Palaniswami holds DMK regime responsible for the closure of 210 govt. schools

The AIADMK wide caput and Leader of Opposition (LOP) successful the Assembly, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, connected Monday accused the DMK authorities of having closed down 210 authorities schools successful the past four-and-a-half years. 

On the contrary, the erstwhile AIADMK authorities had opened 248 superior schools, isolated from upgrading 117 superior schools into mediate schools; 1,079 mediate schools into precocious schools and 604 precocious schools into higher secondary schools, Mr Palaniswami told radical who gathered adjacent a autobus terminus connected Tiruvallur-Uthukottai roadworthy successful the Tiruvallur district.

As for arts and subject colleges successful the State, 96 of them did not person principals. The authorities was not allowing  number acquisition institutions to prosecute teachers, helium alleged. Also, nary support was fixed to the government-aided colleges to enlistee teaching and non-teaching staff, Mr Palaniswami said. 

Contrasting the AIADMK regime’s show successful higher acquisition with that of the existent government,  the LOP said  authorisation was obtained successful 1 twelvemonth for 11 aesculapian colleges including 1 successful Tiruvallur. His party, portion successful powerfulness that lasted 10 years, had got 17 aesculapian colleges established. Seven instrumentality colleges, 21 authorities polytechnics, 4 authorities engineering and cultivation colleges each and 5 authorities probe centres in the country of carnal husbandry were opened. 

Referring to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s reflection successful Kallakurichi a fewer days agone that the AIADMK, portion successful power, had fulfilled lone 5% of its electoral promises, the LOP claimed the DMK, retired of its 525 assurances fixed astatine the clip of the 2021 Assembly poll, had not translated nto enactment adjacent one-fourth of them.