Delhi Education Minister Atishi and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Sunday interacted with 48 principals of MCD schools who returned after five-day training from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad.

Speaking on the occasion, Education Minister Atishi said, “The zeal and enthusiasm of our principals who returned after training from IIM is worth seeing. Whenever we talk about government schools, their teachers and principals, the whole country has a concept that they are indifferent. But I am happy that our principals have worked to break this notion.”

She added that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal believes that unless teachers get world-class exposure, they cannot provide world-class education to children. “That is why we have sent the principals of MCD schools to IIM for training so that they get world class training and then use it to improve their schools,” she stated.

Mayor Shelly Oberoi said that before 2022, there was no attention given to teachers and principals in the MCD schools. “But after the formation of the AAP government, we gave full respect to our teachers and principals. A principal has the responsibility of running the entire school as they are responsible for everything from children's education to the school's infrastructure,” she stated

Further, she said, “Our principals will be able to fulfill this responsibility well only when they are able to manage everything better. Therefore, to improve the management and leadership skills of our school principals, we are sending them for training at the country's top management institute IIM.”