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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MD)
Mangaluru, Sep 1: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP) on Tuesday September 1 held a protest demanding solutions to various issues related to education and hostel facilities in government colleges. The protest was held at Karnataka Polytechnic (KPT), Basaveshwara circle.
Addressing the students of KPT who gathered for the protest, ABVP activist Chaithra said, "The education of students is getting ruined due to shortcomings in the system in the state. Teachers are not getting due respect, and quality of education is diminishing. Even basic facilities are not available in many of the government colleges.
"The state government is neglecting the educational system and deferring from reducing the fee for backward class students. ABVP condemns the stance of the state government for its lackadaisical attitude in providing scholarships for SC/ST students and basic facilities in hostels and government colleges," she added.
"Due to delay in the implementation of reduced fee structure for backward classes, SC/ST and minority college students, lacs of students are quitting their education. From past two years, scholarships have not reached the SC/ST students. Government has completely failed in providing better hostel facilities for backward class students. There is no proper drinking water facility and no toilets. There are many other issues too. The government is in sleep mode. Today we are just protesting here, but in the coming days we will hold a massive state-wide protest," she warned.
"All the hostels should be transformed into clean places and special grants should be released for their development. The number of hostels should be increased. Government colleges face shortage of lecturers and this issue also has to be sorted out soon," Chaithra added.
Speaking about the colleges in the state, Chaithra said, "Day by day private colleges are turning into business centres. This is because of lack of facilities in government colleges. Most of the government colleges, be it ITI, PUC, degree, engineering or medical colleges lack drinking water facility, toilets, library, sports equipment and many other amenities," she added.