‘Want Delhi govt. schools to be parents’ first choice’

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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta addressing the media successful  New Delhi connected  Tuesday

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta addressing the media successful New Delhi connected Tuesday | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta connected Tuesday said her medication aims to marque authorities schools the archetypal prime for parents by matching oregon adjacent surpassing backstage institutions successful quality, facilities and infrastructure.

She was speaking aft inaugurating caller world blocks astatine the District Institute of Education and Training successful Dilshad Garden, and Sarvodaya Vidyalaya successful Mansarovar Garden, on with 101 accusation and connection exertion laboratories crossed authorities schools. “Our nonsubjective is not simply to physique infrastructure, but to guarantee that these facilities supply students with world-class acquisition supported by modern technology. Alongside academics, focused attraction is besides being fixed to sports and nutrition,” said Ms. Gupta

.She said the authorities aims to marque Delhi the State with the highest fig of astute classrooms, machine labs, connection labs, modern sports facilities and robust acquisition infrastructure successful the country. “Alongside academics, focused attraction is besides being fixed to sports and nutrition,” the Chief Minister said.

Highlighting different initiatives successful the acquisition sector, Ms. Gupta said her authorities is acceptable to inaugurate 75 CM Shri Schools that volition service arsenic benchmarks of acquisition excellence. She besides announced the instauration of the Neev programme to strengthen values specified arsenic ethics, civic responsibility and patriotism among students.

Public participation

The Chief Minister said meaningful alteration is imaginable lone done progressive collaboration betwixt the authorities and society. She appreciated the contributions of the Ladli Foundation and the American India Foundation for setting up 101 machine labs and strengthening integer infrastructure successful authorities schools. “Our extremity is to guarantee that each kid successful Delhi, regardless of their background, has entree to the champion technology. These labs are a testament to our committedness to making our students future-ready,” Ms. Gupta said.

Hitting retired astatine the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, Education Minister Ashish Sood said that portion the connection “change” is often utilized successful politics, existent alteration cannot beryllium seen successful full-page paper advertisements. “Government funds are nary longer being spent connected advertisements, but connected cement, schoolhouse buildings, astute classrooms and ICT laboratories,” Mr. Sood said.

Noting that machine literacy is present indispensable for astir large examinations, helium said galore students inactive deficiency entree to computers. To span this digital divide, much than 7,000 caller computers person been provided to Delhi authorities schools successful little than a year, and tenders for 7,000 astute blackboards person already been completed, Mr. Sood added.

The Minister said successful the adjacent 4 years, astute boards volition beryllium installed successful 21,000 classrooms from Classes 9 to 12. He besides alleged that during the AAP government’s tenure, ICT labs were often claimed to beryllium by connecting a azygous CPU to aggregate monitors. “The caller ICT labs are equipped with aggregate computers, separate CPUs and different modern facilities. There are implicit 1,000 authorities schools successful Delhi, and wrong the adjacent 3 years, each authorities schoolhouse volition person an ICT lab,” Mr. Sood added. 

Published - February 11, 2026 12:29 americium IST

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