Delhi Government schools will soon have alumni associations and will organise annual alumni meets to engage with its former students. The engagement of schools with their alumni is a practice commonly followed by most private schools. This move is in line with the Government's efforts to upgrade its schools and make them even better than the private schools.
In a letter to the Directorate of Education, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia directed the department to draw up a detailed plan to "institutionalise" alumni associations, meets and events.
"It is important to inspire students to improve their academic performance. This can be done by the alumni, who have been successful academically and professionally," said Sisodia, who also hold the Education portfolio.
The deputy CM has also directed the department to launch a website for former students of all Government schools to register themselves. "Schools will be asked to reach out to successful former students and invite them to interact and inspire current students," he said. Sisodia has asked that a plan of action on this be submitted to him by August 1.
"Alumni associations are an important means of connecting school students to a strong network of people…This step will go a long way towards providing students in Government schools access to many opportunities that have so far been associated only with expensive private schools," stated an official.