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MCD targets 50,000 new school admissions in one month
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has set a target of enrolling 50,000 new students in its schools within a month, with teachers directed to go door-to-door every Saturday. The decision was taken…
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has set a target of enrolling 50,000 new students in its schools within a month, with teachers directed to go door-to-door every Saturday. The decision was taken at Monday's meeting of the MCD Education Committee, where chairman Yogesh Verma said the goal is real improvement, not just on paper.
Teachers who secure 75 new admissions will be considered for the Nagar Nigam Shikshak Award. The committee also flagged shortages of sanitation workers and security guards, directing officials to expedite a proposal for recruiting around 3,000 posts. Schools requiring repairs to classrooms, toilets, drinking water and electrical infrastructure are to be identified, and the quality of mid-day meals will be reviewed.
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MCD schools have been losing students to private and government-aided institutions for years, a trend that hollows out the civic body's education budget per pupil even as fixed costs stay. The 50,000-admission target is a political signal as much as an operational one: the MCD is run by the Aam Aadmi Party, and the Delhi government's own schools under the Directorate of Education set higher benchmarks on infrastructure and learning outcomes. A sustained dip below 50,000 would raise questions at the next budget about why the corporation runs schools at all. The committee has asked for a recruitment proposal, but the hiring of 3,000 sanitation and security staff requires the MCD's finance department to clear the expenditure. The education committee's next review of enrolment figures, likely after the one-month drive ends, will show whether door-to-door outreach can reverse the decline.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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