AP govt seeks donation of over 6,300 crore INR to build school infrastructure

The total 44,519 state-run schools in AP have 66,846 rooms at present. According to the infrastructure standards for foundation and foundation-plus schools and high schools, and also the norms of the CBSE, the total requirement of rooms in these schools is 1,15,472.

In order to ramp up infrastructure in schools and implement National Education Policy-2020, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to raise funds from donors, both national and international. The government states that it urgently requires over Rs 6,300 crore. Also, government has plans to affiliate all the 44,500-plus government schools to the Central Board of Secondary Education and in order to do so, requisite physical infrastructure needs to be built. The government is mulling to launch the infrastructure building programme this year to complete it by the year 2024.

The total 44,519 state-run schools in AP have 66,846 rooms at present. According to the infrastructure standards for foundation and foundation-plus schools and high schools, and also the norms of the CBSE, the total requirement of rooms in these schools is 1,15,472.

According to PTI, a top official told, “We need to build 48,626 additional rooms in these schools. An estimated Rs 6,321.38 crore is required for that. Hence, we have decided to seek donations from different quarters.”

“Donors can give for one school or a group of schools or even components. The expenditure will be displayed in public domain and the donor will receive a certificate,” a top official involved with the programme said.

The government is seeking foreign donors, particularly multinational corporations and trusts run by businessmen-philanthropists, who have been funding other programmes in the country. “We will receive foreign contributions through a separate account under the Connect AP initiative. The money accrued will be transferred to the respective parents’ committees of the schools and there will be a state-level management committee to oversee the programme,” the official said.

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