Govt employees who failed to get their children admitted to reputed schools now have hope
For scores of Government employees who failed to get their children admitted to reputed schools, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has come to their rescue. The civic agency has decided to set up a new ‘progressive school’ which would primarily cater to children of Government employees. Proposed to be built at East Kidwai Nagar, the agency has planned to rope in leading consultants and educationists for creating a state-of-the-art institution.
The decision was taken by the NDMC following numerous complaints by Government employees for not being able to admit their children in schools. “It has become extremely difficult for children of Government officials to get admission as there is acute shortage of good schools. They want to get their wards admitted to ‘public’ schools which are perceived to be of good standard, but are unable to do so as they are way too expensive. This school will offer quality education at affordable costs,” said Vidush Chaturvedi, Director (Education), NDMC.
The school will be built at East Kidwai Nagar, where the National Buildings Construction Corporation ltd (NBCC) is carrying out redevelopment of the area. The project includes constructing a highrise housing complex for Government employees. The NBCC will build the school for NDMC in over three acres. “The school will be in total sync with the flats. It will give a feel of a township. The area had a school of NDMC which is being demolished now. The students already enrolled in the school will get a direct admission to the new school,” added an official.
The ‘progressive school’ will focus on holistic development of children and will offer unique learning methods along with activities for physical, mental and emotional development. The school will be an all-inclusive one with even residential day and boarding facilities. “Our academic content will also be different and unique. It is for this reason that we have invited people and groups for innovative ideas,” said an official. The school is expected to have facilities like gym, playground, yoga centre, high-tech classrooms with audio/visual systems among other things.
“We want it to be residential school to cater to the children belonging to the economically weaker sections. They need to be brought to the level of those kids coming from good families for which they require extra time to be taught,” said an official. For this, the agency recently floated an Expression of Interest (EOI) calling institutions and agencies to partner with it for the same. The last date for interest parties to submit their detailed proposals is May 15.