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India, World Bank sign $500m pact to improve school education
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Fri, Jan 29 2021 19:36 IST |
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New Delhi, Jan 29 : The Indian government and the World Bank on Friday signed a $500 million Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Programme (STARS) to improve the quality and governance of school education in six states Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
Some 250 million students (between the age of 6 and 17) in 1.5 million schools and over 10 million teachers will benefit from the programme.
The STARS programme builds on the long partnership between India and the World Bank (since 1994), for strengthening public school education and to support the country s goal of providing Education for All .