TN govt is set to sign MoU with the Centre for the implementation of the PM SHRI Schools scheme
The MoU will be signed by the TN government before the start of the academic year 2024-25
The Tamil Nadu School Education Department and the state government have decided to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Education Ministry to implement the PM SHRI scheme in the state. The MoU will be signed by the TN government before the start of the academic year 2024-25.
PM Shri is a centrally sponsored scheme that aims to showcase the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and emerges as an exemplary school over some time and also mentorship to other schools in their vicinity.
The PM SHRI schools will deliver quality teaching for the all-round development of the students and they will be developed as green schools incorporating environment-friendly aspects like solar panels and LED lights, nutrition gardens with natural farming, waste management, plastic-free, water conservation and harvesting, the study of traditions and practices related to the protection of the environment, climate change related hackathons and awareness generation to adopt a sustainable lifestyle.