INDORE: Over 1000 primary and middle schools of Indore division may soon get 'school of excellence' tag.The school education department has selected 524 primary and 524 middle government schools from Indore division and after physical verification they may become schools of excellence. "We have decided to cross check and physically verify the conditions and availability of basic infrastructure to go ahead with it. We are planning complete verification in two days," school education joint director Indore division Manish Verma told TOI.The project is part of the initiative to ensure that government schools are at par with private institutions and those that already have all required basic infra, amenities and services are put in the bracket of school of excellence.The decision was taken in a division-level meeting of school education department on Monday.These schools will have to maintain the facilities with the funds that they have already been getting, they will not be given any additional funds.Ideally, school of excellence consist of facilities such as good infrastructure, separate washrooms for boys and girls, drinking water facility and even boundary wall of school campus apart from experienced principal, well-qualified faculty of subjects, office staff, equipped laboratories etc.The department has decided to conduct physical verification of all primary and middle schools of the division that have been put up on the list.The verification process will begin from Tuesday and the procedure will have to be completed by February 26 before forwarding the list to Bhopal office, he added.