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First Govt. school building with lift for students opened

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It has been constructed at a cost of Rs.6.53 crore

Minister assures proper inspection and maintenance of the premises

NEW DELHI: The new building of Sarvodya Kanya Vidyalaya at Shastri Park here on Tuesday became the first government school building in Delhi to have a lift for students. The buildings, which has been constructed anew on the old structure, was inaugurated by Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Lovely said the new building of the school had been constructed at a cost of Rs.6.53 crore. The foundation stone of this building was laid by Finance Minister A. K. Walia in May 2006 and it has been constructed in a span of just about 27 months, he added.

Mr. Lovely said the Delhi Government had been striving hard to provide modern facilities to students to prompt them to perform better. He informed that the new building had facilities like modern classrooms, library, laboratories, toilets, internal water supply, sanitary installations, internal electrification and drainage. He assured that the Government would ensure proper inspection and maintenance to keep the premises and facilities in good shape.

The new building, he stressed, would address the educational needs of the nearly 1 lakh population living in Shastri Park. Stating that nearly 12 lakh students study in government schools in Delhi, he said there had been a 50 per cent jump in this figure which was around 8 lakhs a few years ago. The Minister said it was also a matter of great pride that the dropout rate of students has dropped from 17.5 per cent to 5 per cent.

Claiming that government schools were now performing much better than private schools in Delhi, Mr. Lovely said the Directorate of Education had decided to upgrade all the existing school buildings.

“Now old structures will be razed and new environment-friendly structures with state-of-the-art facilities would be built,” he added.

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