AAP is the ruling party in Delhi and Punjab.
New Delhi:
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said education is a “priority” for the AAP-led government and work will be done to make government schools in both Delhi and Punjab “best in the world”.
AAP is the ruling party in Delhi and Punjab.
Kejriwal was addressing a gathering of principals at a function here in the presence of his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann.
Mr. Mann said that teachers in Punjab will not engage in any other work other than teaching.
In his address, Mr. Kejriwal said, “Ever since we took charge here, it was very difficult to reform and fix the education system in Delhi.” The party supremo said that first the emphasis was on infrastructure and then the AAP government focused on training teachers and headmasters.
He said that unless the teachers and headmasters are motivated, the effect will not be visible.
“If the government wants, it can provide the best schools and education, but what matters is intentions and priorities. And education is our priority. We spent seven years in Delhi, but it will take less time in Punjab,” he said.
Kejriwal said, “We will make government schools in Delhi and Punjab the best in the world.”
The AAP chief said that Punjab will also experiment and Delhi will also learn from it.
A group of principals of government schools from Punjab, who underwent professional training in Singapore from February 6 to 10, shared their experiences during the event.
Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains was also present on the occasion.
At the event, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said that this is perhaps the first time that the chief minister and education minister of both the states of Punjab and Delhi came together with principals from both sides to give such a response Are. Session.
Punjab Chief Minister Mann had on February 4 flagged off the first batch of 36 headmasters from the state government to attend a professional teacher training seminar in Singapore.
Naming someone, Mann said that there are leaders who have never appeared in any exam but give advice on the exam.
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