Mayawati opposes integration of primary schools by UP govt

LUCKNOW, July 2: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has opposed the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to integrate primary schools in the state.
In a statement here today, Mayawati said the decision taken by the UP Basic Education Council, which has closed a lot of schools under the guise of coupling/integration of primary schools, is not justice to the easy and cheap government education system given to crores of children of poor people near their home.
“This action appears to be inappropriate, non-essential and anti-poor. There is an appeal to the government that it should immediately withdraw this decision of its coupling/integration in the interest of poor students,” she demanded.
The BSP president further said, “If the government does not withdraw its decision, then our party wants to assure all the affected parents that the BSP, after the formation of the government in 2027, the old system will be restored in the state here after cancelling this decision.”
However, she hoped that the UP government would consider changing its decision in view of the interest of education of the poor people.