UP Govt To Close Over 27,000 Basic Schools; Kejriwal And Dalit Leader Aazad Reacts
As per the reports, the Uttar Pradesh Education Department is preparing to close down over 27,000 basic schools in UP. The UP government has decided to close such government schools where student strength is less than 50. However, now clearing the air, the Department of Basic Education Uttar Pradesh has rejected any such news and called it 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
Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal also criticized the move regarding closing the government schools. Kejriwal compared the Delhi and UP school education and urged the people of Delhi not to bring BJP rule in the state considering their performance in the education sector.
पिछले 10 साल में हमने बड़ी मेहनत से दिल्ली के सरकारी स्कूलों को शानदार बनाया है, वर्ल्ड क्लास सुविधाएँ और शिक्षा का इंतज़ाम किया है।
दूसरी तरफ़ यूपी के सरकारी स्कूल हैं जिन्हें बंद करने की तैयारी चल रही है। मैं दिल्ली के लोगों से बस इतना कहना चाहता हूँ कि अगर गलती से भी इस बार… pic.twitter.com/yCdS3xesIx
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 3, 2024
While Dalit leader Chandra Shekhar Aazad criticized the move by calling it an attack on the entire Dalit community. Aazad targeted the BJP government for closing down over 50,000 government schools countrywide and now the closing of schools under the Yogi govt in Uttar Pradesh.
भाजपा की केंद्र वाली मोदी सरकार द्वारा देश भर में वर्ष 2018-2020 के बीच 51108 सरकारी स्कूल बंद करने के सफल परीक्षण के बाद अब भाजपा की उत्तर प्रदेश वाली योगी सरकार 27 हजार बेसिक स्कूल बंद शीघ्र बंद करने का फैसला सिर्फ शिक्षा पर नहीं, बल्कि बहुजन समाज के हौसलों पर भी प्रहार है। यह…
— Chandra Shekhar Aazad (@BhimArmyChief) November 3, 2024
People are not only raising questions about the future of students rather they are also objecting to the prospects of TET and CTET qualified candidates who will be devoid of teaching jobs if the decision gets implemented in Uttar Pradesh.
BSP leader and Mayawati’s nephew Akash Anand called the govt decision as anti-dalit and while taking about the lower standard of the education said, “The condition of government schools has deteriorated drastically Instead of improving it, Yogi Government wants to close it. If this happens then what will happen to the poor children? Instead of closing private schools, government schools are being closed”. BSP supremo Mayawati has also objected and said that govt should work to improve the conditions of schools instead of closing them.
