Corporate groups will adopt about 550 government schools of the state and make them resource-rich. For this, the state government has prepared the entire outline by talking to various industry groups of Uttarakhand. More than 550 industrialists of the state have been invited to a program to be held at Uttarakhand Raj Bhavan on July 30. Where in the presence of the Governor and the Chief Minister, MoUs will be signed between corporate groups and the Education Department for adopting primary and secondary schools of the state.
The state’s School Education Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat said in a statement issued to the media that the state government is going to start a new initiative in collaboration with the industry to modernize education and provide a better educational environment. Under which about 550 government primary and secondary schools of the state are being linked to corporate groups. Most of these schools are from the hilly region, so that these schools located amidst difficult geographical conditions can be equipped with infrastructure facilities from CSR funds as well as facilities like model class rooms, computer labs, science labs, libraries, furniture, toilets, sports equipment, playgrounds and boundary walls etc. The state government has contacted about 550 industrialists of the state and has reached an in-principle agreement in this regard. In the sequence of which, a mega program is being organized with industry groups on July 30 at Uttarakhand Raj Bhavan under the chairmanship of Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Gurmeet Singh and in the dignified presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. In which industrialists from different areas of the state have been invited. The main objective of the program is to give a new identity to the schools of the state with modern facilities through the Corporate Social Responsibility Fund of industry groups across the state. Under this initiative, each industry group will adopt one primary and one secondary school and provide all basic and modern facilities in them. So that the primary and secondary level students studying in remote schools of mountainous areas can be provided a better educational environment in accordance with today’s requirements and the objectives of the New Education Policy-2020. Dr. Rawat said that there are about 559 schools in the state in which various vocational courses are being conducted. After connecting such schools with industry groups, vocational courses can be conducted in a better manner as per the requirement of the industries
