Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Saturday, announced that 45 new model schools will be opened within a year.
“We will open 45 new schools in a year and it will be on par with private schools and we will also ensure that existing schools will be updated according to the parameters of model school,” Mr. Kejriwal said. Asking to turn government schools into model school, he said: “There is only one parameter of model school, a government school in which we can send our kids. Even 90 per cent of government school principals send their children to private schools.”
“Education department has done mapping of all the schools about the requirement of schools and availability of land. We have sent this proposal to PWD department asking them to make enough classrooms so that there are not over 40 students in a class. They will have to deliver these classrooms in the next one and half years,” Mr. Kejriwal said.
The Chief Minister also threw an open challenge to the gathering of school principals and asked them to improve the education quality of their schools within a year and submit a blueprint to achieve it.Pitching for encouraging principals and teachers Kejriwal said, after a year, the government will assess the performance of schools. Top 10 performing principals and teachers will be sent to foreign countries for exchange programme and training.
