Delhi govt school students becoming responsible citizens: Sisodia

Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, on Monday said the students in the government schools in Delhi are not only developing the core entrepreneurial skills but also are becoming responsible citizens through the government’s Business Blasters programme.
Sisodia said it as he was visiting the Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya No.1 Mandawali, where he met students of the Business Blasters programme Season 2.
Interacting with the students, Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said, ” I am happy to see that the children of our schools are dreaming of starting their own businesses and are eager to experiment in their respective fields.”
He said the Delhi government will support their determination and hardwork in every way and their businesses will create new job opportunities for the future.
“Through Business Blasters, the journey of our students from job seekers to job creators has begun. Their unique business ideas will be transformed into multinational companies in the future. Such a job-creator mindset will make India No.1 in the future. Business Blasters has completely changed the definition of career for the students in Delhi government schools now,” Sisodia said.
During the school visit, budding entrepreneurs from SKV No.1 Mandawali presented their unique ideas to the Deputy Chief Minister which included an advertisement agency, customised dressmaking, home decor, catering, artificial jewellery, etc.
Sharing their experiences, students said that the Business Blasters programme has helped them develop skills of teamwork, planning, risk management, leadership, ideation, time management, persuasion and research, etc.
Students added that Business Blasters programme is helping them to become independent, has boosted their self-confidence and they have been able to identify and work on their skills better.
While sharing his thoughts on entrepreneurship with students, Sisodia said it is important to inculcate the entrepreneurial mindset among students from the school level and make them understand that their ability to create job opportunities will give a bright future to the country.
“They are now dreaming of starting their own business and are eager to do some new experiments in their respective fields. The Delhi government will support their work which has potential to create new employment opportunities in future,” he said.
Students from Class 12, continuing in the second year of Business Blasters programme said that when they used to present their ideas to someone in the maiden year of the Business Blasters programme, they lacked self-confidence and hesitated to approach clients.
But this year they have been able to launch their products in the market without any hesitation because they have understood the process of marketing, finance, etc now. very well. Students told that by making some basic changes in their previous strategies, they have worked to make their ideas better and now they are getting support from their parents as well.
A student from class 12 shared that she took her product to the weekly market in Laxmi Nagar and was able to earn a good profit. This experience also gave her team exposure to the working of weekly markets and helped them further improve their strategies.
Being impressed with the ideas of students, Sisodia said, “With this same confidence and their passion to do something out of the box, the Delhi government school students will work towards eradicating unemployment from the country and will support the economy.”
Students of Class 11 and 12 said Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum (EMC) and Business Blasters programme have changed their mindset to a great extent. They have stopped running after jobs and now plan about creating more jobs. They do not fear taking risks anymore. Business Blasters programme has increased their confidence in everything be it studies or other work.
Business Blasters, is an extended component of EMC being taught in the Delhi government schools. Under this, the students are given the real experience of starting their own startups by giving seed money of Rs 2000 per student to the students by the government.
Students are provided mentorship by renowned and successful entrepreneurs from all across the country. This year, the Business Blasters programme has been adopted by many private schools too.