Stem India plans Rs 3,000 cr on 100 schools

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jan 18 2015 | 4:57 PM IST
Academy of Stem India today said it will open 100 schools over the next 10 years across the country that would attract an investment of Rs 2,500-3,000 crore.
"We have already acquired land for eight locations in Howrah, Baruipur, Rajarhat, Guwahati, Bikaner and Jaipur. These schools would be operational in next three years," Stem India Chairman Vinod Dugar told PTI at the inauguration of first stem world school at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
Stem is a teaching methodology which is adopted from US to help students to foster greater interest among young kids in science and maths.
Cynthia A Brickton, Regional Superintendent of DeKalb County Schools, Georgia US, said, STEM is acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and the education intregate these four factors to promote real world experience,
Academy of Stem India is a Section 25 company.
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First Published: Jan 18 2015 | 4:57 PM IST

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