New Delhi: The number of students in Delhi government schools in the current academic year has decreased by more than 30,000 as compared to the previous session, according to an RTI reply quoted by PTI.
“After the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of students in government schools in 2022-23 academic session was 17,89,385, while this academic year it decreased to 17,58,986, which is 30,399 less than the previous session,” PTI reported.
Delhi has 1,050 government schools and 37 Dr BR Ambedkar Schools of Specialised Excellence.
Only the districts of north west A and central Delhi have not seen a decline in the number of students enrolled, according to the Directorate of Education’s RTI reply.
“There were more admissions in government schools of Delhi during the pandemic. But as the situation became normal, some students again moved to private schools,” a DoE official told PTI.
“In the last four years, the number of students in government schools in the academic session 2019-20 was 15,05,525, which increased during the pandemic period to 16,28,744 in 2020-21; 17,68,911 in 2021-22 and 17,89,385 in 2022-23,” PTI quoted the RTI response as stating.