Updated: Tue, Apr 23 2013. 08 18 AM IST
New Delhi: The government has short-listed 65 private organizations, including ITC Ltd and IL&FS Education and Technology Services Ltd, to open so-called model schools.
The move, coming after four years of deliberations, is a crucial first step towards partnering with private organizations to open schools, the human resource development (HRD) ministry said.
“This is a key decision and tells that we have completed due diligence in selecting private partners. It’s the beginning of a long pending work which is good for the school sector,” said an HRD ministry official, requesting anonymity.
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