Schools in Delhi won’t open anytime soon, says Manish Sisodia

NEW DELHI: The schools in Delhi will not open anytime soon, said deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Monday while he visited four schools where construction activities were going on in the city.
“Keeping in mind the security and safety of children, we are not calling students back to school anytime soon. We are, however, ensuring the construction work for new and improved classrooms is done at a fast pace so that when children do end up returning to school, they are welcomed with the new and colourful classrooms with the best facilities,” said Sisodia.
He visited four Delhi government schools — SKV Kondli, GGSS Kalyanpuri, Government Co-ed School at IP Extension and Government Co-ed Senior Secondary School in Preet Vihar— where new classrooms are being built.
The construction work at SKV Kondli school is 90% complete and will be ready by end of this month. At present, 20 new classrooms are being constructed at SKV Kondli.
Similarly, 97% of construction work is complete at GGSS Kalyanpuri School, with 20 new classrooms in the process of being constructed. The construction work to build 84 new classrooms at Government Co-ed, IP Extension is 90% complete and the school construction will be end by July. The classroom construction work is 84% complete at Government Co-ed Senior Secondary School, Preet Vihar. It will be ready by August and will host 48 new classrooms.
“Classrooms should be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. The schools and classrooms should be designed keeping in mind the psyche of the children. We should design schools in a way that they are interactive, so that when students return to schools and look at their colourful classes, they are motivated to learn and engage,” Sisodia told the officials.