Prioritising quality Education and Skill development of children in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has made a provision of Rs 2,000 crore for it in the recently presented budget 2023-24.
A total of Rs 1,000 crore will be spent on developing schools in every development block (a total of 880 primary and upper primary schools) run under the Basic Education department under the Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Composite Schools programme.
The governments intention was to develop about 4,000 (4-5 in each development block) Abhyudaya Composite Schools in the next three years.
For this, the Basic Education department has prepared an action plan, on which further action is being taken. By upgrading these schools from pre-primary to class 8, the is not only trying to provide quality education to every student, but also aims to equip schools with all the facilities to develop students’ skills.
Under the Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Composite School, the council composite schools already running will be upgraded with modern facilities on the basis of graded Learning concept. These schools will be specially encouraged for inclusive and skill development of children as per the National Education Policy-2020. After the upgradation of these schools, arrangement of separate classrooms will be ensured from pre-primary to class 8. Each school will be developed with a capacity of about 450 students. The all-round intellectual development of the students studying in these schools will be done through high quality education and a better educational Environment. Water and sanitation related Infrastructure facilities will also be upgraded while strengthening all the facilities and classrooms already built.