The verdict is unanimous. Schools and colleges should open immediately. The career of students should not be jeopardised for the sake of the Telangana agitation.
This is the overwhelming view of parents who met under the auspices of the Greater Hyderabad School Parents Association here on Monday. Irate parents threatened to knock the doors of the court if the government failed to ensure the students' fundamental right to education.
Under heavy police bandobust the parents held a meeting at a function hall in Masab Tank to express their angst at the continued closure of the educational institutions in the city.
They urged the Telangana protagonists not to play with the career of students and allow the schools and colleges to function normally. In a resolution, the meeting appealed to the Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to ensure that educational institutions are exempted from the ambit of bandhs and strikes.
According to Article 41 and 45 of the Constitution, it is the duty of the State government to ensure right to education. “Therefore, the Chief Minister is requested to ensure proper functioning of all educational institutions in the State and save the academic year of students,” the resolutions said.
It further asked the Chief Minister to provide safe passage to the students for the reaching the institutions through buses or their own conveyances. “We will meet the Chief Minister and convey our feelings,” said association president Liyaqath Hussain Razvi.
A large number of parents, including mothers, poured out their anger at the prolonged closure of schools. “How will the children cope with the lessons even if the management completes the syllabus. Is it not taxing on the young ones?” said Venkatalakshmi.
‘Political zulum'
Prof. Naveed, who works in an engineering college, termed it as ‘political zulum' on the common man. Another parent, G. Srinivas, was upset at the talk that loss of an academic year was nothing and said even a single day mattered. He wanted parents also to constitute a JAC to show their strength and put forth their demands.
Safi Quadri, executive member of the association, said students would be losers ultimately while Ravindra Tiwari said students would be at a disadvantage to appear for the competitive exams or to seek admission into foreign universities.
Salaries
Some parents, who are also school correspondents, said continued closure of schools was putting managements to loss as they were obliged to pay salaries to the staff even though their institutions were closed.
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