Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday inaugurated a Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) and laid foundation stones of six projects worth Rs 250 crore on NIT-Rourkela campus in Odisha.
The projects include a 1,000-bed boys hostel, three 500-bed girls hostels, a sewage treatment plant and a faculty residential complex.
There were two KVs in Rourkela, but today the city got a third one, Pradhan said.
Speaking about the achievements of NIT-Rourkela, he said, "It is the glory of our country and identity of our state. Over 8,000 students from India and abroad including 3,000 from Odisha are studying in this institution."
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The minister exhorted the students and faculty to work for the betterment of the country. NIT-Rourkela should create more wealth creators as this will take the country forward and help it become a developed nation by 2047, he said.
NIT Rourkela director K Umamaheshwar Rao said one of the primary objectives of National Education Policy (NEP) is to eliminate any disparity in access to education for children of all communities and other socio-economically disadvantaged groups.
"Towards this, NIT Rourkela, through the Kendriya Vidyalaya, is aiming to provide high-quality education to all," he said.
-With PTI Input
