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Delhi to get residential school for underprivileged kids
Monday May 14, 2012 10:11:36 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The capital
is set to receive a residential school for students belonging to
the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other
Backward Castes (OBC), the Delhi government announced Monday.
"The cabinet has decided to set up a residential school for the
SC, ST, OBC and Muslim students in order to provide them adequate
opportunities to excel in studies," Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit said here after a cabinet meeting.
An agreement to this effect will be signed by the Department of
Welfare of SC/ST/OBC/Minorities and Kalinga Institute of Social
Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.
KISS is running the biggest residential institute for tribal
children in South Asia where 10,000 tribal children are provided
residential facilities and education from kindergarten (KG) to
post-graduate (PG) level.
"After visiting the institute, it was felt that the experiment
could be replicated in Delhi in order to bring SC/ST/OBC/Muslim
students at par with other students by providing holistic quality
education," Dikshit told reporters.
Experienced teachers from KISS would impart education in an
innovative manner. The school will be managed by the KISS.
An existing school premises at Ishapur would be renovated by the
Public Works Department (PWD) as per specification provided by
KISS.
The government will provide infrastructure and financial
assistance for running the school for five years and after that,
the school is expected to be self-sustaining.
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