The school websites of around 200 Government schools in Uttarakhand selected under the Atal Utkrisht Vidhyalaya scheme were inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Tirath Singh Rawat on 9th June 2021 at Dehradun. The School Education Minister Hon’ble Shri Arvind Kumar Pandey, Secretary (Education), Director General (School Education, GoUK) and other senior officers of School Education Department were present in the launch event. Shri Sanjay Gupta, Scientist-F and Smt. Pushpanjali, Scientist-C coordinating the project from NIC Uttarakhand also attended the event.
With the goal of making quality education accessible to all, the Government of Uttarakhand has launched the Atal Utkrisht Vidyalaya scheme for Government schools. Under this scheme, around 200 schools, comprising two government schools from each block of every district in the State, have been selected. These schools are given affiliation with CBSE board with the objective to improve pattern of study, quality of education and availability of facilities etc.