There's good news for young people preparing for government jobs in Madhya Pradesh and for those in the education sector. At a special event held at Ravindra Bhavan in Bhopal, Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav and School Education Minister Uday Pratap Singh made several important announcements to strengthen the state's educational infrastructure.

1. School Education Department will recruit for 20,000+ posts

Addressing the programme, Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav said that to further improve the education system in the state, bumper recruitments will soon be made on more than 20 thousand posts under the School Education Department.

Notification soon: Detailed information related to the application process, educational qualification, age limit and selection process for these posts will be shared very soon by releasing the official notification.

Unprecedented increase in budget: The CM said that before the year 2003, the total budget of the school education department of the state used to be only ₹400 crore, which has now increased to about ₹38,000 crore.

2. 200 new Sandipani schools will be opened in the state

In order to make the level of education world class,  the government has decided to start 200 new Sandipani schools.

It is noteworthy that at present around 369 Sandipani schools are already running successfully in Madhya Pradesh.

With the opening of these new schools, thousands of students will be able to get quality education with state-of-the-art facilities.

3. 200 new schools and compassionate appointments in tribal areas

200 new schools will be established in tribal areas with the aim of facilitating access to education in remote and tribal areas.

Compassionate appointment to 950 people: During the programme, the Chief Minister and the Education Minister, showing sensitivity, handed over compassionate appointment letters to more than 950 dependents.

Laptop Distribution Scheme: The CM informed that while earlier laptops were distributed to only 500 meritorious students, now more than 1 lakh 45 thousand students have been provided free laptops by the state government.

PC: Jagran