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Stating that the State authorities has threatened the beingness of implicit 25,000 authorities schools with its connection to merge adjoining schools nether Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) Magnet School Scheme, students, on with members of All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO), staged a protestation successful Dharwad connected Friday.
Congregating astatine Vivekanand Circle successful Dharwad, the students registered their protestation by staging a objection and said that the government’s determination volition effect successful closing down of respective 1000 authorities schools.
Addressing the protestors, AIDSO territory caput Shashikala Meti said that arsenic per the Government Order, 800 schools person been identified arsenic magnet schools.
“This volition mean that schools with little than 50 admissions located wrong 1 km to 5 km radius of Karnataka Public Schools volition beryllium merged with the latter, which means that those schools volition beryllium closed,” she said.
She pointed retired the Government Order connected merger of 7 superior schools successful Honganur of Channapattana taluk with the projected a KPS magnet schoolhouse successful Honganur and expressed choler implicit closing down of schools with implicit 110 students, successful the sanction of merger.
Ms. Shashikala Meti clarified that AIDSO is not opposed to opening KPS magnet schools but lone to closing down of authorities schools successful the sanction of merger.
Already, students successful scores of villages person been forced to signifier protests due to the fact that of deficiency of due autobus installation and specified being the case, students residing successful far-off villages volition beryllium deprived of education, she said.
District president of AIDSO Sindhu Koudi, vice-president Chandru and different office-bearers, including Sphoorti, Siddu, Ravi, and others led the protest.
