Shimla, Jan. 4 -- With the focus on improving education, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has directed senior officers of all districts to actively implement the 'Apna Vidyalaya-Himachal School Adoption Programme' in a virtual meeting with deputy commissioner late Friday evening.

Under this initiative, officers at the district and sub-divisional levels are required to adopt government schools with the objective of improving the quality of education and overall school activities. He instructed that a complete list of schools adopted under the programme across the state be submitted to the government by January 5.

So far, 4,231 schools have been adopted under the programme, including 1,950 primary schools, 59 middle schools, 664 high...