(a) whether the Government has made efforts to collaborate with private players to build up the infrastructure which would help in improving education indicators in the country during the current Five Year Plan; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government has made efforts to collaborate with private players to build up the infrastructure which would help in improving education indicators in the country during the current Five Year Plan; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) and (b) : The Model School Scheme envisages setting up of 6,000 model schools as benchmark of excellence at block level at the rate of one school per block. The scheme has two modes of implementation, viz.
(i) setting up of 3,500 schools in educationally backward blocks (EBBs) through State/UT Governments, and
(ii) the remaining 2,500 schools under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in blocks which are not educationally backward. Under the PPP component, Model schools are to be set up by the private entities on a design, build, finance and operate basis. The Government support will be provided on the basis of fulfillment of certain performance parameters that aims at improved education indicators.