The Assam Government will build 4,000 state-of-the-art
schools by 2028, said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
“With the blessings of Hon’ble PM, Assam is
undertaking the biggest ever effort to build schools in the State. At least 4,000
state-of-the-art schools will be constructed by 2028, ie adding 2 new schools
every day for the next 5 years. Chaired a meeting today to review the progress,”
said CM Sarma in a post on social media platform X.
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 held to review the
construction work of 126 new secondary schools in the State through the EPC (Engineering,
Procurement, and Construction) mode of contract.
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.
ANI
