Uttar Pradesh
Now Special Educational Zones will be Created in Uttar Pradesh on the Lines of Special Economic Zones
- 19 Sep 2023
- 2 min read
Why In News?
According to information received from the media on September 18, 2023, special educational zones will be created in Uttar Pradesh on the lines of Special Economic Zones (SEZs). These zones will be decided on the basis of youth population, per capita income, infrastructure and literacy rate.
Key Points:
- It is noteworthy that in the first phase, this special education zone can take shape in Noida, Lucknow.
- Responsibility for this scheme will be given to the infrastructure partner. For this, unused land of educational institutions is also being identified, which can be used for this SEZ.
- This education cluster will work on multidimensional education, research and skill development. Now a detailed action plan is being prepared for this and after that the location for the special educational zone will be finalized.
- The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the implementation of the report given by the American consulting company Deloitte in various sectors for a one trillion dollar economy with the cooperation of the departments. Under this, meetings have started with private universities, private investors and educational organizations on further planning in higher and technical education.
- Deloitte says that by directly connecting the educational world with the industry, lakhs of graduates of the state can be provided employment. For this, it is very important to do things like the special education sector, encouraging private universities to invest, and providing admission to more and more students in higher education.
- It is known that Deloitte's report states that 10851 students have got employment in private companies. This is 10 percent more than the year 2022.
- 365340 seats are filled in polytechnic colleges, an increase of 63 percent compared to last year. Six polytechnics are running on the PPP model. There are 1575 seats for the new courses started in Government Polytechnic.
