New Delhi, May 16 -- The Union ministry of education on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the West Bengal government to implement the PM SHRI Schools initiative in the state, ending years of resistance under the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) administration and formally bringing the state into the Centre's flagship school transformation scheme aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

The MoU was signed at Kartavya Bhawan by Sanjay Kumar, secretary, department of school education and literacy (DoSEL), ministry of education, and Dheeraj Sahu, additional secretary, on behalf of the Centre, and by Binod Kumar, additional chief secretary, on behalf of the West Bengal government.

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