Closing government schools a threat to democracy, speakers warn at AIDSO conference

The 13th District Students’ Conference of the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO), held present connected Friday, powerfully opposed the State government’s determination to adjacent thousands of authorities schools nether the projected KPS Magnet School scheme. The lawsuit was dedicated the 135th decease day of societal reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule.

Inaugurating the conference, Kiran Gajanur, adjunct prof from Central University of Karnataka (CUK), said that the aboriginal of Indian ideology depended connected the endurance and strengthening of nationalist education. “To support authorities schools is to support ideology itself. Today’s economical policies dainty citizens arsenic specified consumers. When acquisition is viewed arsenic a commodity, it inevitably becomes a business,” helium cautioned.

He said closing authorities schools and promoting backstage institutions was a nonstop onslaught connected the antiauthoritarian ethos envisioned by reformers similar Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule. “Those who tally elite English-medium schools are the precise ones shutting down authorities Kannada schools. Closing oregon merging authorities schools is thing abbreviated of betrayal of the antiauthoritarian system,” helium said.

AIDSO State president K.S. Ashwini recalled that students had earlier thwarted an effort to unopen authorities schools by collecting 50 lakh signatures statewide. “Now, nether the banner of 6,000 KPS Magnet Schools, the authorities is preparing to unopen astir 40,000 authorities schools. Inspired by the values upheld by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule, students indispensable erstwhile again hole for a agreed struggle,” helium said.

AIDSO State caput Ajay Kamath inaugurated the normal by hoisting the reddish flag.

State vice-president Abhay Diwakar said Kalaburagi unsocial had 21,000 vacant teaching posts and galore authorities schoolhouse buildings were connected the verge of collapse.

State treasurer Subhash B.J., addressing an unfastened session, urged students to physique a beardown absorption question against attempts to dismantle nationalist acquisition done the Magnet School project.

During the convention, the caller Namma Kalaburagi District Council of AIDSO was elected, with Tulajarama N.K. chosen arsenic president and Preeti Doddmani, Govinda Yelawar and Nagaraj Ravoor elected arsenic vice-presidents. Venkatesh Devadurga volition service arsenic territory secretary, portion Spoorthi Gurjalkar takes complaint arsenic treasurer. The squad of associated secretaries comprises Devaraj, Siddharth, Ajay, Babu, Yuvaraj, Rahul and Sampath.