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What is the rationale behind establishing 600 Model Schools and Colleges?

Is it rational to establish 600 Model Schools and Colleges? Whenever any government assumes office, it wants to do something exceptional in established fields without giving a second thought to whether those fields really need the changes the government is planning, ignoring the long-standing, must-be-solved problems of those areas. That is why the exceptional thoughts sometimes appear as absurd. Some impractical proposals raise questions about whether the decision-makers are doing so out of overexcitement or because they are guided by something else. It is learnt from the media that the government plans to establish 600 Model Schools and Colleges across...

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What is the rationale behind establishing 600 Model Schools and Colleges?

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What is the rationale behind establishing 600 Model Schools and Colleges?

Is it rational to establish 600 Model Schools and Colleges? Whenever any government assumes office, it wants to do something exceptional in established fields without giving a second thought to whether those fields really need the changes the government...