10,500 students to get admission in 80 Jharkhand government-run schools of excellence

RANCHI: A total of 10,590 candidates, out of over 41,000, have been declared successful for admission to 11,936 seats in 80 Jharkhand government-run schools of excellence so far, the government said.

On May 2, Jharkhand chief minister (CM) Hemant Soren had inaugurated 80 government-run schools of excellence, as part of an academic reform to provide quality English-medium education on a par with private schools. "In all, 10,590 students were declared successful against 11,936 available seats for admissions to Schools of Excellence (SoEs). Of them, 7,499 have got admissions to classes one, six and nine," a statement from the CM's Secretariat said on Monday.

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The statement said the government was aiming to provide quality education to 15 lakh children studying in its schools. As many as 325 block-level schools and 4,091 gram panchayat-level model schools would be established in second phase of the educational reforms, the statement added.

In April, at least 10 students of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) in Khunti district, a part of a government project to reduce gender disparities in rural areas and among disadvantaged communities, had qualified in the JEE (Mains). Online training of principals of the 80 schools has been given by the National Center for School Leadership in two phases.

Students in these 80 shools of excellence will be imparted vocational training for 11 trades, the government had earlier announced. These include agriculture, IT, ITES, apparel and make-up and home furnishing, media and entertainment, automotive, tourism and hospitality, beauty and wellness, multi-skilling, electronics and hardware, retail and healthcare.