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EDMC to rent schools to coaching institutes for revenues

Cash-strapped East Delhi Municipal Corporation is planning to lease out its schools to a few private coaching institutes, with a dual aim of boosting access to education for poor children and augmenting its revenues.This project would be based on a public-private- partnership model where we have earmarked about 200 schools spread over 10 Assembly constituencies in the area.

New Delhi, Sept 25 (PTI) Cash-strapped East Delhi Municipal Corporation is planning to lease out its schools to a few private coaching institutes, with a dual aim of boosting access to education for poor children and augmenting its revenues.

"This project would be based on a public-private- partnership model where we have earmarked about 200 schools spread over 10 Assembly constituencies in the area. 10 centres, one from each constituency would be tried on a pilot-basis first and then we would expand it," East Delhi Mayor Satya Sharma told PTI.

About 2.5 lakh students go to 398 school under the EDMC, she said, under this project "morning (regular) schools would be covered".

"The idea is to utilise the classroom lying closed after morning timings, so that in the evening the same could be used to impart education to other children, among other students.

"51 per cent of the students admitted would be from below poverty line (BPL) section of the society who would get free education.