Jharkhand plans English schools in villages

Updated on: Wednesday, November 03, 2010

The Jharkhand government will open English medium schools in 203 blocks of the state, Chief Minister Arjun Munda announced here on Tuesday.

"In the current financial year, we will open English medium schools in 41 blocks while the rest will be opened in the next financial year," Munda told reporters.

"The government plans to provide quality education to students of the rural parts of the state," he added.

At present, all government run schools in the state are Hindi medium.

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