618 New and 258 Upper Primary Schools upgraded
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 22 2014 :
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, State Mission Authority (SSA/SMA), Manipur has informed that 618 New Primary Schools and 258 Upper Primary Schools have been upgraded by the State Government on approval of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) till date.
The New Primary Schools is inclusive of 180 EGS Centres upgraded to Primary Schools in 2010-11 and another 438 New Primary Schools opened through upgradation of 200 EGS Centres and 238 locations unserved by such schools in 2012-13 .
However, the MHRD has approved construction of 545 Primary Schools and 153 Upper Primary Schools during the current year while the remaining is to be taken up in 2014-15 .