Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said there is no greater virtue than providing good education to children and his government has doubled the budget for education and now spending 40 per cent of Delhi’s total budget on education and health.

Making this assertion here after inaugurating the newly constructed  building of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Specialized Excellence in Paschim Vihar, he also claimed the central government is spending only 4% of its budget on education and health.

Kejriwal said earlier the dreams of children studying in government schools used to die, but we have given wings to their dreams by providing all kinds of modern facilities.

This school is equipped with modern facilities including 54 classrooms, two libraries, 13 labs, 18 activity rooms, a lift, and a multipurpose hall, where 1200 children can be admitted. Earlier, on February 4, the Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone for 4 new school buildings in the Kirari Legislative Assembly constituency, where 10,000 children will be able to receive education. This school building is three stories tall, besides the basement, constructed by PWD. The original school structure, constructed in 1997 as a G+1 building, had 45 Semi Permanent Structure (SPS) rooms. It was among the first three Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas created by the Directorate of Education, GNCTD in the late 1990s. Safety concerns in 2019 led to the demolition of old SPS rooms and the installation of temporary sheds in the open space on the school premises to ensure the uninterrupted education of children here. In 2020, approval was granted for the construction of a new G+3 Pucca building. Construction began in July 2022 and is completed now.

During this event, Education Minister Atishi and other dignitaries were present.