1,74,000 Students Mentored Under Delhi Government's “Desh Ke Mentor” Programme: Report
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Launched in October 2021, the 'Desh ke Mentor' programme aims to provide voluntary mentors to students from Classes 9 to 12. An app developed by Delhi Technological University allows those aged 18 to 35 to sign up to be mentors.
Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday informed that a total of 1,74,000 government school students, also called mentees, have been taught by 44,000 mentors under the state government's 'Desh ke Mentor' programme, as per report.
Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, Sisodia said, "We had received a total of 2,20,000 applications from Delhi government students. Of these, 1,74,000 have been mentored. As for the mentors, of the 44,000 mentors, nearly 500 each are from IIT and IIM, 15,600 are either doing their graduation or Ph.D from a well-known education institute and 7,500 have completed their studies and are currently working at a good post."
Launched in October 2021, the 'Desh ke Mentor' programme aims to provide voluntary mentors to students from Classes 9 to 12. An app developed by Delhi Technological University allows those aged 18 to 35 to sign up to be mentors.
"Those who volunteered to be mentors are made to undergo a psychometric test, their educational background is taken care of and they are trained accordingly, only after which they are assigned a mentee. We have also ensured that mentees are only assigned mentors of the same gender." Manish Sisodia said.
