'LG making false allegations against Delhi's education dept, mocking teachers'

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia lashed out at Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday accusing him of making false allegations against the education department and mocking the teachers working in the national capitalIn a letter to Saxena Sisodia said the LGs letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday was written with a political motive and his false allegations against the education department were an insult to the students and teachers of DelhiThe LG wrote the letter with a political motive and said that no work has been done in the Education Department of Delhi His allegations are an insult to the students and teachers of Delhi I am requesting the LG not to mock the work of our teachers who have done wonders in the department Sisodia who also holds the education portfolio wrote to SaxenaIn his letter to Kejriwal on Friday the LG tried to put the Aam Aadmi Party AAP government in Delhi in the dock by raising several issues related to the citys education sectorHe said the average attendance in government schools has been falling every year dropping to 6065 per cent in 20192020 from 7073 per cent in 20122013 He also questioned the AAP dispensations claims on students migrating from private schools to government schoolsAlso Read Manish Sisodia assures Kanjhawala victims family of justice punishment for culpritsResponding to the LGs allegations Sisodia said the figures provided by him were false and that he defamed the entire education system of the national capital with his statementWhile the LG alleged that the number of students in government schools of Delhi decreased from 16 lakh to 15 lakh the reality is that the number of students increased to 18 lakh Our education department has also transformed the infrastructure of the schools The tent wale schools have now turned into talent wale schools Sisodias letter to Saxena readTaking to social media Kejriwal said Delhis teachers students and their parents have together worked hard in the last seven years to reform the citys education systemInstead of insulting the education system the LG should encourage them the chief minister addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever