Zilla parishads and municipal corporations that excel in promoting quality and innovative education initiatives in Maharashtra will receive incentive prizes of Rs 5 crore for first place, Rs 3 crore for the second, and Rs 2 crore for the third position, School Education Minister Shri Dadaji Bhuse announced on Friday.

He was speaking at the inauguration of the two-day State-Level School Education Conference in Balewadi, Pune. The event was attended by the School Department Principal Secretary Ranjit Singh Deol, Education Commissioner Sachindra Pratap Singh, Maharashtra Primary Education Council State Project Director Sanjay Yadav, State Educational Research and Training Council Director Rahul Rekhawar, State Examination Council Director Nandkumar Bedse, and other directors and education officers from across the state.