'News Of Closing 27,000 Basic Schools Is Baseless': UP Education Dept
The Uttar Pradesh govt under Yogi Adityanath has decided to close over 27,000 basic schools circulating on the news channels and other social media platforms. As per the information available, the Yogi govt had decided to close down such schools where the student strength is below 50. Now, the UP Basic Education Department has issued a statement and called the news baseless and misleading.
कतिपय समाचार माध्यमों में प्रकाशित खबर जिसमे २७००० प्राथमिक विद्यालयों को निकटवर्ती विद्यालयों में विलय करते हुए बंद करने की बात की गई है बिल्कुल भ्रामक एवं निराधार है.
किसी भी विद्यालय को बंद किए जाने की कोई प्रक्रिया गतिमान नहीं है ।
— Department Of Basic Education Uttar Pradesh (@basicshiksha_up) November 4, 2024
The primary education department also said that the dept “is constantly making efforts to develop human resources and infrastructure in schools, improve the quality of education, and reduce the drop-out rate of students, especially girls. With this in mind, various studies are conducted from time to time.”
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As per the school education Director General Kanchan Verma, the information collected from the districts through the U-Dias portal, the number of schools with less than 50 students was 27,931. As per the reports, such schools were supposed to be merged with other schools with more student strength.
As per the Right to Education, there has to be a primary school and upper primary school within the range of 3 km periphery. The rule was included under the act so that no child can be deprived of his right to get an education.
