On Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal laid the foundation stone for the construction of 11,000 new classrooms. These classrooms will be constructed in more than 200 schools run by the government of Delhi. This is second phase of infrastructure expansion by the AAP government. The was phase was undertaken by the government during 2015-18.
"Building infrastructure isn't rocket science, but the way how confidence has been instilled in the teachers of Delhi government schools, through exposures at the most reputed institutes of the world like Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard," Mr Kejriwal said.
"It’s unbelievable that 300-350 students of Delhi government schools got through IIT-JEE last year. I am from IIT, I know the hard work it takes," he added.
The foundation stone was laid at the Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya situated in the New Friends Colony.
"25 new schools have been built, 31 are under construction and the blueprints for 78 new schools have been decided," Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said at the event.
"We have no illusion that having built the right infrastructure, the work on education is completed. Today Delhi government schools perform better than even private schools, selections in competitive exams from government schools have gone up from 40-50 to more than 250," he said.
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