Friday, 25 AUGUST 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
In latest news from Dehradun, the State higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat said that the State government has recently signed an agreement with the Centre on the implementation of the five components of the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA). This scheme involves the infrastructure revamp of the government-run universities and colleges, skill-development training to be given to the students, application of technology in education, enhancement of the quality of education to raise the NAAC rating and stress on e-learning and virtual learning among others. The minister said after holding a review meeting with the education department officials that the State government has firmed up a proposal of Rs 585 crore to be sent to the Centre for the implementation of PM-USHA scheme. “We held in-depth discussion of different features of this proposal at the review meeting. We will propose 90(Centre): 10 (State) fund sharing formula,” he added.
