Updated on: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Delhi Education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said that the Government will set up 94 new schools across the city in the current academic session.
He said the schools are being set up to meet rising demand for admissions in government-run schools. The government currently runs around 800 schools in the city.
Lovely was speaking after inaugurating a newly constructed school building of Rajkiya Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya in Gandhi Nagar.
27 new class rooms and five modern science laboratories have been constructed in the schools at a cost of Rs two crore.
He said Government has upgraded school buildings of 186 schools in Trans-Yamuna area in the last two years.
Lovely said modern play grounds would be provided in each of the nine districts to promote sports amongst school children.