Delhi's education system is hollow and gimmick: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Delhi's education system is hollow and gimmick: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

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Dharmendra Pradhan said that Arvind Kejriwal government's claims on the education front are hollow. He stated Kejriwal’s claims as a gimmick.

New Delhi: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan cited the declining performance of students of Delhi government-run schools in Class X and XII Board exams to say that the Arvind Kejriwal government's claims on the education front are "hollow" while accusing the chief minister of indulging in "gimmickry". Attacking the AAP dispensation over the excise policy, Pradhan said Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia are trying to cover up their "theft" through the excise scam by showing an article in the New York Times.

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"Delhi's education system is Khokhla (hollow) and a nautanki (gimmick). According to the National Achievement Survey, the performance of Class X and XII students of Delhi government schools has been constantly declining," Pradhan said in his address at Business Today's "India@100" conclave on Friday.

Pradhan's comments come in the backdrop of an article in the NYT about the AAP government's education model for the national capital and included deputy CM Manish Sisodia's picture with school children.

Urging Kejriwal and Sisodia to not hide but show the real state of Delhi's schools, the minister said: "They are just trying to cover up for their theft through the excise policy by showing the NYT article while in reality, the situation is different." The New York Times report last week triggered a war of words between BJP and AAP after CBI raided the residence of Sisodia, who also holds the excise portfolio, in connection with alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the city government's excise policy.

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Elaborating on the NE and welcoming foreign universities, he said India will offer all kinds of educational institutions public, private, and foreign, and regulatory curbs will not hinder any of them, but monopolies will not be allowed.

He said: "It is the state's responsibility to create a level playing field. One section of society will be protected by government intervention. Those who can afford to pay from their own pocket should pay."

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