The Delhi Government will set up its own ‘State Board of Education’ with an objective to focus on understanding and learning rather score marks by rote learning so that students prepare themselves to tackle themselves for the any possible challenges. The Government has earmarked Rs 15, 815 crore for education sector in the financial year 2020-21 which is 24.33 per cent of the total Budget.
Finance Minister Manish Sisodia in his Budget speech on Monday proposed a number of initiatives on skill and entrepreneurship development programme, spoken English competencies, patriotic course with an aim for overall development of personality of students to become a good citizen.
The Government will bring a new law to ensure quality early childhood education keeping in view of its importance on overall development of children in age group 3 to 6 years, he said.
The Government will replicate the best models and new experiments of best performing countries in the Government schools in terms of qualitative training to teachers and development of curriculum, Sisodia said, adding that the school health scheme will be launched from next year and students will be given a multipurpose identity card containing detailed health records.
“The school health scheme will be launched from next year and students will be given a multipurpose identity card with their health details. A sum of Rs 22 crore is proposed for this scheme,” he said.
He also said that students will be given equitable and affordable education opportunities in higher education through expansion of existing Institutes and Universities and introduction of new courses. The Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University, Delhi Sports University and Delhi Teachers University will also be set up.
“Our Government is mulling over joining the PISA Test in 2024. This process assesses how well the level of education received by children up to the age of 15 in a country or state meets international standards and needs. About 80 developed and highly developed countries of the world participate in this competition. We are optimistic that Delhi will achieve a distinct place on the educational map of the world by 2024 through our continuous hard work and through the Kejriwal Model of Education Governance of last five years,” he said.
PISA is the world's most important international educational assessment process in the field of education, which is held every three years.