Ensure corporate education free to poor SC/STs: Karem

Ongole: SC/ST Commission Chairman Karem Sivaji who is on his maiden visit to Prakasam district after assuming charge asked the officials to implement the government orders making it compulsory to offer free education to SC and ST students in corporate schools.
Sivaji attended various programmes in the district headquarters and reviewed the condition of SC/STs with the District Collector, Sujatha Sharma, and SP Trivikrama Varma. Many representatives from various SC/ST associations submitted representations. Karem Sivaji in his review on backlog posts, atrocity cases, water, electricity, roads facility to the colonies, education and employment opportunities to the SC/STs, asked the officials to respond to the pleas of the public in a friendly manner and understand their problems.

He said, “The 38 backlog posts that were pending for two years should be filled in within 30 days by the authorities. I ask them to take stringent action on the candidates if they are found applying for the jobs with fake certificates. The funds being used for facilities like roads, electricity, water supply lines being provided to the SC/ST colonies should be audited and see the facilities reach the real beneficiaries. There are incidents of counter cases by the persons who are facing atrocities cases. The police authorities should be more cautious in registering them and take action on persons resorting to atrocities on SCs and STs. The district authorities should convene a meeting with the private and corporate school managements and see that they offer free education to the SC ST students, as per the government orders.”

The District Collector and Superintendent of Police assured the Commission Chairman that the authorities were concerned about the welfare of the SC/STs in the district and they will take immediate action on people resorting to atrocities on the scheduled castes and tribes in the district.