The document discusses proposed reforms to the primary education and healthcare systems run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). It outlines plans to establish oversight bodies to monitor school quality, partner with NGOs, train teachers, and ensure infrastructure improvements and community participation. For healthcare, proposals include upgrading primary health clinics, constituting a task force for vector-borne diseases, operating affordable pharmacies, and focusing on children, seniors, and women through services like health insurance, day care centers, and women-specific facilities.

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Congress Vision For Primary Education & Heath
Primary Health: Building the Foundation
Municipal Corporations are responsible for primary education in Delhi. The three
MCDs run over 1,700 primary schools across Delhi. However, MCD schools
suffer from poor learning outcomes leading to poor perception among parents and
declining enrolment over the years.
Between 2012-13 and 2016-17, over 56,000 students dropped out of schools in the
North, over 54,000 in the South and over 26,000 students in the East MCD. Total
1.36 lakh children left MCD schools in past 3 years.
MCD schools also face significant infrastructural and human resource constraints,
which is perplexing given that the three MCDs are unable to utilize the funds
allocated for education. It is evident that significant improvement in the
governance of MCD schools is required.
Teachers in MCD run schools are overworked and students are neglected. The
Right to Education mandates a Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) of 30:1. However, all
MCD schools have a PTR higher than the stipulated one, generally between 37:1
and 42:1. This situation is further exacerbated due to inequitable distribution of
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We envision a complete overhaul of the prevalent education system
under MCD by introducing major institutional reforms by
establishing supervisory bodies to ensure quality education to the
students, to train the teachers and to encourage active participation
of local communities around the schools.
Institutional Reforms
1. An ‘Empowered Group for Quality Education’ to monitor Schools
We will setup an empowered group of persons consisting of former principals,
experts from the field of education (India), experts with at least 15 years of
international experience in the field of education (preferably Government

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experience), representatives/guardians of students, representatives of NGOs and
representatives from MCD.
 The group will advise and improve the quality of education in MCD and
primary schools.
 The First meeting of the empowered group will be convened within a week
of the Congress Party attaining majority in the MCD.
 The group will meet weekly to closely watch the functioning and
performance of all schools.
 It shall also be responsible to direct the Education Department to fill in the
vacancies of teachers and necessary staff in schools and will submit a
monthly report to the Mayor and Commissioner, MCD, who shall be
responsible for implementation of the recommendations made by the
group.
2. Partner-School Matching
 Under this scheme, NGOs will be invited to impart primary education for
children.
 Standard of these schools will also be monitored by the empowered group,
along with the MCD schools.
 MCD will match the private primary/local schools/learning centres and
community-based organizations with at least 15 years’ experience in the
field of education.
 These organisations will submit quarterly reports directly to the
empowered group for necessary corrections in the said schools.
 The MCD will, thus, ensure that even the level of private primary learning
centres imparting elementary education is at par with Navyug Schools of
NDMC.
3. Delhi City Leadership Academy (DCLA)
 DCLA will be setup using the unutilized land banks of the MCD for
training of existing and new teachers/principals to enable them meet best-
in-class standards of primary education and will consist of master coaches -

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teachers and academicians having vast experience in field of education,
both in India and abroad. The empowered group will oversee the selection
process of master coaches.
 In the first phase, DCLA will launch the ‘Aspiring Principals’
Program (APP)’ a program that will use experiential learning
methods to develop the real-world skills necessary for
effective school leadership.
 The program will help aspiring leaders become change agents who can
inspire teachers and foster educational equity.
4. Child-focused Learning
Most students in MCD schools come from poor and marginalized sections of
society. To ensure that students are able to learn and at-risk groups do not drop out.
The Congress-led MCD will take the following step:
 Pre-school classes will be provided to children before they join Class I.
 Bridge courses for out-of-school kids will be provided.
 We will make learning inclusive for differently-abled kids.
 Institutional support will be provided to ensure seamless transfer from MCD-
run school to Delhi Government schools.
 Parental Support: Special workshops for the parents on social behaviour
patterns, gender sensitization, after-school support of the child etc will be
conducted.
 A fixed deposit of Rs 1,000/- per girl child will be done on
enrolment, which could be en-cashed only after graduation from
high school.
5. Teachers
We will provide a respectful and supportive environment for its
teachers to empower and enable them to provide the best education
to their students:
 Vacancies: Around 6,500 teacher vacancies will be filled to ensure compliance
with the RTE PTR mandate. Distribution of teachers will be equitable across
schools.

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 Training: A review in consultation with the SCERT will be undertaken to
overhaul in-service training for MCD teachers.
 Capacity Building and Support: Teacher Support Centres - a voluntary centre
for teachers to access resources, share experiences and build support groups
with other teachers working in similar circumstances - will be set up in every
district.
 Timely disbursement of Salaries.
 Recruitment rules: A committee of education experts will be constituted to
review recruitment rules and make amendments if necessary
1. Infrastructural Development
 Adequate desks and chairs will be purchased for every child to ensure no
student has to sit on the floor.
 Separate toilets for girls and boys will be built in all schools.
 Pucca buildings for all schools will be ensured.
 Purified drinking water will be made available in all schools.
 Mid Day Meals (MDM)

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Regular audit of all venders providing mid-day meals and review to ensure
compliance with prescribed nutritional standards.
2. Community Participation
 We will strengthen the School Management Committee (SMC) to improve
parental participation and oversight of schools.
 Mechanisms for wider community participation will be ensured in recognition
of the legitimate stake of the larger community in improving public schools.
 We will organize institutional tie-ups with reputed private schools, colleges and
other educational institutions to involve their teachers/students to do voluntary
teaching/engaging in different ways with MCD schools.
Sports
 All schools will have dedicated PE teachers.
 Congress Party will organize linkages with various sports coaches and
academies to conduct sports camps on weekends for interested school students.

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Our Vision to Imparting Robust Healthcare services
Too many cooks spoil the broth. They say. Chaos and lack of accountability has
taken a major toll of healthcare services in Delhi. Those apart, frequent outbreaks
of vector-borne diseases keep testing the already ailing Delhi healthcare services.
Delhi Congress’ 10 point Action Plan for MCD
With the motto of “Health for All,” Congress-run MCD will provide primary
health services to the entire population of Delhi free of charge, in a safe, respectful
and dignified manner.
The Congress Party will constitute a Special Task Force for
containing the mosquito menace and will also roll out health
insurance for the schoolgoers.
1. Augmentation and Upgradation of Primary Health Clinics (PHCs)
i) All MCD-run hospitals will be transferred to the Delhi Government,
thereby reducing the expenses by Rs. 652 crore every year. The MCD

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will take ownership of all PHCs currently being operated by the state and
central governments.
ii) All MCD health centers will be upgraded to meet the Primary Urban
Health Centre (PUHC) norms of Delhi Government and facilities like
laboratory, x-ray, test facilities or curative, preventive and promotive
services will be augmented within three months of Congress assuming
power.
iii) While referral services to secondary and tertiary health providers are
outside the ambit of the MCD, the Congress will map its PHCs along
these facilities and attempt to set-up a mechanism in coordination with
state and central governments.
iv) PHC operating hours will be expanded as per PHC norms and all PHCs
will be adequately staffed by qualified physicians, nurses, health workers
and technicians.
v) PHCs will stock all essential medicines appropriate for primary health
care and will provide all basic diagnostic tests.
vi) Adequate ANMs and ASHA workers will be deployed in Maternal and
Child Welfare (MNCW) centres with slums and resettlement colonies
receiving priority.
vii) School Health Clinics will be scaled up to ensure proper school health
check-ups, follow-up and treatment.
Constitution of Special Task Force for Prevention and Control of
Mosquito-Borne Diseases such as Dengue and Chikungunya
Dengue and Chikungunya have reached epidemic proportions in
Delhi. Last two years saw woeful lack of preparedness and

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effective response on the part of the BJP-run MCDs and AAP-led
Delhi Government.
There is significant overlap between sanitation and primary healthcare systems to
prevent incidence of vector borne diseases. Congress has presented a
comprehensive roadmap for sanitation in Delhi
i) Setting up of a Special Task Force to fight mosquito menace in Delhi. 27
Task Forces will be setup in groups of 10 wards.Every such task force
will be headed by the Deputy Commissioner (MCD) of that area.
ii) The Congress Party will prepare and publish a comprehensive epidemic
control, prevention and response plan for vector-borne diseases with
specific focus on JJs, resettlement colonies and other vulnerable
communities.
iii) Ensure testing and treatment of vector-borne diseases at all PHCs.

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2. Affordable Medicines Through Fair Price Pharmacies
A large number of patients go to private OPDs leading to
significant out-of-pocket expenses for them. The Congress
Party will ensure that medical expenses do not burn holes in
the pockets of those ailing.
i) The MCD will open fair price pharmacies which will stock generic
medicines in all MCD-run hospitals and credible hospitals run by
NGOs/Institutions/Co-operative Societies.
ii) The Congress Party in MCD will establish flagship stores on the
platform of the current Janaushadhi Scheme, 2008.
3. Setting up PHCs in all Metro stations
Vicinity-based public access and immediate healthcare services to the metro
passengers in case of emergencies.

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4. Clinics on wheels
The services will be augmented and upgraded and “Diagnostic
Centers on Wheels”, will be introduced targeted to provide
basic diagnosis facilities.
5. Promotion of health
 To work with and engage all medical practitioners, healthcare
agencies, and communities to understand and improve health through
community-based interventions and public participation.
 Special camps for Yoga, alternative medicine and naturopathy will be
held regularly in MCD parks.
6. Go Digital
Digital platform will be created for integration of the entire public healthcare
delivery infrastructure to assess, monitor and reach in fastest mode possible
and address the challenges at hand.

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7. Special Measures for Children, Senior Citizens and Women
i) Congress Party will extend free health insurance under
group insurance schemes to the eight lac plus students
studying in MCD schools
The said scheme will also be extended to those institutes
which partner with MCD under the ‘Partner School-
Matching Programme’.
ii) Setting up of special Day Care Centres for the elderly with provision of
multiple services like physical fitness regimes, recreation, etc.
iii) Day and night crèches will be setup especially for the mothers engaged in
informal and unorganised sectors.
iv) Special healthcare facilities for women will be closely monitored, managed
and with women doctors and support staff.
 The focus of these healthcare facilities would be on ailments and
specific healthcare requirements of the women.
 Marriage counselling for young brides to help them understand
family planning and the need of safeguarding themselves from
sexually transmitted diseases.

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8. Community Monitoring and Grievance Redressal
Congress will setup ‘Health Watch Group’ on Ward-Level.
i) Health Watch Groups (HWG) will work as eyes and ears of the MCD
and will be in constant touch with the Municipal Councillor & Deputy
Commissioner of the area.
ii) It will be mandatory for the Municipal Councillor and Deputy
Commissioner to hold fortnightly meetings with HWGs and dispose
of the concerns rose within a week.
iii) The HWG members will be made responsible for facilitating general
counseling and health check-ups of kids by MCD.
iv) In addition to the public, the HWG will report health concerns of their
respective areas to higher authorities for organised planning and
action.
v) The said group will contain members of various RWAs, Gram
Panchayats, market/ trader’s association and concerned MCD health
officials of the areas.
vi) People’s participation and monitoring of PHCs will be ensured
through Ward Committees.
vii) Grievance-redressal mechanism will be set up for every ward to
ensure independent oversight of all PHCs.