Ushering in a new era of academic excellence in tea garden areas in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday (May 25) dedicated 96 newly built Model High Schools in Tea Garden areas at a function held in Sonitpur district.
CM Sarma inaugurated six Adarsha Vidyalaya (model high schools) – Tezpur-Ghogora & Rupajuli Tea Garden Model school, Sonajuli Tea Garden Model High School, Nahoroni Model High School, Phulbari and Thakurbari Model High School.
Within May 30, the Ministers, MPs and MLAs will inaugurate the rest of 90 schools in their respective jurisdiction.
Speaking on the occasion, CM Sarma said that State government for the first time set up model high schools in the tea garden areas. These schools will be able to impart qualitative and value-based education to the students to help them to bring laurels to the state.
He also informed that in these 96 model schools as many as 14,594 students have enrolled their names. To impart instructions, eight faculty members in each school have been appointed which has ushered in a ray of hole in the tea garden areas.
Stating that these schools will be named after great personalities belonging to the tea communities who have immense contributions towards socio-economic and academic development of the tea communities, the Chief Minister said that the Model school in Tezpur-Ghogora has been named after Swahid Mangri Orang, Rupajuli Tea Garden Model school as Amiyo Kumar Das model high school, Sonajuli Tea Garden Model High School as Swahid Hemlal Kalandi Model High school.
He also informed that from the coming academic session, all the model high schools will be upgraded to higher secondary schools.
He also said that from the next academic session, Mathematics and Science will be taught in English Medium and Social Studies will be taught in Assamese Medium in these schools.
Moreover, curriculum based on Assamese medium will also be imparted in these schools. This has been done to help the young generation to gain knowledge both in English and Assamese.
For the management of these schools, Rs 1 lakh each has been earmarked and Rs 25 thousand each has already been released and remaining Rs 75 thousand will be released very shortly. The students of these schools will be entitled to free text books, free mid day meals and free uniforms.
Chief Minister Sarma also called upon guardians of the students belonging to tea garden areas to send their wards to schools to ensure their bright future.
He also announced that for setting up ‘Jagannath Sewa Kendra’ all 800 tea gardens in Assam will be given Rs. 800 crore that is Rs 1 crore to each tea garden.
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Ashok Singhal, MP Pallab Lochan Das, MLAs Krishna Kamal Tnati, Prithvi Raj Rabha, Ganesh Limbu and host of other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
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