"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
17 Mar 2017
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to revive 35 vernacular schools in Mumbai that were shut down due to poor attendance by converting them into English medium schools. It will take help from philanthropists and corporate funding to achieve this aim.
The BMC has promised superior education to convince the parents to send their children back to schools. It plans to induct professional management groups to run the institutes. If everything goes well according to plan, then the schools can start in the coming academic year.
There are about 3.39 lakh students studying in hundreds of BMC schools across the city. The civic authority incurs an expenditure of Rs 110 crore every year to provide educational material and midday meals. Yet many parents don't wish to send their children to vernacular schools thus leading to the closure of such schools.
A couple of industrialists are eager to help the BMC in improving the quality of education in municipal schools through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund.
Additional municipal commissioner IA Kundan said that they are also inviting philanthropists associated with educational institution to manage the schools. In order to revive the 35 schools, they will be allowed to manage, provide teachers and teaching material and adopt their own methodologies while the BMC will appoint the principals to monitor the activities.
