Nagpur: A group of heads of cities will visit government schools in Delhi to study the turnaround witnessed by these institutions under the Aam Admi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal. Office bearers from the School Headmasters Charitable Association (SHCA) said the visit is likely to occur in the second or third week of March.
SHCA founder-chairman Zafar Khan said, “The Delhi school model is something that needs to be studied in great detail. It is amazing how Kejriwal and the minister of education Manish Sisodiya changed the schools there.
SHCA will visit some of these schools and communicate with officials from the education department in Delhi to understand how the transition has been made. “Khan, who is currently in Delhi, is completing the preliminary formalities for next month’s visit.
SHCA, which represents supported school principals from the district of Nagpur, says this visit is not just for photo-ops. Khan said, “The visit to Delhi and meeting with educational officials will be a precursor to serious introspection among all of us. Back in Nagpur, we’re going to have intense meetings with members and see how we can do the same with Maharashtra schools.
“After these meetings within the fraternity of the principal, SHCA aims to receive feedback from other stakeholders such as parents, teachers, social workers, counselors, etc. and prepare a comprehensive report. Khan said, “Our study will include all aspects of Delhi schools and how that turnaround was achieved.
Then we’ll address ground-level facts about Maharashtra and what needs to be done to replicate the Delhi school success pattern. “SHCA won’t be Nagpur’s first party to go out to Delhi to learn from their performance in schooling. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) also sent a team of corporates and some officials to Delhi last year to survey how the schools work there.
Even MLC Nago Ganar has been a vocal supporter of the Delhi model, representing the teachers ‘ constituency. Ganar said all governments must drastically increase spending on school education to achieve desired outcomes.
