The
civic body will prepare the master plan highlighting the available
facilities and deficiencies at the schools and measures needed to be
adopted to improve the infrastructure and to enhance the academic
quality. The corporation has a total of 161 schools under it.

Radhakrishnan
said the decision was taken to ensure comprehensive development of
schools maintained by the civic body envisaging projects under its
annual plan programmes.

“The
school authorities have been directed to prepare the plans at the
earliest. The required development funds development for the schools
will be allotted on the basis of the deficiencies that are being
reported,” he said adding that the preparation of master plans will also
help the civic body to take up schemes for improving the
infrastructure.