The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved a series of decisions aimed at strengthening education infrastructure in tribal and rural regions, including the upgradation of ashram schools and the establishment of a new government engineering college in Solapur.

At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the cabinet cleared the upgradation of five primary ashram schools to secondary level and 19 secondary ashram schools to higher secondary (junior college) level. These institutions are run by voluntary organisations under the tribal development department.