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The enormous construction that is happening in the form of building classrooms,
swimming pools, etc. will only lead to ​ more corruption as construction projects
consume huge money which can be easily swindled by bureaucrats and politicians.
And this is an open secret now that ​ corruption has increased manifold during the
past three years of Kejriwal’s government in Delhi. Among other corruption cases,
now Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are in the eye of the storm for a
massive scam​ in Delhi Government.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India – the top auditor of government
accounts – has reported financial misappropriation worth crores of rupees including
a multi-crore rupees ration scam in Delhi.
The office of the Lt. Governor (LG) of Delhi must ensure that this corruption should
not seep into Delhi’s education sphere. In order to save public money, the ​ LG office
should put in the public domain the details of each and every penny that is being
spent on education.
In the Delhi Budget 2018, Kejriwal government has allocated Rs. 13,997 crore or
26% of the total outlay of Rs. 53,000 crore for the education sector. But it is expected
that for obvious reasons a major part of this money will be spent on construction and
renovation projects in schools, because such projects are highly lucrative for
bureaucrats and politicians.
However, instead of wasting money on building infrastructure, the focus should only
be on improving the basic education system including the curriculums, appointment
of good teachers, content quality of books, and so on. For this, the government does
not need even a fraction of the money that it has allocated in the budget.
In order to focus just on the quality of school education, the politicians should stop
telling lies to Delhi voters that they have improved the quality of education in schools.
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