and was cleared by the cabinet on September 7.
18 lakh students are expected to be direct beneficiaries of the scheme, Pradhan said earlier. The government will select a maximum of two schools, including one elementary and one secondary or senior secondary school, in every block. The selection will be based on 60 “point-based” criteria like availability of drinking water, playground, boundary wall and more.
The Prime Minister announced that 14,500 schools across India will be developed and upgraded under the scheme. The Cabinet approved a budget of INR 27,360 crore to upgrade PM SHRI schools in five years (from 2022-27).
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