No Urdu teachers, students ‘forced’ to study Sanskrit, panel told

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The panel has submitted a special report to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, recommending the availability of teachers be improved. The panel also undertook a survey of education and health facilities in Muslim-dominated Okhla and Mustafabad areas.

After receiving information from officials and municipal corporations, the panel inferred, “It is seen that health and education facilities are not adequate in Okhla cluster of colonies.” For the estimated population of 6 to 7 lakh in the area, the panel said, the area was “underserved, causing hardship to those belonging to the minority community”.

There are six government schools and three MCD schools in Okhla. The DMC emphasised that the senior secondary school at Shaheen Bagh “be upgraded to start Commerce with Maths and Science stream to mitigate the problem of the students passing Class X and not getting admission”.
In Mustafabad, the panel noted an acute shortage of primary schools.

“The situation in primary school, Mustafabad, was appalling. There is no regular building and the school is run in three rooms with children sitting in the verandah and courtyard.”

The education department told the panel new schools cannot be opened in the densely populated area due to shortage of land.

The DDA has been requested to provide land for schools.