Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Assam Cabinet Approves World Bank Loan for Education Upgrade
The Assam government is borrowing a lot of money from the World Bank to make schools better.
They're getting about 2,750 crore rupees to fix up schools and preschools called Anganwadi centers.
They'll also train teachers and school leaders.
The government is also helping young people learn Japanese so they can get jobs overseas.
They plan to teach 3,000 people Japanese and job skills.
The government will pay some of the training cost, and the rest can be paid later through job earnings.
The first training will start in October.
Assam Cabinet approves a Rs 2,750-crore World Bank loan for education upgrades.
Funds will develop infrastructure in 400 schools and upgrade 1,733 Anganwadi centers.
The Assam government will bear Rs 275 crore of the loan, with the Centre covering 90%.
3,000 Assam youth will be trained in Japanese through the CM-FLIGHT scheme.
Training will focus on job-oriented skills, with the first phase starting in October.
- Who
- The Assam Cabinet and the World Bank.
- What
- Assam approved a loan to upgrade education and train youth.
- When
- The Cabinet approved the loan on Wednesday, and the training program is set to begin in October.
- Where
- Assam, India
- Why
- To improve educational infrastructure and provide job-oriented training for youth.
- Loan Amount
- Rs 2,750 crore
- Loan Source
- World Bank
- Schools for Development
- 400
- Anganwadi Centers Upgrade
- 1,733
- State's Contribution
- Rs 275 crore
- Youth to be Trained in Japanese
- 3,000
- CM-FLIGHT Scholarship
- Rs 1.5 lakh per candidate