Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said that the Delhi Government was setting up a residential school for SC, ST, OBC and minorities and orphan children to provide free education, boarding and lodging facilities. She also appealed the people from all sections to come forward for upliftment of weaker sections.
“The members of the weaker sections should come forward to avail educational facilities to enable then to make use of all available opportunities like other communities,” Dikshit said.
“This is going to be the best tribute to the architect of our Constitution, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar as he dreamt of imparting education to each and every Dalit child,” she said while paying tribute to Ambedkar on his 122nd birth anniversary.
She said Ambedkar had given the country the best Constitution in the world which helped us in protecting and nurturing our valued democratic system. The Chief Minister also awarded two Dalit children for scoring highest marks in the senior secondary examination. Kumari Anjali and Aashish were presented awards in a function called ‘Prerna Divas’ organised by Delhi Commission for safai karamcharis to mark the birth anniversary Ambedkar.