Education will be the main election issue of AAP this time in Himachal assembly elections: SS Jogata
On the remarks made by Himachal Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur on AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, AAP state vice-president SS Jogata, while holding a press conference in Shimla today, sought the resignation of Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur. Addressing reporters in Shimla, party’s state vice-president SS Jogata said that Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia have exposed the education model of the BJP government, which has left the education minister furious. The condition of education system in the state is so pathetic where schools are running in dilapidated buildings in the home district of Education Minister Govind Thakur. Somewhere there are no teachers in the schools and there are no children at all, the people there themselves by making videos and exposing the education minister. Delhi schools on the other hand are high quality schools with world class facilities and education being provided to the children. Yet Education Minister Govind Thakur is not ready to accept this and is taking a dig at Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia. Which common man will not tolerate and for this the Education Minister should apologize and resign.
AAP vice-president said, BJP is completely shocked after the revelation of education system in Himachal Pradesh. Due to this fury, Himachal Pradesh Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur-ul-Jalul is making rhetoric and forgetting his dignity and commenting on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia. Showing the video in front of the media on the pathetic and bad education system of the state, he said that the people of the state are giving answers to the claims being made by the Education Minister Govind Thakur through the Selfie with School campaign of the Aam Aadmi Party.
* SS Jogata presented the figures regarding the condition of the schools.
Releasing the statistics of schools in Himachal Pradesh, SS Jogta said that during the last four and a half years, during the rule of the BJP government, the lock of more than 500 schools in the state has been hanged. If we talk about the new academic session 2022-23, so far 153 government schools have been locked. Out of this, maximum 39 schools have been closed in Shimla district. While 30 schools in Kangra and 26 in Mandi have been closed. Apart from this, there are dozens of such schools in all the districts of the state. He said that according to the U DISE 2019-21 report, there are total 18,145 schools in the state, out of which 10,574 are primary schools and 1,948 are middle schools. The condition of 4,096 primary schools in these schools is poor.
* The confidence of the parents about the poor education system of the state is being lost from the government education.*
Jogata said that this is the reason why 23,030 students have fallen short of government schools in the year 2019-20. This drop out is happening continuously in government schools since the year 2017. The enrollment in government schools in the state from class I to class XII in the year 2017-18 was 8 lakh 54 thousand 879. In the year 2018-19, this figure has come down to 8 lakh 24 thousand 73 and now in the year 2019-20 this figure has come down to 8 lakh 1 thousand 43. That is, 23 thousand 30 students have decreased in government schools. He said that
There is a lot of inconvenience in the schools of the state. According to the latest data, 722 schools in the state are running with the help of only one room. In 3056 schools, only two rooms are running. Only 3 rooms are available in 5,177 schools, so the education system is on ventilator. Similarly, there is a severe shortage of teachers in government schools with only one student in 2,507 schools. There are only two teachers in 6,479 primary and 378 middle schools.
There are three teachers in 1573 primary and 746 middle schools. Which raises questions on the government’s neglect on government schools. The answer to which is now being given by the people of the state under the Selfie with School campaign of the Aam Aadmi Party.
