Chhattisgarh aims to provide international standard education to school students: CM

ChhattisgarhChief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said government schools in the state will be run as per international standards to provide quality Education to students on the lines of the Swami Atmanand Government English Medium Schools, also known as SAGES. He said the will also set up ‘Balwadi’ (kindergarten schools) for children above three years of age. The CM made these announcements under the ‘Chhattisgarh school education vision document 2030’ while addressing the opening ceremony of the two-day Jawaharlal Nehru Rashtriya Shiksha Samagam, a congregation of educationists and innovative teachers being held here to mark the birth anniversary of the country’s first prime minister.

On the lines of Swami Atmanand Government English Medium Schools (SAGES), (government) schools will be run in the state as per international standard to provide quality education to children.

The state government had launched the SAGES scheme in November last year under which government Hindi medium schools were renovated and modernized into English medium schools. As many as 171 SAGES are being run in the state.