Any individual, organisation or private enterprise in Maharashtra can now adopt a school run by the state government, Zilla Parishad or municipal councils if they have a SEBI registered Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) certificate, according to a state government order. The school can be adopted irrespective of its medium of instruction, the order stated.
This is as per the Maharashtra government’s order issued on Monday for the implementation of its ‘Adopt a School’ scheme. Those adopting schools can also add a name of its choice to the existing name of the school for the given period, the government resolution said, adding that period of adoption could be for five or ten years only.
“For schools located in A and B category municipal corporations such as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or Pune Municipal Corporation, those seeking to adopt will have to pay Rs two crore for five years or Rs three crore for 10 years,” an official said.
The money will be utilised for physical infrastructure, including repair works of school building, colouring, providing toilets, creating infrastructure and buying sports equipment, he added. As per the GR, the decision was taken to achieve the targets mentioned in National Education Policy 2020.
With inputs from PTI