The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi in its maiden budget emphasised on education and seeks to make Delhi a fully literate state and imparting value education along with skills.
Finance Minister Manish Sisodia has double the allocation of budget from Rs.2,219 crore to Rs. 4,570 crore. It is to be noted that during the election time the party had promised to open 500 new schools within five years and in the first of year only, the party has worked upon 236 schools which are in pipeline.
The party is paying attention to the improving quality of education by the creation of 50 model schools, recruitment of 20,000 regular teachers to improve student-teacher ratio, skills development and value education. Not only this there will be CCTV cameras installed in all classrooms of government schools.
