World Bank sanctions INR 2,460 crore to improve school education quality in Chhattisgarh school

The project will help to develop and operate about 600 model schools from Class 1 to 12 in Chhattisgarh. Read here for more details.

The financial aid will help nearly 4 million underprivileged students, a government official said on Wednesday, as reproted by Telegraph India.

Nearly 40 lakh students belonging to poor and weaker sections of society are expected to get benefit from the project named Chhattisgarh Accelerated Learning for a Knowledge Economy Operation (CHALK), the public relations department official said.

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The state government has opened Swami Atmanand English and Hindi medium Schools across the state to provide quality education to the students of underprivileged communities.

"The CHALK project has been commenced to improve access to education across all grades and to address the growing demand for science and commerce studies at the senior secondary level. Under the project, residential facilities for students and teachers will be provided for the schools in remote locations," said the official.

The funding by the World Bank aimed at providing housing, enhancing the enrollment rate of students in schools, improving the quality of education and promoting science and commerce education in secondary schools of the state.

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