New Delhi: Taking forward its ‘School Thik Karo’ (Fix the schools) campaign across the country, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has now written to Education ministers of all states, seeking detailed information on government school infrastructure, teacher vacancies, funding and other issues affecting public education.
Dipke raised concerns over the condition of several government schools, observing that even 80 years after India gained Independence, children in many parts of the country still lack access to basic facilities such as safe drinking water, functional toilets, proper classrooms and benches.
“The visuals emerging from government schools and circulating on social media should make all of us deeply concerned. No child in this country should be forced to study in such conditions. They are being treated worse than animals,” Dipke wrote.
He urged state governments to treat the condition of public education as an urgent priority, and take steps to improve government schools on a “war footing” so that no child is denied a dignified education because of inadequate infrastructure.
“This is not about politics or any one government. This is about the future of our children,” he said.
Dipke has sought answers to following six key questions on government schools:
1. How many government schools in the state have been renovated in the last five years, and how many currently require repairs or complete renovation?
2. How many teaching positions are currently sanctioned, how many are filled, and how many remain vacant?
3. How much money has been allocated for government schools in the last five years, and how much of it has actually been spent?
4. How many additional government schools are required to ensure that every child has reasonable access to quality education?
5. Apart from teaching, what non-teaching duties and responsibilities are assigned to government school teachers?
6. How many government schools currently have adequate access to computers and digital learning facilities, clean and functional toilets, and proper sports facilities and equipment for children?
