In 2015, when AAP came to power, this was the situation of the Education sector in Delhi:
- Decades of neglect had left Delhi government school infrastructure in deep disrepair – with students and teachers having to spend their day in inhumane conditions
- Severe shortage of rooms and teachers
- Morale & motivation of teachers and principals at an all-time low
- Poor learning and literacy levels amongst students, with 3 out of 4 students in Class 6 unable to even read their textbooks
Now, in 2021, after AAP:
- Modernizing Infrastructure: Fixing acute shortage of classrooms, building schools of excellence with world class facilities
- Teacher Training: Capacity building of teaching staff and principals
- Accountability & Transparency: Making school administration accountable and admissions transparent
- Improving Learning outcomes through interventions such as Chunauti, Mission Buniyaad, the acclaimed Happiness Curriculum, Deshbhakti and Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum (EMC).
- Setting up High-Quality Higher Education Institutes: Delhi Skills & Entrepreneurship University, Teacher’s University and Sports University set up.
| Before 2015 | Now | % change | Data Source | Graph | |
| Annual allocation of yearly education budget | 2008 to 2014: 12% | 2014 to 2022: 19% | 7 percentage points increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 5) |  Total Expenditure on Education |
| Yearly education expenditure as % of aggregate expenditure | 2008: 14% 2014: 16% | 2021-2022: 25% (National average (2021-2022):16%) | 7 percentage points increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 7) |  Education expenditure percentage |
| CBSE Class 12 Pass Percentage | 88.1% | 2021: 99.9% (Private Delhi schools: 99.7% ; National (2020): 88.8%) | 11.8 percentage points increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 46) |  Class-12 results versus private and national average |
| CBSE Class 10 Pass Percentage | 2019: 71.58% 2020: 82.61% | 11.03 percentage points increase in just 1 year | Status Report of Outcome Budget (2020-2021) (Page 8) | ||
| Number of new schools built | 2015-2021: 26 new schools built & 21 new schools under construction(as of Mar 2022) | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 9) |  New schools built | ||
| Number of classrooms | 2015: 24,157 | End-2021: 45,285 | 87% increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 9) |  New classrooms built |
| SCR – student-classroom ratio | 62:1 | 44:1 (Adding under-construction classrooms at end-2021: 33:1) | 29% improvement (Planned: 47% improvement) | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 9) | New classrooms built |
| Teacher vacancies | 18,739 | 5,666 | 70% decrease | DDC Performance Report (2015-2019): Education (Page 15) |  Teacher vacancies |
| No. of govt school teachers | 37,154 | 58,358 | 57% increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2019): Education (Page 15) | No. of govt school teachers |
| No. of teachers undergoing training annually | 2014-2015: 34,000 | 2020-2021: 1,17,000 | 244% increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 18) |  Teachers attending training |
| Annual Teacher training budget | 2014-2015: 7.4 crore | 2020-2021: 43.3 crore | 485% increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 18) |  Teacher training budget |
| No. of teachers/Principals trained abroad | – | 1407 | – | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 18) |  No. of teachers/Principals trained abroad |
| Subsidy for School Uniforms per student | Rs 500-900 | Rs 1100-1400 | app. 79% increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 28) |  School uniform subsidy per student |
| Budget for libraries | 1.7 crore | 9 crore | 429% increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 28) |  Budget for libraries |
| Students who could read their grade-level text books | 2015: 48% | After Mission Chunauti: 63% | 15 percentage points improvement | DDC Performance Report (2015-2019): Education (Page 31) |  Chunauti 2018 – before and after |
| Students who could solve their grade-level Maths problems | 2015: 56% | After Mission Chunauti: 73% | 17 percentage points improvement | DDC Performance Report (2015-2019): Education (Page 31) | Chunauti 2018 – before and after |
| Merit scholarships offered to students scoring 80%+ | 2015: Rs. 2000 (income limit 2 lakhs) | 2021: Rs. 2500 (no income limit) | 25% increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 28) |  Merit scholarship offered |
| Enrolment in government schools | 2015: 15.15 lakh | 2021: 17.67 | 2.5 lakh joined from private to government schools | DDC Performance Report (2015-2021): Education (Page 48) |  Enrolment in government schools |
| No. of EWS/DG quota admissions in govt schools | 2015 – no data managed by previous govt | 2015-2016 (AAP govt): 13,500 2019-2020:app. 36,000 | 166% increase in 4 years within the AAP term | DDC Performance Report (2015-2019): Education (Page 40) |  No. of EWS/DG quota admissions in govt schools |
| EW/DG quota seats fill rate | 2015 – no data managed by previous govt | 2018-2019:76% (AAP govt schools) (Schools under BJP-run MCDs: East – 5% South – 12% North – 34%) | DDC Performance Report (2015-2019): Education (Page 40) | EWS/DG admissions – Government vs MCD schools | |
| Participation in National Games | 2,468 | 4,194 | 70% increase | DDC Performance Report (2015-2019): Education (Page 12) |
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