Providing 9,000 computer tablets to students, strengthening sports training infrastructure, and setting up nature-based classrooms are part of the NDMC’s plans for improving facilities at its schools in the financial year 2024–25.
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) member Kuljeet Singh Chahal said the council will also be setting up a wrestling centre at the Atal Adarsh Vidyalaya located on the Mandir Marg.
“The NDMC’s target is to achieve Viksit Bharat@2047 by establishing modern infrastructure for education and green energy,” he said.
There are around 28,000 students in 43 NDMC-run schools.
Talking about the various initiatives in the field of education, he said that during COVID-19, the council had made 811 computer tablets available to students of classes 10 and 12 in four schools on the basis of a pilot project.
“The NDMC will expand the scope of this programme by including all students from classes 9 to 12, and all PGT and TGT teachers in all schools, benefiting around 9,000 students. The distribution of the tablets will be completed in the 2024-25 fiscal year, and the NDMC will be the first municipal body to do so,” Chahal said.
He said special emphasis will be laid on upgrading sports infrastructure in all schools. There are 14 part-time sports coaches for eight sports — cricket, hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, boxing, and lawn tennis.
The NDMC is in the process of providing 10 more coaches with the addition of two more sports—table tennis and wrestling—for providing professional coaching to NDMC school students during and after school hours, he said.
