Pursuant to the notification of the State Right to Education Rules in July, 2011, the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development has sanctioned 10,366 new primary schools and 1052 new upper primary schools under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to the Government of Uttar Pradesh., last evening. These schools have been sanctioned in accordance with the neighbourhood norms prescribed in the State and are intended to provide access to elementary school children residing in hitherto unserved habitations.
The new primary schools will be provided two teachers each and the upper primary schools three subject teachers for Language, Math & Science and Social Science. A total of 23888 teachers have been sanctioned for these schools. The Central Government has also sanctioned 121 composite schools for urban deprived children.
In addition, sanctions have been accorded for providing two sets of school uniforms to 1.75 crore children belonging to disadvantaged groups and weaker sections, studying at the primary and upper primary stage of education.
These steps are expected to significantly improve the pace of universalizing elementary education in Uttar Pradesh.
