AAP has dealt crushing blow to education system: Hardeep Singh Puri

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 10 2020 | 4:35 PM IST

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday alleged that the AAP has dealt a "crushing blow to the education system", and accused the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation of failing to reimburse 70 per cent of the education expense borne by the municipal corporations in Delhi.

Alleging that the civic body-run schools in Delhi are made to operate with only 57 per cent of the sanctioned teachers strength, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs minister took a swipe at the AAP government's education model, saying, "They call this a success."

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First Published: Jan 10 2020 | 4:35 PM IST

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