MCD schools, centres to operate as skilling hubs

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is mulling to use the premises of over 1,100 schools and underutilised community halls to run skill development centres, and two policy proposals in this regard will be put up for the standing committee's approval later this week, officials aware of the matter said.

- Paras Singh

A senior MCD official said that the policy mandates that the agencies take the equipment with them after use and clean the school premises daily to make it ready for teaching the next day.

“Many MCD schools are running in single shift operations where school premises are not being utilised after school hours. The space in these schools can be leveraged for the purpose of skill development and vocational training. If institutions and NGOs with good credentials and desirous of using school premises, MCD can consider the request....” the proposal moved by the education department reads.