Atal Residential Schools in UP to start admissions from next academic session

The Atal Residential Schools will begin offering admissions from the next academic session across the state. About 1,440 children will get enrolled in the schools, according to a state government press release.

The entrance exam would be conducted in May 2023 and the final admission process was expected to be completed in June 2023, an official said.

Construction of seven Atal Residential Schools had been completed and the process of staff recruitment would begin soon, he said.

Moreover, the selection of permanent staff will be done as per CBSE guidelines. Each school would have a principal, an administrator and a staff of 11 teachers.

A total of 80 students will be accommodated in two sections in every school. For this, about 18 Atal residential schools are underway across the state. Out of these, work on 7 has been completed. In case of delayed functioning of the remaining schools, the rest of the labourers’ kids will be given admission in the nearby functional residential school, the release added.