GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government plans to start a new scheme to found modern residential schools in PPP(public private partnership) mode, in which selected promising children can study and the government will fund such schools on a per child basis.
The state education department has prepared a draft scheme to promote competitive residential schools which can provide a good education to students from humble backgrounds studying in government schools.
Sources privy to the development said, “The state government has planned to promote large residential schools in the state with 1,000 to 2,000 students capacity with all modern facilities and training centres for competitive exams.
The government expects that private players will come forward to develop these modern residential schools where students of parents who can afford good residential schools can put their wards and the government will select promising students from humble backgrounds who study in government schools and fund their education.” “The government aims to select about 1 lakh students from government schools on the basis on entrance exams and other performance parameters and give them admissions to good-quality private residential schools so they get better education.
At present there are residential schools in tribal areas but their output is not up to the marks as students from nearby areas go there and they don’t get quality education and exposure to competitive exams.
At the proposed residential schools.
the government will ensure these students get both.
The government will pay Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000 per child for around one lakh students.
The government expects to set up around 100 new PPP model residential schools.
Each is expected to have 15 to 20 acres of land.
The government aims to select the best students from tribal and backward areas and provide them competitive education and opportunities in civil services, medical education, IITs and other opportunities,” the source said.