Shiksha: My Experiments as an Education Minister

by Manish Sisodia

Giving the schools a modern look wasn’t just about functionality but also to root out this inferiority complex from society.

At present, every school in Delhi has an estate manager. Schools that run in two shifts have two estate managers.

The training at Cambridge, US, and Finland was important to understand a professional approach and international education systems. It definitely helped build leadership qualities in our principals.

Just like a junior government employee is expected to execute only government orders, teachers too don’t have the freedom to select the syllabus or choose the activities they wish the children to engage in.

The teacher had considered buying tables and chairs for her students: a more pious deed than offering Rs 20,000–25,000 at a temple on the occasion of her wedding anniversary.

Confidence born out of competition with others can never give you confidence.