NEW DELHI: It was on late Wednesday afternoon when Prime Minister

was told by people of

that the lone

in town has classes only till class X and the nearest senior secondary school was few kilometers away causing problems for children to commute daily.

NarendraModiUriKendriyaVidyalayaThe PM immediately brought this to the notice of the HRD ministry which didn’t leave it for another day. Immediately, senior ministry and KV Sangathan officials met and what could have taken a couple of days to fructify was done in three hours. PM was told that the KVS and ministry have decided that the school will be upgraded to class XII from this session only.A KVS official said, “This is the first time I have seen that upgradation of KVS was done in three hours. In fact, there are few other KV schools in remote areas that need to be upgraded. Ministry should take a comprehensive view on the matter.” KVS sources said the school in Uri will not face problem of post graduate teachers as it’s mandatory for senior secondary classes. “Few teachers will be transferred to Uri school. Also, there are PGT teachers in this branch who will be asked to take classes,” he said.