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Members of the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) and the Save Public Education Committee staged a protestation astatine Ramaswamy Circle successful Mysuru connected Friday, condemning the State government’s determination to proceed merging authorities schools contempt absorption from parents and villagers.
AIDSO territory vice-president Swathi, successful a statement, alleged that the State authorities was merging authorities schools nether the KPS Magnet task and had besides initiated the process of merging adjacent schools into PM Shri schools. She claimed that orders had been issued to merge 317 schools crossed the State nether the PM Shri task and that PU colleges were besides being merged.
Criticising the government’s assertion of gathering a exemplary acquisition strategy done assorted acquisition guarantees, she alleged that authorities schools were being unopen down successful the guise of reforms. According to her, alternatively of strengthening nationalist education, the KPS Magnet and PM Shri projects were weakening the system, the connection added.
The connection said villagers had powerfully opposed the projected merger of schools from respective villages, and parents, villagers and School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC) members had reportedly submitted representations to the authorities demanding that colony schools beryllium retained.
She said protests were being organised successful respective villages nether slogans specified arsenic “Our colony schoolhouse is our pride” and “We volition not fto schools close.” She urged radical to fortify the question to support authorities schools and defy policies that, she claimed, would adversely impact nationalist education.
Social activistic and Save Public Education Committee advisor Ugranarasimhegowda and Karnataka State Farmers’ Organisation person Hejjige Prakash besides addressed the gathering.
AIDSO territory president Chandrakala, territory caput Nitin, office-bearers Chandana and others were present.
