Improving the state of schools and overall education was one of the poll agenda of the AAP before coming to power in 2015.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government tabling the latest economic survey in the Assembly on Monday said education has been its major focus, having the maximum share of the budget allocation of 19.1 % in 2017-18.
Improving the state of schools and overall education was one of the poll agenda of the AAP before coming to power in 2015.
The survey report has put an increase in the expenditure on education, number of schools, student enrolment and student-teacher ratio in 2017-18 as the highlight.
"This is the highest priority sector for the government, which got the biggest chunk of allocation -- 23.54% of the total budget in 2017-18. The total investment in the education sector has increased by more than double in the budget, from Rs 5,491 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 11,300 crore in 2017-18," it said.
It also stated that while the total number of schools in the Capital has increased from 5,155 in 2012-13 to 5,772 in 2016-17, the number of students enrolled increased from 42.68 lakh in 2012-13 to 44.43 lakh in 2016-17.
The student-teacher ratio also rose to 30. Construction of 19 new school buildings has been completed, it said.
"Around 6,787 additional classrooms have been made functional in various existing schools for increased access to education and help to achieve ideal pupil-teacher ratio," it said.
Primary classes have been introduced in 155 Sarvodaya Vidyalayas, thereby paving the way for increasing the intake of more students in nursery class.
"Number of higher education institutes increased from 209 in 2012-13 to 219 in 2017-18 and technical institutes has increased from 99 in 2012-13 to 104 in 2016-17," it said.
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- The number of students in technical institutes has sharply increased to 34,168 in 2016-17 from 23,581 in 2012.
- Primary classes have been introduced in 155 Sarvodaya Vidyalayas.
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