The Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Monday, “The Delhi government will pay the Board exam fees of schools under the NDMC and the Delhi Cantonment.”

It has been decided that the government will also pay the fees for students of schools run by the NDMC and the Delhi Cantonment, Kejriwal said.He said the decision was taken at a cabinet meeting. The government had earlier said it will pay the board exam fees of all government school students.

The government will also hold extra classes to focus on teaching mathematics, he said.The government had earlier said it will pay the board exam fees of all government school students, following a hike in the fees by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

It was decided that the Delhi government will bear the board examination fees of all the students belonging to the Delhi government schools. Now, the Delhi government schools situated in the NDMC and Delhi Cantonment areas are also included under the purview of this decision.