124 PM Shree Schools of the State Inaugurated

• 27 Oct 2023

Why In News?

• On October 25, 2023, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated 124 PM Shree Schools in the state in the first phase at Tagore Auditorium of Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak.

Key Points:

• During this time, he also launched the School App of the Education Department and the mobile application of the Nipun Program from Tagore Auditorium of Maharishi Dayanand University, which will greatly benefit the students.
• On this occasion, Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal said that 4000 playway schools started in the state will now be known as 'Bal Vatika School'. Similar schools will also be started by the government in the future. Anganwadi centers have also been converted into these schools to give education to children in sports.
• He said that in order to further improve the level of education in the state, 124 PM Shri schools will be started from the new session in the first phase and with the inauguration of 128 schools in the second phase, the number of these schools will increase to 252.
• Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that the number of Model Sanskriti Schools has been increased from 22 to 147 by the state government. In the first phase, an amount of Rs 85 crore has been provided by the Central Government for 124 schools of PM Shri In the second phase, the process of selection of 128 PM Shri schools has been started.
• Referring to the meaningful results of the Super 100 scheme launched in the state, he said that so far 252 poor children have been selected in NEET, 127 children in IIT and 26 children in MBBS courses. Nda coaching is also being started soon by the government.