UP School Merger Row Erupts Into Political Battle As SP Takes On BJP Ahead Of Teachers’ Day
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has turned the issue of school mergers in Uttar Pradesh into a political flashpoint ahead of Teachers’ Day, accusing the BJP government of shutting down thousands of government schools in rural areas in the name of consolidation. The party has launched a campaign under the banner ‘Pathshala Pukare’ and directed its workers to hold programmes outside schools that…
The Samajwadi Party (SP) has escalated the school merger controversy in Uttar Pradesh into a political battle ahead of Teachers' Day, accusing the BJP government of shutting down thousands of government schools in rural areas. The SP has launched a campaign called 'Pathshala Pukare' and directed its workers to hold programmes outside schools that they claim have been closed or merged.
This comes as the Opposition describes it as a "decade-long assault on rural education". The BJP, however, maintains that no schools have been closed and that the mergers are aimed at improving teaching quality and resource utilization.
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