Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Mission Schools of Excellence project in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The project has been conceived with an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore. The Mission is partially funded by the World Bank.
The project is aimed at strengthening the education infrastructure in the state through setting up of new classrooms, smart classrooms, computer labs and overall upgradation of infrastructure in schools.
Under the Phase-I, school infrastructure projects worth over Rs 5,567 crore will be undertaken.
The project will see setting up of 50,000 classrooms in addition to 1.5 lakh smart classrooms, 20,000 computer laboratories and 5,000 Atal Tinkering labs in government schools.