New Delhi, Feb 17 : The Government has decided to set up 20 counter-insurgency and anti-terrorism schools under the XIth Plan.

This was stated by Sriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State for Home Affairs, in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

It is proposed to locate four schools each in the states of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa with a view to providing training to the State police personnel to tackle the insurgency/naxal menace. (ANI)