CPI stages protest against dilution of free education scheme for SC, ST students
The Hindu
Communist Party of India urges Chief Minister to address issues in free education scheme for SC/ST students.
The Communist Party of India has sought the intervention of Chief Minister N. Rangasamy in setting right complaints regarding implementation of free education scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students in the Union Territory.
In a petition submitted to the Chief Minister on Thursday, the party said private educational institutions were not strictly following the free education scheme for students belonging to the Adi Dravidar community in the Union Territory. Though the government was providing funds to private educational institutions for implementing the scheme, schools and colleges were demanding additional funds from the students.
The government should ensure that funds were provided to the institutions so that they don’t charge any additional fee from the students. The government should also hold a meeting between representatives of private educational institutions and officials from the Adi Dravidar and Education departments to sort out the issues in the implementation of the scheme, party Puducherry secretary A. M. Saleem said.
Before the memorandum was submitted to the Chief Minister, party held a demonstration near the Legislative Assembly to protest against the dilution in implementation of the free education scheme for socially marginalised sections.
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