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UP: There are 27,764 council primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh where there are less than 50 students. There is a plan to merge these schools with other schools. They will be merged with other schools of the Panchayat or nearby schools. BSP chief Mayawati has reacted to this.
Mayawati said, ‘The decision of the UP government to close and merge the 27,764 council primary and upper primary schools with less than 50 students and merge them with other schools instead of taking necessary measures to improve them by making necessary improvements is not right. In such a situation, where and how will the poor children study?’
The decision to close schools is also unfair – Mayawati
The BSP supremo said, ‘The condition of primary and secondary education is very bad in UP and most of the states of the country, due to which crores of children from poor families are constantly deprived of education, let alone good education. The decision of the Odisha government to close schools with less students is also unfair.’
He said, ‘The result of such anti-poor and anti-people policies of the governments is that people are being forced to educate their children in private schools, as is clear from the survey, but it is not right for the government to close these schools instead of making necessary improvements by giving proper funds and attention to education.’
What instructions have been given
Instructions have been given to merge these schools for the next academic session i.e. the session of 2025-26. For this, instructions have been issued to the Basic Education Officers of all the districts. A list of such schools will be prepared by holding a meeting on 13 or 14 November.
It has been said in the instructions that a report should be prepared for which nearby school it would be right to merge it. How much distance will the students have to cover to go to those schools. For this, a detailed report is being prepared keeping in mind many issues.
