New Delhi, May 15 -- The West Bengal government on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Central government for the implementation of the PM SHRI Schools initiative across the state, the Union Ministry of Education said.

It was signed in the presence of the Secretary of the Union Education Ministry's School Education and Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar and Additional Secretaries of the government of West Bengal, Dheeraj Sahu and Binod Kumar.

According to the Ministry, the initiative is aligned with the vision of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and aims to transform existing schools into model institutions of excellence.

The PM SHRI scheme aims to develop more than 14,500 schools across the country as mode...