Madhya Pradesh Govt Approves 33 New CM Rise Schools, 6 New Medical Colleges

The Madhya Pradesh Revenue and Transport minister Govind Singh Rajput has informed that the state government has allocated Rs 1335 crore to establish 33 new CM Rise Schools in the state.

Madhya Pradesh Govt Approves 33 New CM Rise Schools (Representational Image)

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In a cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, June 27, Madhya Pradesh announced some key education-related initiatives. The inferences of the meetings were shared by Madhya Pradesh’ Minister of Revenue and Transport, Govind Singh Rajput on Twitter. The key takeaways from the MP cabinet meeting as informed by the state minister include 33 new CM Rise Schools and 6 new medical colleges in the state. He further notified that the state government has allocated a sum of Rs 1335 Crore to build the 33 new CM Rise Schools. The MP cabinet has proposed building up 6 new medical colleges in Khargone, Dhar, Bhind, Balaghat, Tikamgarh and Sidhi districts. 

Notably, the CM Rise Schools is an ambitious initiative of the Madhya Pradesh government which aims to open as many as 9095 new schools in different parts of the state in multiple phases. Earlier in October last year, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan laid the foundation for 69 new CM Rise schools with an estimated spending of Rs 2,519 crore. A dream project of CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan, the CM Rise School is projected to be completed by 2031. The first phase of the project is proposed to be completed by 2024. The scheme tends to open new schools in a radius of every 10-15 km, and a total of 360 such schools are targeted to be completed in the first phase of the scheme by 2024. 

Even in the Madhya Pradesh Budget 2023 presented earlier in March this year, the state government proposed to come up with 900 new CM Rise Schools. As per the Madhya Pradesh State Education Department, the CM Rise Schools would have excellent infrastructure consisting of top-notch transport facilities, smart classrooms and digital learning, 100 percent staff, staff enhancement capacity, modern laboratories and reading rooms, facilities for extra-curricular activities, skill development programs and vocational training.