Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Satyender Jain on Wednesday directed PWD officials to start construction work of additional classrooms at 32 school sites from mid October 2018 and complete it in next 9-10 months. The Ministers said this while reviewing the progress of work related to building of 12,000 additional classrooms in Delhi Government schools.
Apart from that, the PWD is expected to complete the construction of additional classrooms at three school sites and hand it over to the Directorate of Education next month.
Sisodia also directed Secretary Education to submit a proposal to scrap the school fee paid by the students of Classes 9 to 12 saying the process of collection of Rs 20 and maintenance of record by the teacher in-charge is unnecessary.
The Minister also said the accountability of the administrative staff and senior officials should be fixed for timely disposal of the teachers' application related to Child Care leave, No Objection Certificate for foreign travel, clearance of bills, etc. Also, he enquired about the digitisation of the data management system at school where the assessment, attendance and child profile is maintained.
He also declared that about 9,000 additional guest teachers will join the schools by 14th August 2018 ensuring that all Schools have teachers as per their requirement.