Summary:
The SMC runs seven schools where the medium of instruction is Odia and there are three Telugu medium schools in the city.“We have 25 Hindi and nine English medium schools. We are perhaps the only municipal body which runs schools in so many languages and their number has been increasing. You can’t expect majority of people who have come here for work can afford for private schools. Surat has been a model for its inclusive approach to meet the requirements of different sections of the society. The SMC has also undertaken some building complexes for the homeless,” said an official of the housing and urban affairs ministry..