New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Delhi government on Friday introduced new assessment guidelines for government, government-aided and recognised unaided schools in the national capital in which students will now be assessed for the impact of mindset curricula in their behaviour, along with other scholastic subjects.

New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): To help Tihar Jail inmates reintegrate better with the society after completion of their jail term, the Kejriwal government will now provide them with skill training and educational support. Prior to this, Delhi Government school teachers will study their educational background and potential skills.

New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Amid the rising COVID cases in Delhi, the Directorate of Education, Delhi Government, on Wednesday, issued an advisory to all private schools, said the officials.

New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): A teacher and a student of a private school in South Delhi have been found COVID-19 positive, following which other students who were in the same class were sent home on Wednesday.

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday presented a status report on the AAP governments 2021-22 budget which showed that projects under the Directorate of Education were on track Sisodia presented the fifth consecutive report card of the government in the Delhi Assembly on the progress and achievements of schemes programmes and projects under the Outcome Budget The Outcome Budget was introduced in 2017-18 as a tool linking the budget with outcomes to capture the progress of various schemes programmes and projects and final deliverables from the citizens perspective The Outcome Budget for 2021-22 showed that out of 60 critical indicators of the Directorate of Education 72 per cent were on track In 2020-21 this figure stood at 84 per cent The major initiatives of the directorate include construction of 13181 new classrooms till February 2022 admission of 25327students under the Right to Education installing CCTV cameras in 577 out of 728 government school buildings It also said that Deshbhakti Curriculum and Desh Ke Mentor programme were also rolled out while three lakh children received a seed money of Rs 2000 each under the Business Blasters programme leading to generation of 51000 business ideas For higher education the outcome budget showed that 63 per cent of the indicators were on track It said that 95 per cent of the work has been completed on the east campus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and it is likely to become functional this year A total of 6820 students have been provided financial assistance of Rs 4814 crore during 2021-22 under the Merit cum Means Linked Financial Assistance Scheme as against Rs 2401 crore provided to 3760 students in 2020-21 the report said The Delhi governments technical education institutes have awarded 84 PhD degrees up to December 312021 against an annual target of 114 PhD degrees while 1670 research papers were published by the faculty of such institutes during the same period as against 1960 papers in 2020-21 PTI SLB SMN

New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Consent of parents would not be mandatory for offline classes or exams for students of classes 10 and 12, Delhi government's Directorate of Education said on Monday.

New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): Delhi government on Saturday directed all the teachers, IT Assistants and DEOs of the Directorate of Education who have been deployed for COVID-19-related duties in the Revenue Department of GNCTD to report back to their parent school or department on February 28.

New Delhi Feb 22 PTI The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the response of the Delhi government on a plea challenging its decision to install CCTV cameras in classrooms of government schools and live streaming of such video footage to third personsA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government Department of Education Directorate of Education and Public Works Department on the petition and listed the matter for further hearing on March 30The petition filed by Delhi Parents Association and Government School Teachers Association has sought to quash two cabinet decisions of September 11 2017 and December 11 2017 by the Delhi government for installation of Closed Circuit Televisions CCTV cameras inside classrooms of government schools and the consequent live-streaming of such video footage to third personsAdvocate Jai Anant Dehadrai appearing for the petitioner associations also sought to set aside two circulars of November 18 2019 issued by the Directorate of Education authorising the installation of CCTV cameras in schools that are directly administered by the Delhi governmentExpressing concern over the privacy of students and preservation of their dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution the associations approached the high court and said that the installation of CCTV cameras and consequent live-streaming of footage to unauthorised persons would infringe upon the students right to privacyThe plea said the installation of CCTV cameras inside classrooms without obtaining specific consent from either the students and their parents and teachers is a gross and direct violation of the fundamental right to privacyThe act of live-streaming footage similarly without specific consent is a further violation of the fundamental right to privacy In the complete absence of a data protection regime or any other statutoryregulatory framework to protect citizens data the twin acts of obtaining and then storing childrens data on private computer servers are fraught with danger and are thus also violative of the fundamental right to privacy the plea saidIt said the petitioners are directly affected by the governments decisions as they transgress not only their fundamental rights but also those of the students they teach and the parents are deeply concerned about the safety and privacy of their wardsTheir fears are further compounded by the present-day reality of morphing and abuse of video footage as also its possible dissemination on social media and the Internet at large it said adding that this warrants the urgent intervention of the courtThe petition sought direction to the authorities to remove CCTV cameras installed in the classrooms in government schools across Delhi and to destroy the video data collected from the CCTV camerasIt further sought to direct the Delhi government to frame binding regulations qua the data collected from the CCTV cameras installed only in permissible places in schools except classrooms PTI SKV SKV RKS RKS

New Delhi Feb 19 PTI The Delhi government will soon commission a study to assess the impact on the mental health and emotional well-being of students due to the closure of schools COVID-19 and the shift towards online education officials said on Saturday Schools in Delhi were closed following lockdown in March 2020 and were opened this month The planning department of the Delhi government on Friday issued a request for proposal RFQ to hire a suitable agency to conduct the study covering government school students parents and teachers The study is designed to assess the emotional well-being and mental health of all types of students boys and girls from different classes age groups social and economic backgrounds which will provide an insight into how students from different backgrounds responded adapted and handled the effects of COVID-19 the document stated As many as 4480 lakh students had enrolled in Delhi schools during 2020-21 A total of 8400 students 1680 parents and 1680 teachers will be surveyed for schools across 28 zones in Delhi it said The sample data of students teachers and parents will be provided by the government The study will be conducted for students of Class I to XII as well as parents and teachers through personal interview from all 28 education zones of Delhi Separate questionnaires have been designed for each group of students by the Directorate of Education in consultation with the planning department The questionnaires for teachers and parents have been designed irrespective of groups The selected agency will require to form survey teams of minimum 30 surveyors with each completing 15 surveys per day in a span of 30 days including buffer period to cover the selected students parents and teachers the document said As per the RFQ an agreement with the agency selected through bidding will be signed by March 21 and field work of survey will be wrapped up by April 29 The data collected digitally will be compiled and analysed and a draft report will be submitted to the government by May 17 The final report of the study will be submitted by May 27 according to the document PTI VIT CJ CJ

New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): After declaring February 16 as holiday, the Delhi government said the schools in the national capital will remain close on Wednesday in view of Sant Guru Ravidas Jayanti.