New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken on Sunday claimed that the number of students appearing for and passing Class XII in Delhi government schools has decreased compared to when his party was in power.
During a press conference, Maken said that from 2008-09 to 2013-14, the number of students passing in government schools was rising every year, increasing from 75,974 to 1.47 lakh."As soon as they (AAP) came to power, the number of students passing Class XII started to decline," Maken claimed.
"In 2014-15, it reduced to 1.23 lakh,1.02 lakh in 2017-18, and 1.09 lakh in 2019-20. Later, it increased to 1.46 lakh in 2023-24, which can be attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, as all the parents shifted their children from privat...