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Schools, colleges observe bandh
Many private and government educational institutions in Sangareddy remained closed on Friday after a call for State-wide bandh was given by various student organisations. The call for bandh was mainly by the left wing student organisations, with support from various other student organisations against the State government’s educational policies.
Students organisations give a call for shutdown in protest against State government’s education policy
Sangareddy: Many private and government educational institutions in Sangareddy remained closed on Friday after a call for State-wide bandh was given by various student organisations. The call for bandh was mainly by the left wing student organisations, with support from various other student organisations against the State government’s educational policies.
Activists of SFT, PDSU, AISF and TGVP were busy shutting down the Government Boys’ High School in Sangareddy, when The Hans India spoke to the student leaders.
SFI District Secretary Ramesh said the Students Managed Hostels (SMH), which were being run in rented premises for more than 10 years were still not shifted to permanent hostels. Instead, the government is planning to convert welfare hostels into integrated hostels.
He said running Gurukul hostels on rented premises was repeat of the same old policy and pointed out that the horrible conditions in which SC Gurukul hostels in Nallavagu and Hathnura are being run.
Countering the State government’s claim that KG to PG could be made possible through Gurukuls, he wondered how 16 lakh school students could be brought under one umbrella of Gurukuls when there could only accommodate 2 lakh students in Gurukuls.
He suggested that the government introduce English medium in government schools right from pre-school levels and make primary schools ‘mini-gurukuls’ and use these schools to further the idea of KG to PG education by strengthening government education system as a competition to private schools.
He also raised issues including, lack of hiring of teachers and other workers in schools, delay in payment of scholarships to students for the past three years, unfulfilled promise to extend midday meal scheme to government junior colleges and lack of punctuality, regularity and accountability among teachers and lecturers.
“Rs 14 per student is supposed to be paid per ward for midday meal in colleges. The government claims that Rs 84,000 is being spent on each student every year but, if these numbers were true, why is it that midday meal is being implemented only in few colleges and schools?” he asked.
