Activists slam Delhi govt’s education model, say merger of schools harmed quality
NEW DELHI: The Joint Forum for Movement on Education (JFME), which criticised the Delhi government’s approach to education, asserted that hundreds of government schools had been consolidated in Delhi. The campaigners addressed a news conference at the Press Club of India on Thursday and brought up a number of difficulties brought on by the consolidation of schools.
According to the JFME, the AAP-led Delhi Government started the process of combining 92 schools once the draught of the National Education Policy was revealed in 2019. According to Sharda Dikshit, joint secretary of the All India Save Education Committee, 32 schools were combined in April 2022 after 13 government schools merged in January 2022. (Delhi).
According to the speakers, the consolidation of schools had a negative impact on educational standards and put the livelihood of tens of thousands of guest instructors in jeopardy. A parent whose children’s schooling was impacted by the merger, Dharmapal (41), observed, “There are no adequate sitting arrangements and classrooms typically remain overcrowded.”
The students must fight for necessities like drinking water and sporting goods. According to the JFME, the 2,000-student Shaheed Amirchand Sarvodaya Co-Ed School on Shyamnath Marg has amalgamated with the 2,500-student Shaheed Bal Mukund Sarvodaya Co-Ed School on Shankaracharya Marg.
According to Nandita Narain, head of JFME, “the overcrowding and indiscipline have escalated to such a degree that many parents have had to pull out their daughters.” The forum further claimed that conditions are so severe in north-east Delhi that classes are being held in two shifts.
It further stated that, even during this brief time, the academic study is less important than the happiness and Deshbhakti curricula. According to Professor Anita Aggarwal, government teachers are also under pressure not to bring up this subject lest they face repercussions from higher ups.
