NEWS : Dream run for Mayawati's govt schools

Aniruddha Ghosal, TNN Jun 1, 2013, 03.07AM IST

• NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA: While Mayawati may no longer be in power in the state, the four high-tech schools in the city, which were touted as her dream projects, are in some ways continuing her dream. Constructed at a total cost of Rs 600 crore, the four institutions - Mahamaya Girls' Inter College in Sector 44 of Noida, Panchsheel Boys' Inter College in Sector 91 of Noida, Savitri Bai Phule Girls' Inter College in Kasna (Greater Noida) and Gautam Buddha Boys' Inter College at Knowledge Park V in Greater Noida - have all registered a 100% pass percentage with a number of 10 CGPAs in the CBSE Class X results.
•  At the time of the construction of the four schools, Mayawati had said that it was her dream to "provide affordable and quality English education to all". A first in Uttar Pradesh, these schools have high-tech classrooms with facilities like projectors and electronic screens, laboratories, well-equipped libraries, air-conditioned blocks, elevators, hostels, staff housing complexes, auditoriums and sport complexes among others.
• Moreover, the fees in the schools were intentionally kept low to aim at the disempowered and disenfranchised. The four schools charge a tuition fee of Rs 290 for Classes I to VIII, Rs 490 for Classes IX and X and Rs 700 for XI and XII. "It is a matter of great pride for us that in spite of coming from rural backgrounds, our students scored a 100% result," said Rima Dey, principal, Savitri Bai Phule Girls' Inter College.
• A total of 7 students scored 10 CGPA in Savitri Bhai Phule Girls' Inter College and one student scored a 10 CGPA in Gautam Buddha Boys' Inter College, while a resounding 47 students received CGPAs between 7 and 10 at Panchsheel Boys' Inter College in Noida. In Mahamaya Girls' Inter College, 8 students received their CGPA within the range of 9 and 10 while 24 students were within the 8-9 CGPA.
• While some criticized the schools for the low number of 10 CGPAs in the ranks of the students in these schools, the teachers differed. "It's not a question of simply getting perfect scores. The student who got a 10 CGPA in our school is absolutely brilliant. We are quite strict about education here since we don't believe it's the grades that matter but what these students learn," said Dr Rajendra, principal, Gautam Buddha Boys' Inter College.

 K M Mayawati Government Girls Polytechnic