Delhi govt launches 'Business Blasters' prog in all its schools
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Tuesday launched the Delhi government's 'Business Blasters' programme which aims at developing young entrepreneurs at the school-level by providing students seed money to start a business.
The programme will be implemented in all Delhi government schools under the "Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum (EMC)". "I am proud to launch this Business Blasters programme. It is going to be the foundation stone in the development of the country," Sisodia said at the launch event at the Thyagraj Stadium here.
As part of the programme, which he said was "successful as a pilot project", class 11 and 12 students will be provided seed money of Rs 2,000 to start a business, he said.
"This programme, for the students of classes 11-12, is going to be the basis of the country's progress. Through this, children will not run after jobs, but jobs will come after these children," said Sisodia, who is also Delhi's education minister.
The minister added that the programme is an initiative which, if implemented properly, can take India from being a developing country to a developed one.
"When I was in school, we used to read that India was a developing country. Today, our children are reading that India is still a developing country, but if we don't implement this programme properly, the children of our children will also read that India is still a developing country," he said.
"But, if implemented properly, we will be able to change this history in our textbooks, and say that India is not a developing, but a developed country," Sisodia said.
The minister added that the initiative will also help address the problem of unemployment.
"We say that India is a country of youth but it is a country of educated yet unemployed. EMC will change this picture and make India a country of educated and capable youth. That day is not far when every child coming out of Delhi's schools will not ask for a job but will create a job," he said.
