Tudu lays stone for 2 schools in Gajapati

Berhampur: The Union minister of state for tribal affairs and Jal Shakti, Bishweswar Tudu, on Monday laid the foundation stone of two Eklavya Model residential schools in Gajapati district.
‘In order to provide quality education to tribal students in remote areas, the Union government is setting up establishing the Eklavya model residential schools across the country,” Tudu said, adding, “The Centre has sanctioned 87 such schools for Odisha, the highest for any state.”
The two residential schools, equipped with modern infrastructural facilities, will be set up at Subhadrapur village in Rayagada block and in Kumajanga village in Nuagada block. Each of the schools will be set up in around 13 acres of land at a cost of Rs 30 crore.TNN