Parliament Question: PM-SHRI Schools in West Champaran

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 3808 ANSWERED ON – 16/03/2026 PM-SHRI Schools in West Champaran †3808. Shri Sunil Kumar: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to ensure the expansion and implementation of PM-SHRI Schools Scheme in the country in accordance with the objectives of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020; and (b) if so, whether there is any proposal to set up or fund additional schools under the said scheme in the West Champaran district of Bihar and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a) & (b): Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) is a centrally sponsored scheme which aims to strengthen more than 14,500 schools from amongst the existing schools managed by Central Government/State/UT Government/local bodies. As per the PM SHRI guidelines, a maximum of two schools per block/Urban Local Body (ULB) are selected with an upper limit on the total number of schools across India. Till date, a total of 13,091 PM SHRI schools have been selected from 33 States/UTs along with KVS, NVS, and NCERT of which 836 schools are from the State of Bihar. Further, a total of 26 schools have been selected as PM SHRI from the district of West Champaran in Bihar. The details of these PM SHRI schools may be accessed on the website of PM SHRI scheme at the link: https://pmshri.education.gov.in/state. In alignment with the National Education Policy, 2020, PM SHRI scheme has a provision to saturate these PM SHRI schools with 21 NEP components such as computer lab/ICT lab/smart classrooms, library with good furniture, internet facility, vocational skill education, guidance and career counselling, fully equipped integrated science lab/physics lab/chemistry lab/biology lab, playground with well-equipped sports facilities, school innovation council, youth and eco club for mission life, Building as Learning Aid (BaLa) features and jaadui pitara for primary school children, 10 bagless days for students, child tracking software for tracking the children attendance, fully functioning handwashing facility and toilets, green school features etc. These PM SHRI schools are to showcase all the initiatives of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, be the exemplar schools, and also offer benchmarking leadership to other schools in the neighbourhood. *****