Shimla District to Have 8 Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools, Affirms Deputy Commissioner

In a significant development for education infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh, eight Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools would be opened in all the assembly constituencies of Shimla district, Deputy Commissioner Anupam Kashyap confirmed.

Addressing the people on Thursday, Kashyap said the project is as part of an aim-oriented move by the state government to step up educational institutions in rural and semi-urban belts. All locations for such schools have been determined, and respective departments are actively engaged to carry out all required formalities in order to initiate the process for the subsequent development phase.

The schools will be located at the following places: in the vicinity of Radisson Hotel in Shimla Urban, Jalog in Shimla Rural, Saraswati Nagar in Jubbal Kotkhai, Gajedi in Theog, Palakn on Barara Road in Rohru, Bodna in Chopal, Chamiyana in Kusumpti, and Shingla in Rampur.

These boarding schools of the day will also be provided with up-to-date facilities, such as smart classes, indoor stadium, sports complex, race courses, and swimming pools. These schools will each cover an area of 50 bighas and will provide hostel facilities also to the students.

Higher Education Deputy Director Lekh Ram further added that after land acquisition is finalized, the school site plans will be drawn up and uploaded to the Parivesh portal as a part of formal procedural norms. He assured that the education department is working full steam to achieve the project in time.

The project is likely to enhance greatly the access to quality education and overall development of students in the region.