MHRD approves setting up of block institutes for teachers education, Times of India, May 24, 2013

NEW DELHI: The human resource development ministry has approved the setting up of block institutes of teachers education in 196 districts during the current five-year Plan. These institutes will be opened in SC/ ST/ minority concentrated districts. More than Rs 690 crore have been approved with one-third of this investment being made in eight high deficit states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.