Directorate of Education had announced a "teaming" programme—for private and government schools to collaborate on activities, and share best practices and resources—in the summer of 2014. Many private schools had proposed similar "twinning" programmes earlier. Finally, 18 city schools—including Delhi Public School (R K Puram), Air Force Bal Bharti, Blue Bells International, Springdales (Dhaula Kuan) and The Shri Ram School—have been "teamed" with 36 government ones.
Usha Ram, principal of Laxman Public School, had met Sunita Bhargava and Satpal Singh, who head Sarvodaya (Co-ed) Vidyalaya (Shahpur Jat) and Government Boys Senior Secondary School (Malviya Nagar) respectively. "We had a twinning programme about 15 years ago. It's about sharing facilities," says Ram. The three principals will start with sports and culture. "GBSSS has a good volleyball coach. The kids could train together. The school in Shahpur Jat is strong in arts and crafts. We are considering a workshop. The schools have asked us for music classes. We'll also organize in-service teacher training," says Ram.
Students of Amity International, Saket, may use the government school grounds for cricket matches and in turn, says principal Divya Bhatia, their kids will be trained for participating in symposia and quizzes. Amity has been paired with Vir Chander Singh Garhwal Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya and GBSSS (G-Block). "We have been instructed to make short-term plans. We have to send our joint proposal to DoE in two months," she adds.
Getting private schools involved in the functioning of government schools will make many—especially the Right to Education activists—jittery, considering the resistance private schools had to the 25% EWS quota. They are sure to see this as privatization. Sushil Salwan of the Salwan Education Trust had hoped the DoE would allow them to "run" government schools but is pleased with "teaming" as well. Three Salwan schools—the only chain with more than one branch included—have been partnered with six government ones.
"We had offered to run the government schools, get the kids to a certain level and then merge these schools with our school but the government didn't agree," says Salwan. He says they'll offer support in "sports, academics and training teachers." He adds, "If the government schools offer science, we could let those kids use our labs. If 100 of Salwan kids go on excursion, we could send 20 of them at no cost," says Salwan. Till now, the principals confirm, there is no financial commitment from DoE to run this programme.
"We don't really need it," states Ram. "Here it's left to us. We can discuss and agree on what can be shared," explains Gautam Sarkar, who'll run the programme for Modern School (Barakhamba Road). Modern school's partner schools are two branches of Sarvadaya Bal Vidyalaya—at Rani Jhansi Road and Paharganj. "We'll meet the partner schools after January 27. We can organize cultural and sports activities together and give them access to some of our resources such as our labs."
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