Dharwad ZP decision to merge schools opposed

Taking beardown objection to a determination taken successful the zilla panchayat gathering connected closing down authorities schools having little than 25 students successful a people and merging them with different schools, members of All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) and Save Public Education Committee staged a protestation successful Dharwad connected Wednesday.

Addressing the protestors, territory advisor to the commitee and territory president of Kannada Sahitya Parishat Lingaraj Angadi said that alternatively of providing amended amenities to authorities schools and filling vacant posts, the State authorities is closing down authorities schools connected the pretext of mediocre enrollment which is highly regrettable.

In a spot which gave commencement to hundreds of writers, it is highly condemnable that the zilla panchayat has resorted to closing down schools connected specified a pretext. Both the BJP and the Congress are bent upon closing down authorities schools for the payment of vested interests, helium said.

District caput of AIDSO Shashikala Meti said that alternatively of taking steps to amended enrollment successful authorities schools, the Dharwad Zilla Panchayat has resorted to sidesplitting authorities schools connected the pretext of mediocre fig of students.

She pointed retired that successful distant areas and villages located adjacent to forests, the admissions volition beryllium invariably little than 25 per class. However, that fig itself is large for specified schools and astir of the children successful specified schools beryllium to families of workplace workers and regular wagers, she said and urged the State authorities to instantly retreat the determination and fortify authorities schools.

The State authorities which keeps connected repeating that not a azygous authorities schoolhouse volition beryllium closed down nether the magnet schoolhouse strategy is present closing down schools done the zilla panchayat. She called upon everyone to motorboat an agitation to prevention authorities schools.

Office-bearers of some the organisations, including Sindhu Koudi, Sharanabasav Gonwar, Bhuvana Ballari, and others led the protest.