Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said he has accepted the challenge of his Punjab counterpart Pargat Singh and has released a list of 250 government schools in Delhi where Mr Singh has called the “revolution” in the field of education in the last five years. can go to see.
He also asked the education minister to release a list of 250 government schools in his state so that Punjab’s education model could be studied and debated to decide which one is better.
He said, ‘It is a matter of great pride that education is becoming an important issue in the politics of the country. When Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would fix the deteriorating education system in Punjab, Education Minister Pargat Singh replied that the Punjab government had done a lot for education in that state,” Mr Sisodia, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister , he said .
“Therefore, he was invited along with his team and media persons to visit five government schools in Delhi and five government schools in Punjab and then debate on the education model of both the states,” he said. However, Mr. Singh wanted to visit 250 government schools in Delhi.
Mr Sisodia said that the Delhi government may also prepare a list of 1,000 schools.
“When Mr. Singh visits these schools, he should bring media persons along so that the people of Punjab can see the world class infrastructure and quality education in Delhi government schools and compare it with the education system in their state,” Deputy CM said. said.
He said that in the last five years, the Delhi government has developed world-class infrastructure in government schools, provided leadership training to school heads through institutions like IIMs and sent teachers abroad for training.
The result of which, he said, was that government schools had performed better than private schools, with a pass rate of 99.96% in class XII exams this year.
Mr Sisodia said that around 500 children, including 51 students from a school, had qualified NEET, while 500 children had qualified JEE Mains and 70 students had qualified JEE Advanced.
“We will also visit schools in Punjab and then debate on the education model of both the states,” he said.
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