These 80 institutes are part of the government’s goal of providing quality education to 15 lakh children studying in government schools (representative image)
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has inaugurated 80 government schools of excellence. More than 41,000 applications were received for approximately 12,000 seats
About 10,590 out of more than 41,000 applicants have so far been declared successful for admission into 12,000 seats in 80 government-run Schools of Excellence of Jharkhand, the government said. On May 2, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren inaugurated 80 Government Schools of Excellence, as part of an academic reform to provide quality English secondary education comparable to private schools.
“A total of 10,590 students were declared successful against 11,936 places available for admission to Schools of Excellence (SoEs). Of these, 7,499 have been admitted to classes one, six and nine,” a statement from the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said on Monday.
More than 41,000 applications had been received for admission to approximately 12,000 seats in 80 government-run Schools of Excellence of Jharkhand, which was 345 percent more than the total number of seats.
These 80 institutes are part of the government’s goal of providing quality education to 15 lakh children studying in government schools, which includes plans to establish 325 block-level schools and 4,091 gram panchayat model schools in the second phase.
By April, at least 10 students from Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) in Khunti district, part of a government project to reduce gender inequality in rural areas and among disadvantaged communities, had qualified in the JEE (Mains).
The online training for principals of the 80 schools was delivered in two phases by the National Center for School Leadership.
Students from these 80 schools of excellence will receive vocational training for 11 professions, the government had previously announced.
These include agriculture, IT, ITES, apparel and makeup and home furnishings, media and entertainment, automotive, tourism and hospitality, beauty and wellness, multi-skilling, electronics and hardware, retail and healthcare.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
