Villagers oppose new private English medium schools

People of a few villages opposing the establishment of new private schools in their villages as they strongly feel that the private schools will affect the government schools in Adilabad district.

Villagers are spending thousands of rupees for school fee. On the other hand, government teachers are campaigning in the villages appealing to the parents to send their children government schools instead private.

Villagers of Pipparwada had passed a unanimous resolution recently in gram panchayat opposing setting up a private primary school in their village in Jainad mandal.

Villagers have been campaigning in favor of government schools to improve the enrollment of the students in their schools in Lokeshwar mandal.

Government teacher R. Venu of Adilabad said, “parents should take the lead to protect the government schools and strengthening them the teachers will follow them”.

Teachers of government schools have launched a campaign in the villages highlighting the facilities available at their schools and highly qualified teachers and other provisions like mid-day meal, school uniforms, and no fees.

Some of the government teachers distributing pamphlets with the information highlighting the facilities and explaining how government schools are best compared to private schools and taking out rallies to create awareness among the people about the advantages of the government schools.

People of some villages passing resolutions demanding the state government to introduce the English medium in the government school in their village to reduce the financial on the parents sending their children to private English medium schools and also save the strengthen the government school in the larger interests.

Director of school education earlier issued orders allowing villagers to introduce English medium in the government school if parents are interests and they will accord the permission to such schools and consider the English medium at their school.

It is surprising to note that, villagers are questioning the teachers for asking them to join their children in government schools while sending their children to private English medium schools. People asking the teachers admit their own children at government schools.