Gyansetu schools to be set up in Gujarat under a PPP model

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Council of School Education (GCSE), Samagra Shiksha has invited Expressions of Interest from private players to set up and operate 400 Gyan Setu Day Schools in Social Partnership mode within the State of Gujarat.

“About 400 Schools across the State will be established in Jan Bhagidari (Social Partnership), with at least one Gyan Setu Day Schools in every Taluka / Municipal Corporations of Gujarat. Each School will have a capacity of about 500 students,” the state education dept said in the statement.

The state education department aims on identifying 2,00,000 meritorious students studying in Government and Grant-in-Aid Schools across the State and providing them with high-quality day schooling from Grades 6 to 12.

Private institutions selected for the program will be required to acquire land, finance the construction of the building, provide staff, and provide other infrastructure, according to a statement from the state education department. The state government will pay the project partner Rs 20,000 per year per student. This will be increased by 7% every year, the statement said.

For the academic year 2023-24, the first batch of students will be admitted to Class 6 in June 2023. DeshGujarat