Proposal for Delhi govt school teachers' training in Finland again sent to LG

After the files were returned twice with queries and suggestions by the LG’s office, the Delhi government has once again sent the proposal to LG for allowing government school teachers to attend a training programme in Finland. 

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has once again sent a proposal to the LG VK Saxena for his permission for government school teachers' training in Finland.

In the proposal, Sisodia said, “The government has examined proposals from all aspects, including cost-benefit analysis and finds it essential to improve the quality of education,” as reported by New Indian Express.

He added, “If the Chief Minister and Education Minister have decided to send teachers abroad, then how can the L-G object it? It is against democracy and the Constitution that an unelected individual is deciding and altering such decisions.”

“The elite class of our country suffers from feudal mindset whereas they want to send their own children abroad for best education but they strongly object and seek cost benefit analysis when even teachers teaching the poor children are proposed to be sent abroad for training. Such regressive feudal mindset should have no place in 21st century,” he said in the letter, adding, “LGs remarks are extremely unfortunate. ”

“LG has not been entrusted with any independent decision making power and he has to either act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers or he is bound to implement the decision taken by the President on a reference made by him. According to this 2018 SC (Supreme Court) judgement, LG does not have power to order such cost benefit analysis or issue the directions that teachers may be trained in India,” he added.

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