The Delhi Government is all set to send 90 principals from its schools for a leadership training to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom as part of its as part of its teachers training initiative.
Cambridge University’s two officers Jaydeep Prabhu and Harold Chi met with Education Minister Manish Sisodia at the Delhi Secretariat on Monday. The Delhi Government has allocated Rs102 crore for international training of principals and teachers in the Budget for the current financial year.
While interacting with the officials of Cambridge University, Sisodia said “our principals and teachers are very talented but we need to impart them with the necessary leadership skills.”
“In a first step the training or education leadership programme will span over 10 days. Apart from visiting the Cambridge University, principals and teachers will also be sent to other top institutions and universities like Oxford, Harvard, IITs and IIMs,” as stated in Delhi Government release.
During their meeting with the deputy CM, the officials from Cambridge revealed that the principals going for training would also be visiting the local schools to understand the education system of UK in detail.