Delhi to get own school education board

According to Directorate of Education (DoE) officials, Delhi’s own School Education Board DBSE has been registered and an official notification about its modalities is expected to be released soon.

The Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE), which was approved by the cabinet on 6 March, was registered on Tuesday.

A senior Doklam official said, “The board was officially registered on Tuesday and is expected to bring the most awaited improvement in the school evaluation system.”

“To begin, 20 to 25 Delhi Government schools will be affiliated with DBSE from the 2021-22 academic session. In the first phase, consultation with the concerned principals, teachers and parents is underway to decide which schools will be affiliated with the board. Is. “Said the officer.

According to the official, modalities are being worked out and a notification detailing everything is expected soon.

The board will have a governing body which will be chaired by the Minister of Education. It will also have an executive body for day-to-day operations and will be headed by a CEO. The two bodies will include experts from industries, education sector, principals of government and private schools, and bureaucrats.

Currently, Delhi has around 1,000 government and 1,700 private schools, almost all of which are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

In July last year, the Delhi government constituted two committees to formulate a plan and a framework for the formation of the State Board of Education and curriculum reform.

Announcing the Cabinet approval, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said that the current education system is focused only on learning by rut which needs to be changed. He said that high-end technology will be used to teach the students of the new board of education.

He had said that not all schools in the national capital would be brought under the new board of education at once and there would be an option to choose from private schools.