Govt. to set up schools for backward caste, minority

Updated on: Thursday, May 17, 2012

Delhi government is planning to set up a residential school for students from SC, ST, OBC and minorities at Ishapur area of West Delhi in the line of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in Bhubaneshwar considered to be the biggest residential institute in South Asia imparting education to students from Kindergarten to post graduate level involving around 10,000 tribal students.

A cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit decided to set up the school for which an agreement between Delhi government and KISS would be signed soon. The school would be run by KISS.

Dikshit had visited KISS last year and felt a similar school should be opened in Delhi. An existing school premises at Ishapur would be renovated by PWD as per specification provided by KISS.

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