Prime Minister Shri Tender

Scope : To Set up 730 Prime Minister’s SHRI Schools (Schools for Rising India) in Madhya Pradesh

State cabinet headed by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday ratified setting-up of 730 Prime Minister’s SHRI (Schools for Rising India) Schools under the National Education Policy in Madhya Pradesh.

Cabinet has ratified setting up of two PM SHRI schools per development block in the state. This makes a total 626 schools in 313 development blocks. Additionally, another 104 schools will be constructed under the urban bodies of 52 districts. The home minister explained that in the development blocks, one school will be for primary education from class I to VIII while the other school will be for higher secondary education. Expenditure for the construction of the PM SHRI schools will be borne by both the Centre and the state in the ratio 60:40.

The annual expenditure of running all 730 schools will be Rs 277.40 crore of which the state will spend Rs 110.96 crore. The project is for five years after which the schools will be totally operated by the state government.

The PM SHRI Schools will operate according to the provisions of the National Education Policy 2020.