Delhi SSoE will now be known as B R Ambedkar School of Specialised Excellence: CM Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: 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.

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"All the Schools of Specialized Excellence in Delhi will be known as Baba Saheb Ambedkar from today. In future, after studying from these schools, children will become doctors, engineers, scientists. This was Babasaheb's dream. I am glad that we are taking their dreams towards their destination," tweeted Kejriwal.

दिल्ली के सभी स्कूल ऑफ स्पेशलाइज्ड एक्सीलेंस आज से बाबा साहब अम्बेडकर जी के नाम से जाने जाएंगे। भविष्य में इन्हीं स्कूलों से पढ़कर बच्चे डॉक्टर, इंजीनियर, वैज्ञानिक बनेंगे। यही तो बाबा साहब का सपना था। मुझे खुशी है कि हम उनके सपनों को उनकी मंज़िल की तरफ़ लेकर जा रहे हैं। pic.twitter.com/gqRtL2sIQv

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 14, 2022

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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.