State govt to take over about 1900 Municipal schools in capital

New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI) Approving the suggestion of the Delhi Government, the Delhi High Court today directed the authorities to submit a concrete plan for taking over all the MCD schools to improve the standard of education by March 28.

A division bench of Chief Justice M K Sarma and Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed the government to take a formal decision and submit a plan-of-action in a week.

''Taking over all the MCD schools would not be enough. In order to provide quality education to the children, it would be necessary for the state government to run all these schools on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalaya,'' the Judges said in the order.

The MCD has 1810 primary schools and 519 of them are operating in double shifts. There are also 33 independent nursery schools established all over the city.

The total number of students studying in these schools are 9,55,391 in 2006, said the affidavit filed by Ms Yadav.

The Bench had earlier banned openning of any government school without providing basic amenities such a concrete buildings, urinals, potable water and hygienic atmosphere.

While hearing a PIL seeking direction for better education for children in schools, the court had observed ''Why make a mockery of the education without providing basic amenities to the children.'' The Education Department officials should be sensitised for providing congenial atmosphere in the schools where lakhs of students were getting education, the court said.

UNI