Gujarat Cong seeks guv intervention in education, job issues

The Gujarat Congress on Wednesday sought Governor Acharya Devvrat's intervention on a range of issues, including the BJP government's decision to "close" around "6,000 schools" and making graduation as the minimum criteria to fill up Class 3 vacancies in departments.
A Congress delegation met the governor at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar and raised these issues. The opposition party's delegation, led by state Congress president Amit Chavda, handed over a memorandum to Devvrat and urged him to take up these matters with the BJP government in Gujarat.
Referring to a recent decision by the government to merge schools having very less students, the Congress said the decision would eventually lead to the "closure" of around "6,000 government-run primary schools" in rural areas.
"We are told the implementation of this decision has already started. This will deprive thousands of poor children from getting primary education.

"Since the government would close a nearby school, very few would opt to walk long distances to get education, as the merged school will be far from the village. This a violation of the Right To Education Act," said the memorandum handed over to the Governor.

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