In an attempt to improve the quality of education, the State government has invited a total of 16 renowned NGOs to get involved in the system. The main task of the NGOs will be mostly to help harness the quality of education-related infrastructure as well as help the students. An invitation was sent according to the Cabinet decision taken earlier, said ICA Minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Tuesday.
The 16 NGOs are Bangalore based Azim Premji University, CVM India, Vision Ampire, Teacher Foundation, American Indian Foundation of New Delhi, Tech Mahindra Foundation, Avan, Chesta Foundation Care, the Education Alliance, Lavya Foundation, Adhyan Foundation of Mumbai, Starlight Stack Foundation, Leadership for Equity of Pune, H at Action of Bhopal, Voice for Girls of Hyderabad and Tony Blair Institute of Great Britain.
The Minister said, “After the cabinet decision relating to taking steps for improving the state education as many as 29 well-known NGOs of national and international levels had applied for this. A total of 16 among those were shortlisted by a panel. He said that the panel included – the Directors of Higher Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education as well as the Director of SCERT.
The involvement of the NGOs will not put any financial burden on the State Government, Chowdhury added.