The government has taken-up a project for establishing 10 model high schools in the capital city at a cost of Tk 114 crore, an official handout said.

The entire cost of the project will be provided by the government.

As part of the project, construction work of four schools will begin in the current fiscal.

The foundation stone of Mo-hammadpur Model High School, one of the proposed schools, was formally laid on the premises of Dhaka Residential Model School on Tuesday. The new school compound will be set up on three acres of land.