April 14, Kathmandu- The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has selected 4,250 schools in the Presidential Education Reform Program and distributed funds. The government has distributed Rs 5.6 billion for various programs. Rs. 10 million to 650,000 has been provided to the selected schools.

Director-General of Education and Human Resource Center Baikushtha Aryal said that the program includes the construction of the building, construction of child development center, the addition of floor, trust-building, retrofitting of building, construction of toilets, construction of girls' toilets, construction of drinking water, and sanitation facilities, learning materials / educational materials, computer system, science laboratory, library. He informed that the budget has been allocated for the development of educational materials including solar panels, internet systems, interactive boards, smart boards, projectors, development of online and offline materials, new technology for quality education, and other priorities.

There were 18 applications registered through the Prime Minister's Office registered with the President's Office, 101 more schools registered with the President's Office during the information period and 5,557 schools registered with the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development within the stipulated time, and 1,345 schools registered with the Ministry A total of 14 billion 351.9 million applications were received from 6,921 schools for various programs. But the ministry had selected 4,250 schools with a budget of Rs 5 billion.

Ministry to develop infrastructure for use of technology in education - data center, 16 schools applied to the President's Office, other schools applied to the President's Office, 2 school buildings in Taplejung affected by fire and 3 in Tehthum, community schools to study HIV positive, students with disabilities Educational institutions have been selected.

The ministry has stated that the drawing design for the development, maintenance, and protection of physical infrastructure, cost estimate, and maximum cost limit is more than 2.5 million.

In this way, the proposals received for retro-fitting work and the proposals received for cost-sharing are given priority. The study has also analyzed the details of the number of students, the number of teachers, physical infrastructure, etc. currently studying in the school.

A grant of Rs. 1.8 million has been provided for the construction of school buildings with a minimum of two rooms and a maximum of four rooms per two rooms. Similarly, a grant equal to one block (two rooms) has been provided for the construction of buildings for early childhood development, science laboratory, information technology laboratory, and library. A grant of Rs. 700,000 per school will be provided to the schools that submit proposals for toilets. Similarly, a grant of Rs. 7 lakh per school has been provided for the schools demanding drinking water.

Proposal on purchase of a computer for use of information and communication technology in education under educational materials management for 50 thousand 10 computers per computer and Rs. 150 thousand per school for lab furnishing and Rs. 650,000 for quality education Grants as per the demand have been provided to the schools requesting less than the maximum rate of Rs 650,000.

Grants at the rate of Rs. 650,000 per school have also been provided for secondary schools that have applied for science laboratory materials and library materials.