New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI) Teachers at MCD-run schools who have received a national award will be sent for training to institutes, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi said on Friday.

Following the model of the Delhi government, the AAP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has sent some principals to IIMs for training, her office said in a statement.

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Mayor Oberoi on Friday visited a science fair organised at the MCD Boys School, Bankner, in the Narela Zone and felicitated teachers at an award function.

Teachers at MCD-run schools in Delhi who have received a national award will also be sent for training, she was quoted as saying in the statement.

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However, it wasn't specified to which institutes such teachers would be sent for training.

Principals of MCD-run schools have been sent to IIM for training. Going forward national awardee teachers and school in-charges will also be sent for training, she said.

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