Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates school in Delhi’s Libaspur

Additional facilities include a fully air-conditioned multi-purpose hall with a seating capacity of 200 people. A total of 2,000 students from the nearby areas will study on this campus.

“Until a few years ago, none of us had thought that a government school could be so magnificent. Forget government schools, none of us has thought that even a private school in Delhi would be so good. The school that has been built in your area is better than any other government or private school in all of Delhi, and perhaps even the country,” said Kejriwal

“Earlier the condition of government schools was very poor. Most of them used to function in tents and did not even have a proper roof. There were no fans, desks or even toilets. The children barely came here for an hour and then would run away. No proper education was provided to them in these schools,” he added.

The citizens of Delhi have now also given the AAP-led government the opportunity to fix the schools run by the MCD in Delhi, Kejriwal said. “The MCD schools currently are in bad shape, but do not worry, we will fix them as well. It may take some time as there are 1,800 schools. It took us 5-7 years to fix the government schools in Delhi. We will need around that much time to fix the MCD schools as well. But be rest assured that in a couple of years even the MCD schools in Delhi will be magnificent,” he said.

On this occasion, Education Minister Atishi congratulated citizens and said, “I can confidently say that this school in Libaspur is better than the finest private schools across Delhi and the country,” she said.

She further added that during that time, parents would send their children to government schools with heavy hearts because they couldn’t afford to enrol them in expensive private schools.

She further stated that this year, more than 1,000 students have cleared the NEET exam, and over 700 students have qualified for the JEE.