Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Wednesday said that 10 schools have been issued show-cause notices, and audited reports of 600 schools have been gathered in the last 7 days over complaints of arbitrary fee hikes in the national capital.
Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Tuesday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party after inspecting schools in the national capital and said that the previous government developed two schools in Patparganj Vidhan Sabha.
Speaking at a press conference, Sood revealed that out of 1,677 private schools in Delhi, 335 are situated on government land, with many failing to adhere to the Delhi School Act of 1973, which mandates government approval before fee hikes.
"Delhi's education system should be made such that it is the best in the country, that it is at the level of the country's capital, everybody's cooperation is needed for this," Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta told reporters.
Punjab state chief of Democratic Teacher Front (DTF) Digvijay Pal Sharma hit out at former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia after the latter inspected the schools of Punjab. He alleged that the education situation in Punjab has deteriorated in the three years of their term.
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying the work done by Kejriwal in Delhi is "common" and holds no reality on ground.
"Today, many big people from across the world come to Delhi to see the schools here. I would also invite PM Modi to come and see the govt schools and decide if work has been done or not," Bharadwaj said.
Tripura University, in collaboration with the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, organised a two-day national workshop on December 19 and 20. The workshop, titled "National Education Policy 2020: Financial Application and Resource Mobilization b
Delhi Education Minister Atishi and Mayor Shaili Oberoi on Sunday interacted with 48 principals of MCD schools who returned after a five-day training from IIM Ahmedabad.