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Delhi Govt’ education sector to get a boost with 10,000 more classrooms

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Delhi Govt’ education sector to get a boost with 10,000 more classrooms

New DelhiThe Delhi government has announced that “12,748 new rooms will be made including around 10,000 classrooms in its schools in the next one and half years, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said today.”

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a tweet, dubbed the move a “massive infra boost” for the education sector of the national capital.

As per a government statement, the entire project would cost around Rs 2,892 crore.

The cabinet sanctioned construction of a total 12,748 rooms in Delhi government schools, including 9,981 classrooms, 106 multipurpose halls and 328 laboratories, Sisodia told reporters.

This also includes 204 libraries, principal, vice principal and staff rooms as well as 1,067 toilet blocks.

Construction of all these rooms would incur an estimated cost of Rs 2,892.65 crore. This will include Rs 1,300 crore in the current financial year and Rs 1,562.65 crore during 2019-20 fiscal.

The PWD is the executing agency for the project, according to a government statement.

EDUCATION BECOMES A PRIORITY IN THE CAPITAL

He further added that “the Delhi government wants to develop capacity of the schools run by it and the municipal corporations to increase their capacity to accommodate at least 44 lakh children there.

Since it came to power in 2015, the AAP government has built over 8,000 rooms in its schools.

With the construction of new rooms, the total number will cross 20,000, the deputy chief minister said.

Sisodia claimed the need for new rooms in schools will always be felt as the children from private schools are now moving to Delhi government-run schools due to improved facilities and education there.

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