Over 1,000 new schools were opened or upgraded across the state by the this government: Vir Bhadra Singh

Dharamshala, September 29, 2016: Chief Minister Himachal Virbhadra Singh said, “ over 1,000 new schools were opened or upgraded across the state by the present government. Besides providing qualitative education at the primary and secondary levels, impetus had also been laid on higher education by opening 24 new industrial training institutes and two engineering colleges. 41 new degree colleges had been opened in the far flung areas of the state and 3,355 new posts were created for these newly opened educational institutions.”

He said as many as 115 government degree colleges had been working across the state especially in the remote areas and most of these had been opened during the regime of Congress Governments.

CM said that the State government is committed to provide qualitative education to the youth and various measures are being taken to open both academic and vocational education centers in the State so that the students need not go outside for getting education.

Virbhadra Singh was addressing a public meeting in the premises of Kanwar Durga Chand Memorial College, Jaisinghpur in Kangra district Thursday .

Singh said, “The students studying in the state government schools and central schools were being given free transportation facility in buses of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (H.R.T.C.).”

Virbhadra said that modern infrastructure and teaching facilities were being created in two senior secondary schools in each constituency under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Aadarsh Vidyalay Yojana’ at a cost of Rs.30 crore. Under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Gyandeep Yojna’ all the Himachali students were entitled to get educational loan up to 10 lakhs at an interest rate of four per cent per annum.

He inaugurated the new college building at Jaisinghpur completed at a cost of Rs.8.10 crore and also laid the foundation stone of the proposed science block in the college complex to be constructed at a cost of Rs.3.11 crore. Earlier, he dedicated the Fire Post at Jaisingpur and inaugurated the newly upgraded Veterinary Hospital at Harsi. He also laid the foundation stone for improvement of distribution system of Harsi Sanghol, Jaisinghpur, Harrot, Karanghat, Uttrapur, Sakoh, Liunda, Dalli-Bhulaunder water supply schemes to be executed at a cost of Rs.3.91crore.