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A objection against the closure of 1,666 authorities schools crossed Mysuru territory nether the KPS Magnet strategy was held astatine Town Hall successful the metropolis connected Sunday.
Several parents, students, and villagers from crossed the territory participated successful the objection organised by the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO).
Speaking connected the occasion, State vice-president of AIDSO Chandrakala recalled that the erstwhile BJP authorities attempted to adjacent 13,800 authorities schools successful the sanction of ‘merger’. Now, the contiguous Congress authorities is moving to adjacent 40,000 schools crossed the State nether the KPS Magnet Scheme, she said.
“The eventual extremity of each governments is to unopen down authorities schools and snatch acquisition distant from mediocre students. The authorities is opening KPS Magnet schools by taking a indebtedness of ₹2,500 crore from the Asian Development Bank. Has the authorities reached specified a dire authorities that it indispensable instrumentality loans from backstage banks to tally authorities schools? Is the taxation we wage not enough?” she questioned.
She further alleged that the authorities is conspiring to privatise authorities schools by outsourcing KPS Magnet schools. She noted that the KPS Magnet task violates the Right to Education (RTE) Act, which mandates a superior schoolhouse wrong a one-kilometre radius of each habitation.
Retired prof of Sociology astatine Maharaja College, Kalachannegowda, said Kannada schools indispensable beryllium successful each village.
Currently, 62,000 teachers’ posts are vacant successful the State, implicit 7,000 schools person lone a azygous teacher, and much than 23,000 authorities schoolhouse buildings are successful request of repair. “By failing to supply basal infrastructure and letting schools wither away, the authorities is closing them done the backmost door,” helium said.
Farmers’ person from Nanjangud, Hejjige Prakash, condemned the closure of schools successful agrarian areas. “People indispensable protestation wherever schools are being unopen down,” helium said.
Another farmer’s leader, Marankaiah, said the government’s assertion that it volition supply buses to KPS Magnet schools aft closing section schools is specified “hypocrisy”.
Representatives from the Committee to Save Public Education were besides contiguous connected the occasion, on with AIDSO Mysuru territory caput Nitin, vice-president Swathi and different bureau bearers.
