State to launch cluster schools scheme; teachers say 15K institutions to be closed
Hindustan TimesMumbai: In a bid to improve education in government schools, the state will launch a new scheme of clusters of schools, wherein smaller institutions will be merged with bigger schools in the vicinity. “Now with this new packaging, the government came up with the school proposal, which affects more than 1.85 lakh students across the state,” Mahendra Ganpule, spokesperson, Maharashtra Principal Association, said. On the action plan, education commissioner Suraj Mandhare said, “The government is committed to providing quality education and ensuring that every child in the state stays in the education stream till the end. Taking into consideration these aspects for the educational quality of children and with the aim of providing adequate educational facilities to each child, the government decided to start the process of clustering schools, especially those with low enrollment, in accordance with the points discussed in a meeting chaired by the deputy chief minister.” The state government runs a pilot project of cluster schools in Samu schools at Toranmal in Nandurbar and Panshet in Pune districts.
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