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Now Delhi Govt. to open premier schools

NEW DELHI: With government schools in the Capital now providing quality education to children of the poor and the middle class, the Delhi Government is embarking on an ambitious programme to open professionally-run schools that would compete with the best public schools in terms of facilities.

Likely to be called “Yuva” schools, these would be opened under the aegis of a society and would be professionally run with the help of known academicians.

According to sources, a meeting of the State Education Department was convened recently in which modalities for opening these schools were discussed. These schools would target the upper strata of society with their high fee structure and better facilities.

It is proposed that three such schools would be opened in Delhi in the first phase of the project. While one is proposed to come up on Rajpur Road, the others would be located in Laxmibai Nagar and Preet Vihar.

The project is all set to take off and only needs a Cabinet approval to take shape. According to sources, the buildings for all these three schools already exist and would only require some modifications and upgrading through a one-time government funding. Thereafter these schools would run as self-supporting entities and hopefully even make profits that would be ploughed back for opening more such schools across Delhi.

The proposed schools would be equipped with modern facilities like swimming pools but would not be air-conditioned. The society that would be constituted to run these schools would be drawn from eminent personalities and would be fully responsible for appointing the Principal and the teachers as also for the day-to-day functioning of these schools.

While the Chief Minister and the Education Minister would directly supervise the schools’ functioning, it would be ensured that political interference is minimal.

The three schools to be taken up in the first phase are expected to start admissions from next year as their buildings are ready. In fact, while the building of the Preet Vihar school is lying vacant, that of the Ludlow Castle school is being used by another school which would be merged with others in the neighbourhood.

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