Delhi govt launches project to upgrade 30 city schools

The Delhi government today launched a project to upgrade and modernise the infrastructure of 30 government schools in the national capital.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia along with Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra launched the project here.
The engineering wing of Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) will execute the school upgradation project.
Sisodia asked the DTTDC to ensure safety and sustainability of the schools to ensure that these educational institutes become "as good as" private ones.
A well-equipped computer lab would feature in all
'Hi-Tech' schools as part of ICT enabled education, the release said.

"A detailed online school survey would be initiated as a first step for implementing this programme.

The list of ICT equipment for the schools would be finalised based on the inputs from the IT audit and also after reviewing the school's individual plan for implementing this programme," K Anvar Sadath, Executive Director, IT@School Project, said.
Under the programme, a team comprising school IT coordinators and student school IT coordinators would be set up in each school, he said.
These IT Coordinators in each school would be provided training to extend technical support for supplementing digital content development locally.
A state-level call-center mechanism would be set up for resolving the technical issues in each Hi-Tech school, in a timely manner.

A detailed plan for addressing the pile of 'E-Waste' being accumulated in schools would be finalised subsequently, the official added.
Necessary monitoring systems such as real-time feed back collection, school visits, online monitoring systems, regular review meetings and essential upgadations etc would be implemented in a time-bound manner.
This programme would be closely monitored and evaluated by the panchayat-constituency-district-state level mission teams and task force, which would be formed as part of General Education Protection Mission, the release added.