Four year for Nursery is ok but the Delhi Government wants to implement the idea throughout the country. Over 80 percent students of CBSE belong to Delhi only as more than 900 schools in the city are either affiliated with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or follow CBSE curriculum. “We welcome the move of the Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal to raise minimum age for admission in nursery classes as it will be beneficial for both children and parents. But this should be uniformly implemented across all the states of the country”, Delhi’s Education Minister, Arvinder Singh told fachcha.com.

Reacting upon the recent proposal to raise minimum age for admission in schools, mooted by Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, the Education Minister said that nothing could better for parents and children if all the states implement the proposal but if the proposal is limited for Delhi it is not good for Delhi’s students. “We will not let our students to lag behind for one year in terms of 10+2 or graduation in comparison with students of other students”, Arvinder Singh Said adding that in most of the cases Delhi normally used to follows Centre’s norms in this regard.

It is notable that except Central schools and some other schools, affiliated with CBSE, follow centre’s regulations in this regard but schools in other states (excepts Delhi) follow the regulations of state boards. It is normally discretion of State government in this regard as education comes under the concurrent list of the constitution. And, 85% students come from states’ schools only.

“HRD Minister should also try to increase the age bar for Civil Services, IITs, IIMs and other competitive examinations too”, Arvinder Singh told fachcha.com.

“Imagine the situation if a student of other state completes graduation in just 20 years and our students complete it in 21 year it will affect our student’s competitive edge as well as their career promotion and so many things”, he adds.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has said that there is need to create awareness among the people of the city to make the city green and clean. Talking to fachcha.com on the sidelines of a function in Delhi Secretariat he said that it is not an easy task but there is need to change the mindset is necessary in this concern. Tharoor is Chairman of Green Games Sub-Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010.

People are still not aware of the fact that the government has built a wonderful stadium as Thyagraja stadium in the city. This is probably only stadium in the world which is based on the principle of green building, he said.

He admits that the mindset can not be changed in a day nor it is possible to change completely before Commonwealth Games but mass awareness campaign will work in this regard. Praising media and kids in this regard he said that kids are doing a really wonderful job in the capital city. They are not just participating in the event related to the environment but also creating awareness among other kids of the school and people.

Students of over 900 government schools will soon get a uniform dress code in Delhi. Instead of different colours for their dresses the city government is working to introduce same kind of uniform irrespective of types of schools. Moreover, the new uniform has been designed by country’s best fashion design institution, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

“We are going to introduce new dress code for all schools this year, Delhi’s Education Minister Arvinder Singh told fachcha.com. “At present, it is discretion of a school’s principal that what should be pupil’s dress. After this introduction the uniform dress code will be applicable to all students of all government school whether it is Rajkiya Pratibha Vidyalaya, or Savodaya Vidyalaya of normal government schools. Everybody will have same kind of uniform”, the minister said.

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has already designed it. It will be check shirt and blue pant for boys and check shirt and blue skirt for girls. There will also option of check kurta and blue salwar for girls.

The government is in contact with other government agencies for this purpose so that they could provide dress for one or two years. Once it come into fashion people will be able to buy it individually as it will be easily available, said a senior government official.

Though the point of time has not been decided for the implementation of new uniform but Education department is planning to introduce it after the examination season is over. “It will be introduced by this year. We are working to introduce the new uniform during the new academic session”, the Education Minister said.

Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu, the first Indian lady who skied from Antarctica to South Pole, will be given an award of Rs. Five Lakh. Delhi Government has made an announcement in this regard today after a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Diskhit. The decision has been taken in recognition of her adventurous efforts.

Reacting on the news elated Reena told fachcha.com that it is a great recognition of adventurous sports and unique activities. “You must be joking”, was the first reaction of Reena when fachcha.com contacted her. She said that she was completely unaware of any such announcement. She said that she would pay off her debts by this amount. “Though I have managed to pay off a big part of my debt but this will help me to get rid of my debt which I had taken for this expedition. This will also help me to train new people for adventurous sports to establish an academy”, said Reena.

Reena Kaushal Dharmashakthu is the 1st Indian woman to ski to South Pole. She was among seven women from six Commonwealth Countries. These countries include Cyprus, Ghana, India, Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand, Jamaica and United Kingdom. She skied more than 900 km from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole while exposed to temperatures as low as -40 °С. She reached the South Pole on 30th December ’09 after 38 days of skiing.

While the preparations to provide best infrastructure and facilities for Commonwealth Games 2010 are on, Delhi is tacitly preparing its school children to send them in 2010 Games. These students belong to different schools and taking tough training to ensure their presence in the international games.
“There are 74 students from the government schools of Delhi. We have selected them for their participation in the 2010 Games”, Delhi’s Sports Minister Arvinder Singh told fachcha.com.
“This is the biggest sports event in Delhi in last three decade and we are ensuring that Delhi’s players get maximum number of medals in the games”, he adds. These students are being trained in different streams. “We are concentrating on Wrestling, Athletics, Swimming, Shooting and Tennis. There are some players for Hockey too. The government is providing tough training to ensure their seat at the national level so that they could participate in the games and bring medals for nation”, Arvinder Singh said.

According to him Delhi has been best performers in the National Schools Games for last three years too. Delhi’s boy will continue their performance in the Commonwealth Games too.