DISPUR, Assam: Parimal Sukalbaidya, Minister of Environment and Forest, Excise and Fisheries, Government of Assam, has inaugurated five model schools in the Karimganj district of Assam.
Parimal Suklabaidya inaugurated five model high schools, Dullabacherra TE Model High School, Gumbheera TE Model High School under Ratabari LAC, Bubganj TE Model High School, Pathini TE Model High School, and Sefinjuibeel TE Model High School in Patharkandi. He also mentioned that 96 model schools are to come up along the tea gardens of Assam.
Earlier on Wednesday, May 25, the Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Serma also inaugurated six schools in Ghagra, Rupajali, Sonajali, Thakurbari and Bulwari tea garden areas of Sonitpur district, intending to improve the quality of education in the tea garden areas of the state.
The state administration has vowed to establish 119 such schools in the garden areas. 15,000 students have already been enrolled, and 8 teachers have been appointed for the purpose until now. Each school will get Rs 1 lakh to provide free textbooks, uniforms, mid-day etcetera.