Construction of 6 Rajiv Gandhi schools begins

The construction of six Rajiv Gandhi day-boarding schools has commenced in Nagrota Bagwan, Jwalamukhi, Fatehpur, Palampur and Jai Singhpur Assembly constituencies in Kangra district, along with the Bhoranj constituency in Hamirpur district.

A government spokesperson said that these schools were being constructed in a phased manner. Each school would have a capacity to accommodate at least 1,000 students from pre-primary to class XII.

“The schools will be equipped with modern facilities such as high-tech smart classrooms, sports grounds, indoor stadiums, swimming pools, etc. These schools will significantly improve the standard of government educational institutions,” said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

The Chief Minister said the state government had notified 100 government high schools, 200 government senior secondary schools, 48 government colleges and two government Sanskrit colleges as ‘Centres of Excellence’ to improve quality of education.