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People from antithetic walks of life, including parents, students and younker leaders, staged a protestation successful Kalghatgi of Dharwad territory connected Tuesday against the closure of authorities schools nether the Karnataka Public Schools Scheme.
In the protestation staged astatine Bammigatti Cross nether the aegis of Save Public Education Committee, parents, citizens and students from assorted villages took portion and powerfully condemned the move.
Addressing the protestors, State president of All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) Ashwini K.S. criticised the Government Orders issued connected October 15 and December 30, 2025, which suggest converting authorities schools successful 5,900 gram panchayats into Karnataka Public Schools.
She said that the strategy is designed to unopen down each different authorities schools wrong a 5-km radius of the caller magnet schools.
According to the State government, 17 lakh students person already dropped retired of the schoolhouse successful the past 15 years. And, the caller strategy volition further deprive the children of farmers and workplace workers of education, she said.
Sharanabasava Gonawar of AIKKMS said that privatisation of acquisition volition effect successful acquisition becoming the spot of the affluent and the depressed and exploited radical volition beryllium further pushed down.
Closing authorities schools volition mean that the members of the moving people volition not beryllium capable to nonstop their children to school, helium said.
AIDSO State secretariat subordinate Vinay Chandra said that some the Congress and the BJP are jointly liable for the atrocious authorities of authorities schools.
He said that radical from each communities person agreed beyond caste and religion to support the aboriginal of the adjacent generation.
President of Save Public Education Committee of Emmetti colony Sanjeev Desai said that radical successful the colony person donated their onshore to physique a schoolhouse determination and if the authorities plans to adjacent their school, past they volition beryllium forced to motorboat an agitation.
AIDSO territory caput Shashikala Meti presided implicit the protestation gathering and territory president Sindhu Kowdi made the introductory remarks.
Office-bearers of Save Public Education Committee of assorted villages, including Amrut Lamani, Ramu Edge, Basapp Tadas, Mohan Lamani, and others led the protest.
The protestors warned the State authorities of intensifying the agitation if it does not retreat the orders connected magnet schools.
