Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia on Saturday inaugurated two new state-of-the-art swimming pools in Delhi Government schools to prepare students for international swimming championships and provide free of cost swimming training to every student. These swimming pools were inaugurated by Sisodia, who is also Education Minister, at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya (SKV) in Mayur Vihar and SKV in Mandawali on Saturday.
Sisodia said the Delhi Government school infrastructure and facilities in them are no less than that of any international universities like Harvard and Oxford. “Arvind Kejriwal’s Government is committed to provide best of the world facilities to children in Delhi government schools. These buildings are even better than some of the premier institutions of India such as IITs and IIMs,” said Sisodia.
“With the addition of these two new pools today, government schools now have 24 state-of-the-art swimming pools. Registration for these pools will open from April 1 and students will be given training for free. Continuing additions to sports infrastructure in our Delhi Government schools will set a fitness revolution in the national Capital,” said Sisodia.
“We want every child in Delhi Government schools to learn swimming, as it not only prepares children for a particular kind of sport but also improves their physical and mental health in the long run. Now that we have a free of cost facility to learn swimming, students must take out time and register for that,” said Sisoda.
“Students from all across Delhi, irrespective of their socio-economic background, will have equal and free access to these pools at Delhi Government schools and this is what Baba Saheb and Bhagat Singh always dreamt of. Every child is treated equally in our schools and we are committed to provide the best quality education to every child” said Sisodia while inviting students from private schools to swimming pools of Delhi Government schools.MCD shutting 60-yr-old primary school on Tank Road, alleges AAP