Delhi’s challenges in school education
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi with former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. File
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In 2015, before the Delhi Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) promised to revolutionise school education if it came to power. Since then, the AAP government has increased its allocation for education to nearly 25% of the Budget. It has sent teachers and principals for training programmes at the University of Cambridge, U.K.; the National Institute of Education, Singapore; and IIM Ahmedabad. It has decentralised funds for school management committees, vested more powers in the hands of community to spend; introduced the ‘happiness curriculum’; and proposed guidelines to prevent private schools from increasing their fees. On the face of it, these look like great reforms. However, the ne...
