Apr 14, 2022

A+ New Delhi, Apr 14 (PTI) Delhi government’s Specialised School of Excellence will now be known as BR Ambedkar School of Specialised Excellence, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. Kejriwal said this at an event to launch one such school on the occasion of Ambedkar’s birth anniversary. “Baba Saheb Amdebkar gave maximum emphasis on education and what could be a better way of paying homage to him than naming best of our schools after him,” Kejriwal said. The decision to rename the schools was taken by the government during a meeting of the state naming authority held on Tuesday. There are 31 SoSEs in the city of which 30 will be renamed after Dr B R Ambedkar, while Armed Forces Preparatory School has already been named after revolutionary Bhagat Singh. PTI GJS AMP TDS TDS This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. Subscribe to our channels on YouTube & Telegram Why news media is in crisis & How you can fix it India needs free, fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism even more as it faces multiple crises. But the news media is in a crisis of its own. There have been brutal layoffs and pay-cuts. The best of journalism is shrinking, yielding to crude prime-time spectacle. ThePrint has the finest young reporters, columnists and editors working for it. Sustaining journalism of this quality needs smart and thinking people like you to pay for it. Whether you live in India or overseas, you can do it here .