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00:00I can't even think of a child or a youth
00:03that spending lakhs of rupees
00:06just to learn a sport
00:08and to practice
00:10leave alone a poor family
00:12even an ordinary middle class family
00:15can't afford to spend that much.
00:17But today I am extremely happy
00:20that today on the premises of our government school
00:24with Delhi Government's world class
00:2810 meter 15 lane shooting range
00:31with electronic target systems
00:34with professional pistols
00:37with all the equipment and coaching facilities
00:41today we are inaugurating such an amazing shooting range in Kalkaji
00:46that even a child of an ordinary family
00:49even a child of an ordinary middle class family
00:52can dream that one day
00:54like Manu Bakar
00:56I will also win an Olympic medal
00:58that one day like Abhinav Bindra
01:01when I will win gold
01:03then India's national anthem will echo all over the world
01:07and the whole world will see our flag flying
01:14So this change that has taken place in the last 10 years
01:18now even children of an ordinary family
01:21can dream big dreams
01:24today a child studying in a government school
01:28whether he is good in studies
01:30whether he is good in sports
01:32whether he is good in art
01:34every child is getting an opportunity
01:36today a good student in studies
01:39studies in a government school
01:41comes from an ordinary family
01:43now he dreams of clearing the JEE and NEET exams
01:48and getting admission in the biggest engineering and medical colleges of the country
01:53just a few days ago
01:55we had an awards function
01:57of the students of a government school
01:59in which 12th standard students
02:02who were the toppers of last year
02:04were being felicitated
02:06so a girl came on stage
02:08and she told me
02:10I live in a small house in Sangam, Vihar
02:14and now I am doing MBBS in Maulana Azad Medical College
02:18so today children studying in the Delhi government
02:21children of an ordinary family
02:23are dreaming
02:25and are fulfilling those dreams
02:27on the other hand if you go to see sports facilities
02:31so today in Delhi's government schools
02:33the level of sports facilities
02:36today in our schools
02:38there are hockey grounds of AstroTurf
02:40hockey grounds of AstroTurf
02:42generally
02:44are very less in the government set up
02:46and
02:48now international hockey
02:50is not played on grass
02:52it is played on AstroTurf
02:54the speed of AstroTurf game is very fast
02:57so when our country's children
02:59learn to play hockey on grass
03:02so when there is an opportunity to play in international
03:05they are two steps behind
03:07but I am happy that
03:10in the last 10 years
03:13the expansion of sports facilities
03:16today three international standard
03:19AstroTurf hockey fields
03:21are in our Delhi government schools
03:24in our government schools
03:26there are Olympic sized swimming pools
03:29here a few kilometers away
03:32there is a Chirag Enclave school
03:34there is a magnificent 8 lane swimming pool
03:38in our Delhi government schools
03:40today in our schools
03:42there are world class football grounds
03:44there are synthetic tracks
03:46so now if a child from a middle class family
03:51who is studying in a government school
03:53if he is good in sports
03:55today the lack of money
03:58will not be able to stop him from moving forward in sports
04:02so this revolution has been going on
04:04for the last 10 years
04:06in Delhi and in Delhi's government schools
04:08you all know
04:10that 10 years ago
04:12what was the state of government schools
04:14we used to say that government schools
04:16were tent schools, tin topper schools
04:18where children used to study on tarp
04:22where teachers' duties
04:24were sometimes put in polio camps
04:26sometimes in making Aadhaar cards
04:28where there was no water to drink
04:30but today Delhi's government schools
04:32are known for their magnificent infrastructure
04:35for their smart boards
04:37for their Cambridge Harvard trained teachers
04:42for their world class sports facilities
04:45for cracking IIT-JEE
04:48to get admission in big engineering colleges
04:50and medical colleges
04:52and I have complete faith
04:55that if like this
04:57Delhi's education revolution
04:59continues