Maharashtra renames 51 government technical schools, three of them in Gondia district

Gondia: The state's Department of Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation has approved changing the names of 51 government technical schools. Of these, 27 are in Vidarbha, and three major schools in Gondia district will also be renamed.

The government technical school in Gondia will now be called Devkinandan Bansal Vidyalaya, Gondia. The government technical school in Goregaon will be known as Premlal Chaudhary Vidyalaya, Goregaon. The naming honours these figures for their contribution to education and society.

The department has been running three multi-skill pre-vocational courses at these schools at the Class 9 and 10 level since 1996-97. The courses are Introduction to Basic Technology, Basic Principles of Engineering Technology, and Basic Principles of Electrical and Electronics Technology.

There are currently 162 such government technical schools in the state. An earlier decision to rename 25 schools in the Konkan and Nashik divisions was issued on October 21.