Government to set up of 25 Centres of Excellence
Sports minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said that the government would set up 25 Centres of Excellence with an aim to make India a front-ranked sporting country by 2014.
Chennai, Dec 19 Asserting that the Centre was committed to providing quality education to the poor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that his government had taken several initiatives to achieve this goal by setting up several technical institutions including six new IITs in the current academic session.