Delhi Directorate of Education
Delhi Directorate of Education is the department under the Delhi Government that manages the city's public school system.
History
In 1973 Delhi School Education Act was passed in the assembly, according to which responsibility for Pre-primary and primary level of education in Delhi was given to local bodies like MCD, NDMC and Delhi Cantonment Board; and Directorate of Education was made responsible for secondary and senior secondary level of education. In 1980–81, Delhi had 704 secondary/senior secondary schools, which increased to 1759 in 2007–08. Students enrollment also increased from 254,000 in 1980–81 to 793,000 in 2007–08. Because of the space constraint, the majority of Sarvodaya Vidyalayas were made to operate in two different shifts - a morning shift for girls and an evening shift for boys. Due to the high growth rate of the Delhi's population and shortage of infrastructure, Directorate of Education had also introduced primary classes in its 364 Sarvodaya Vidyalayas.Departments of DoE syllabus
Directorate of Education divides Delhi region into 12 districts and 28 zones with hierarchy from district to zones. Each district consist one or more zones in it with District Education Officer as the head of education, similarly each zone has Zonal Education Officer to command the education department of zonal level.Demographics
In Delhi public schools the total school enrollment for boys is higher than females. In 2007-08 163,500 girls were enrolled accounting to 46.82% of total enrollment as compared to 185,700 enrollments of boys.Infrastructure Development
Delhi's public schools were never been popular for their good infrastructure, for many years majority of the Delhi's school even didn't have proper school buildings which forced the students to attend the classes in open or in temporary tin-shades. But since last 15 years the conditions have changed and with the efforts of Directorate of Education, many schools have received well architecturally developed state-of-the-art buildings and other infrastructures. The DoE has engaged the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation and the Public Works Department for this upgradation and refurbishment.In 2021 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the Delhi education department for the construction of the new rooms for the development of the school infrastructure. Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia announced that there will be 12,478 new rooms which include 9,981 classrooms and 106 multipurpose rooms.
Growth of education in public schools
The total pass percentage of Delhi's public schools students in the C.B.S.E. examinations is increasing per annual basis. The total students dropout rate from schools has been come down from 17.5% to 5.7%. The pass percentage growth rate of Delhi's secondary and senior schools is as follow:-| Year | Secondary School | Senior School |
| 2005 | 48.00 | 76.44 |
| 2006 | 59.73 | 78.07 |
| 2007 | 77.12 | 82.73 |
| 2008 | 83.69 | 85.70 |
| 2009 | 89.44 | 87.14 |