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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 17
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced launch of three education schemes: free education to all up to class 12th, loan for higher studies and free higher education to the students who have received some award.
The Chief Minister said that his government would impart free education to every child up to class 12 and keep under check the mushrooming of private schools by setting up state-run institutions that imparted quality education to poor children free of charge.
It was one of the assurances given by the Aam Aadmi Party in its election manifesto.
The AAP dispensation has completely changed government schools where the standard of education was earlier in a bad state, he claimed at the launch of a web portal for the 'Loan Guarantee Scheme and Scholarship'.
The scheme provides loans to needy students through banks and the government takes their guarantee.
The Chief Minister claimed that since the AAP formed government, there have been "revolutionary" changes which were being discussed globally and in the country.
"Earlier, the quality of government schools was deteriorating and the entire education sector, be it primary, secondary, colleges and technical, was moving towards privatisation. Fees of these institutions were so high that the common man could not afford them. Since we came to power, we have changed the wave of privatisation of education in the country," Kejriwal said.
He also said that people earlier did not "want to send their children to government schools" where the standard of education was bad.
"When honest politics, honest people came to Delhi (government), principals, teachers and officials did a wonderful job in the last two and a half years, due to which the results of class 12 of government schools were better in comparison to private schools this year," the Chief Minister said.
Kejriwal said, "We have prepared such a model where a child, whether from a poor or rich family, would get quality education free of cost.”
He also said that the loan will be returnable one year after the student completed his course. It will be returned in 15 years.
Sisodia to start workshops for students' parents
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will launch 'Parents Workshops' tomorrow from Sarvodaya Co-ed Vidyalaya, Sector 6 - Rohini. This is a first of its kind initiative aimed at sensitizing parents of children studying in government schools.
The government aims to engage parents towards making them partners in the education of their children. The workshops will be conducted from tomorrow in 10 schools on a pilot basis and then rolled out in 50 schools across the city.
Initially, the workshops will only be conducted for parents of children appearing for Class 10 and 12 Board examinations, at the school in the evenings. A full-fledged roll-out of this programme is set to take place from January.
Informing about the details of the scheme, the Deputy Chief Minister said, "The involvement of parents in the education of children makes a significant difference to their performance. Our government has worked on many fronts like improving school infrastructure and upgrading the quality of the classroom experience.”
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