Delhi's own school education board expected to be operational by next year: Education Minister

Delhi to have its own school education board by next year, the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.

Delhi will have its own school education board which is expected to get operational by 2021, however, unlike other states, it will not be imposed on the government schools in the state, the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said. While talking about the state education board, the Minister said that the Board will be as per the new reforms that have been proposed in the new National Education Policy (NEP). He also said that the state education board will work on continuous evaluation of students and not just on year-end exams. 

“We have recently set up two committees for working on the proposed board as well as curriculum reforms. An ideal situation would be that we make it operational by next year. Initially, around 40 schools will be affiliated to the board, which could be either government or private,” Sisodia told a media house in an interview.

“What happens in other state boards is that the private schools are free to make their choice whether they want to opt for CBSE, ICSE or state board, while government schools follow the state board. We will have no imposition. It will be optional for both government and private schools. We want to make the board so enriching and useful, that there is a demand for it,” he added.

In July, the Delhi government had constituted two committees to prepare a scheme and framework for the formation of the state education Board and curriculum reforms. In March, the AAP government had announced in its annual Budget that it is planning to set up a separate Board of education for the National capital. Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s Education Minister, said his government is studying the recently announced new education policy in detail.

“We are studying the policy in detail. We have already been working on some of the reforms proposed in it. There are a few anomalies but there are a few good things too. I have told the two committees that our board will be in sync with the NEP because as a nation we are together but the focus will not be on evaluating students once a year and encouraging rote learning in the process,” he said.

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