Odisha Cabinet Monday approved an outlay of Rs 12,000 crore to set up 2,200 primary schools under the Godabarish Adarsha Vidyalaya (GAV) scheme in three years from 2025-26, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.

The state Cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Majhi, also approved three other proposals including beautification of the Maa Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon in Keonjhar district at a cost of Rs 226 crore.

Briefing media persons after the meeting, the Chief Minister said at least one model primary school will be developed at each Gram Panchayat (GP) under the GAV scheme.

Targeting the erstwhile BJD administration, he alleged: “The primary education system collapsed during the 24-year rule of the previous government. They had just painted broken walls of the schools in the name of 5T trans

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