Delhi govt identifies 56 schools with poor results for academic mentoring

Delhi: Fifty-six schools with less than 60 per cent passing marks in Class IX and XI in the national capital will be adopted by the Directorate of Education (DoE) officers as mentors for the 2025-26 academic session.

The move is aimed at improving academic outcomes in schools that performed poorly in the 2024-25 session, said a circular released on Tuesday.

These schools have now been assigned to officers from the Directorate for targeted mentoring, a step that includes monitoring teaching methods, assessment practices and learning outcomes, the circular added.

The circular further said that the identified schools were selected based on their performance in Class IX and XI examinations, as analysed by the DoE’s Exam Branch.

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“Officers will be responsible for guiding and supporting these schools to enhance academic performance through regular inspection and need-based support,” it added.

The education department has instructed officers to visit their respective adopted schools at least once every fortnight and submit a detailed inspection report on the same day, as per the format provided by the department.

Referring to a previous circular issued on June 23, the department reiterated the importance of focused initiatives such as Mission Mathematics and enrichment classes from classes VI to X.

These initiatives are part of the government’s broader effort to improve conceptual clarity and make learning more engaging and effective, the circular said.

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Delhi: Scolded by employer, man kills woman, teen son in ‘act of revenge’ in Lajpat Nagar

In an “act of revenge”, a 24-year-old man killed his employer’s wife and teenage son at their home in Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar after the woman allegedly scolded him publicly for not repaying a loan of around Rs 40,000, police on Thursday said.

The man, identified as Mukesh Kumar, worked as a helper at Kuldeep Sewani’s garment shop in the Lajpat Nagar market. Kumar would also transport garment. The accused, a native of Bihar’s Hajipur, was nabbed by Uttar Pradesh Railway Police from a train while he was trying to flee, police said. Earlier, police suspected him as a house help.