6 states/ UTs have not signed MoU with Centre on PM Shri school yet

NEW DELHI: Six States/ UTs namely Bihar, National Capital Territory of Delhi, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have not signed MoU with Government of India yet, whereas Punjab has proposed to withdraw from the MoU that was originally signed for PM Shri school scheme. So far 29 States/ UTs along with KVS/ NVS have signed the MoU.

In a written response to queries from BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal on the number of applications received from various states for the upgradation of schools and whether some of the state governments have not signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union government for the implementation of the scheme, minister of state for education, Annpurna Devi said that the union cabinet has approved a new centrally sponsored scheme named Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) on September, 2022.

“These schools are to showcase the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and emerge as exemplar schools over a period of time, and also offer leadership to other schools in the neighbourhood.”

Sharing the details, Devi said that there is a provision of setting up of more than 14,500 PM SHRI Schools by strengthening the existing schools from amongst schools managed by Central government/ State/ UT Government/ local bodies.

“29 States/ UTs along with KVS/ NVS have signed the MoU. Six states/ UTs namely Bihar, National Capital Territory of Delhi, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have not signed MoU with Government of India yet, whereas Punjab has proposed to withdraw from the MoU that was originally signed.

“These state governments have been requested multiple times to come onboard to avail PM SHRI Scheme for the benefit of the people, through various communications from this ministry,” said Devi.

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