The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has issued a notice to the municipal corporation in the city seeking an explanation within two weeks for the “poor” performance of primary schools, on Monday, September 5, 2022.
According to an official statement, the commission has also said an inquiry has been ordered into the “poor quality of education” in the MCD schools.
Furthermore, in a notice of inquiry, the DCPCR, cited the National Achievement Survey (NAS) Report, 2021 for class 3 to highlight the quality of teaching and learning in the city’s municipal schools.
“The responsibility of imparting primary education lies with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The unified MCD is currently functioning under the BJP-led Centre,” the statement said.
In addition the statement noted that the NAS Class-3 results paint a dismal picture of teaching and learning in municipal schools, which rank Delhi amongst the lowest 5 performing states in India.
“In fact, the class 3 results of Municipal Corporation of Delhi are below the national average in all three subjects: Language, Maths, and Environmental Studies. The average state score for class 3 in language is merely 52 % while the national average is 62 %,” it added.
The DCPCR has asked the MCD to file an explanation within two weeks.
“DCPCR has ordered an inquiry regarding the absolutely poor quality of education in MCD schools. The performance of the MCD schools has been ranked amongst the bottom 5 in whole India,” Kundu tweeted.
Legislators of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including the party’s chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj, live-streamed their visit to the MCD schools on social media platforms on Saturday, highlighting the “poor condition” of the buildings, classrooms, toilets and campuses, and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for raising questions on the Delhi government’s expenditure on the construction of its schools.
However, the MCD denied that the condition in its schools is “poorer than those run by the city government” after the AAP MLAs highlighted their “poor condition” on social media.
With inputs from PTI.
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