In its most recent endeavour for strengthening the education system of the city, AAP roped in Career Launcher, a test preparation organization, to start a free-of-cost training programme. This program will train the children studying science in Class 12 in government schools for JEE and NEET entrance exams.
Career Launcher also organised a special training session for Delhi Government school teachers, to help facilitate the students’ access and learning, a report by India Today stated.
“Since 2015, the number of students getting selected in IIT-JEE have risen from 40-50 to over 300 selections today. This has been the result of constant hard work of the teachers and students of Delhi Govt. schools. We thank Career Launcher and welcome them in building upon this success. Preparing for competitive examinations is the intended objective, but this exercise will also be intended towards developing a scientific outlook, through exposure to higher applications of science in daily life. I really hope the students make the most of it”, said Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, acknowledging the special guidance provided to the teachers.
According to reports, the students will get 130+ hours of training in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. The classes are being held after school-hours from 7 P.M. to 10 P.M. since January 21 2019. The students will also receive online test series and other study materials as supplementary preparation material.
“Our team is proud to offer the Delhi Government its support in launching a much-needed course for its science stream students: the JEE and NEET Crash Course. Career Launcher can leverage its strong academic competency and online delivery platform to reach to over 5000 students and help them achieve their dreams. We are confident of doubling the number of their IIT JEE qualifiers with this initiative, which has already gone up from 40-50 to more than 300 with Delhi govt’s efforts in education, especially since their own teachers and officers of the Directorate of Education are actively involved in the process,” said Mohan Prasad, the content head at Career Launcher.
The AAP Government has paid importance to the education sector from the beginning of its term and it is visible from the statistics mentioned on their official sites. 2015-16 saw a double allocation of budget of ₹41,129 crore to the education sector. 2017-18 witnessed an allocation of 23.5% of the annual budget and 2018-19 witnessed an allocation of ₹13,997 crore which amounts to 26% of the total budget.
The four major fronts focused on were: modernizing infrastructures – additional classrooms were built, pilot schools were finally launched after testing, maintenance was improved in terms of management; capacity improvement of teaching staff and principals – steps like training of teachers, launching of school leadership management programme and increasing the accountability of the school administration took place; school management committees were set up; and other programmes – Every Child Can Read campaign, Mentor Teacher program, Chunauti 2018, etc. were launched.
The Delhi government is spearheading the change India’s education system has desired since long and is working in making schools a fearless space for children. Be it the launching of the Happiness Curriculum to work towards building positive mental health for children, the recent introduction of mandatory Constitutional studies for classes 6 to 12 to help students connect with constitutional values or transforming the research, development and infrastructure scenario to better the quality of education being provided.
All of the above is best summed up in a statement by Sisodia, “The money spent on education and health is not an expense, but an investment into the well-being of coming generations.”
The reality of government schools was that of a crippled one, much worse than seen in movies like “Hindi Medium” and “Hichki” but with the right efforts of the current government, one can see a silver lining in the clouds.
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