The Srinagar administration has embarked on an ambitious project to transform all government schools with owned buildings in the district on modern lines equipping them with smart facilities and modern infrastructure.
Under the project, a total of 180 schools including 120 in urban areas and 60 in rural areas of the district are being upgraded in terms of facilities. These schools will be equipped with modern facilities through interventions at infrastructural and operational levels.
The project follows successful completion of the pilot project of modernising 25 selected government schools taken up and completed during the last fiscal.
This was informed in a meeting convened here at Banquet Hall under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.
The meeting with heads of schools to be upgraded as part of this project was informed that an amount of 6 crore rupees has been earmarked for upgrading of 120 schools located in urban areas of the district under special plan.
It was informed that funding has in fact been released in favour of 25 schools located in urban Srinagar. It was informed that another 70 schools – which have already been partly equipped with modern facilities under the GoI’s Samagra Shiksha scheme – will receive the required funding in due course.
During the meeting extensive discussions and interactions were held on components and the aim of the smart school project envisaging modernising of public schools to bring them at par with private schools in the district.
Headmasters of 25 model schools upgraded last fiscal were also present in the meeting sharing experiences and feedback.
In addition to 120 schools in urban Srinagar at least 60 schools are also being modernised in rural Srinagar.
These schools are being upgraded to smart schools under the J&K admin’s Back to Village program.