New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Monday inaugurated a Rs.33.27-crore government school campus in Dwarka's Sector 16B, while announcing infrastructure upgrades across technical and higher education institutions worth around Rs.700 crore.

The inauguration of the Government Girls and Co-ed Senior Secondary School comes amid the BJP government's criticism of the previous AAP administration's education model, which Sood described as a "PR gimmick". He said the Rekha Gupta-led government was expanding educational infrastructure in West Delhi and rural areas that had allegedly faced neglect.

Spread across 8,000 square metres, the new campus has a capacity for 2,000 students and includes 75 classrooms, 12 smart classrooms, an information and communication technology (ICT) laboratory with 40 computers, language lab facilities and specialised science laboratories. The school also has ramps and lifts for children with special needs, along with rainwater harvesting systems.

Criticising AAP's claims of an education revolution, Sood questioned the outcomes of visits by foreign dignitaries to government schools during the previous regime. He alleged that such visits generated publicity without documented evidence of institutional learning or the adoption of educational

best practices.

The minister also highlighted plans to upgrade industrial training institutes (ITIs) in Narela, Hari Nagar and Shahdara into Centres of Excellence. He said the government would soon launch the Delhi Skill Mission to connect vocational training with job placements.

The Rs.700-crore infrastructure push includes a new polytechnic building, advanced manufacturing facilities, faculty offices and a girls' hostel at Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT).

The proposed Rs400-crore Startup Policy aims to support 10,000 startups and generate four lakh jobs. Under Vidya Vahini Yojana, over 25,000 free bicycles have been distributed to female students, while digital learning infrastructure is being expanded across government schools.

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