The Assam government is planning to construct 4,000 state-of-the-art schools in the state by 2028, Himanta Biswa Sarma, chief minister, Assam informed.
“With the blessings of Hon’ble PM, Assam is undertaking the biggest ever effort to build schools in the state. 4,000 state-of-the-art schools will be constructed by 2028, i.e. adding 2 new schools every day for the next 5 years. Chaired a meeting today to review the progress,” Sarma wrote in a post on social media platform X.
As per the officials, the review meeting chaired by the Chief Minister was attended by Education Minister Ranoj Pegu, registered contractors, empanelled architects and engineers of the PWD.
The meeting was organised to take overview of the ongoing construction work of 126 new secondary schools in the state through the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) mode of contract, as informed by the officials.
Minister Pegu said that these 4,000 schools would be constructed through EPC mode of contract.
“The EPC mode of contract has been adopted to expeditiously construct about 4000 secondary schools in a phased manner,” he posted on X.
With inputs from ANI.