Rs.1301 Crore For Education By Delhi Govt

In the budget by the Delhi government that was announced on Tuesday for the financial year 2011-2012, the government has proposed an outlay of Rs.1301 crore for the education sector in the city. This amounts to about 9% of the total budget for the state.

The education department of the Delhi government has decided to recruit 14,000 teaching staff for the implementation of the RTE. This teaching staff would include school principals, postgraduate teachers, trained graduate teachers, lab assistants, assistant teachers, computer science teachers and administrative staff.

The amount of money that will remain will be spent on the establishment of new computer labs. The creation of additional infrastructural facilities in schools including 2678 classrooms, 1000 toilets and 470 water modules at a cost of Rs.1178 crore over the next three years have also been approved by the government.

The government has also revised the Lal Bahadur Shastri scholarship that is awarded to students of classes 7 to 12 who secure 80% and above marks and whose parental income is less than Rs.1 lakh per annum.