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Delhi minister gives several suggestions and directs officials to prepare five year action plan for virtual school (News18)
The virtual school will offer short-term and advanced courses designed by industry experts as well as job-oriented courses like coding, digital media and design, finance and accounting to the students.
Students of Delhi Model Virtual School (DMVS) will get free coaching for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) from Delhi for the upcoming session Education Minister Atishi said on Sunday.
While holding a review meeting with the officials of the flagship project, the Delhi minister made several suggestions and directed the officials to prepare a five-year action plan for the virtual school. Delhi’s education model is being appreciated all over the world and that is the reason why children across the country want to be a part of it. Our government’s DMVS is working to connect them to us,” said Atishi. He said that the aim of the government is to make quality education more accessible and inclusive so that students from all states can be a part of it.
“DMVS has all the advantages of a physical institution but is virtual and affiliated to DBSE. Today students from 13 states and union territories including Delhi are studying here and this year our focus is on expanding its reach. We aim to It is to ensure that quality education is easily accessible to all, irrespective of their location.” In the upcoming academic session of DMVS, students will have access to IIT-JEE and NEET coaching virtually free of cost. The virtual school will offer short-term and advanced courses designed by industry experts as well as job-oriented courses like coding, digital media and design, finance and accounting to the students. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the “country’s first virtual school” on August 31, 2022, in which students from all over India will be eligible for admission in classes 9 to 12.
However, the Chief Minister’s claim was rejected by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) saying that the first virtual school in the country has already been launched by the Center in 2021.
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