Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Students Take to Streets against Educational Problems



Patna, September 26:

A large number of students coming from different districts of Bihar demonstrated before the CM of the state in support of their demands on Wednesday. The All India Democratic Students' Organisation had given a call to the students of the country to observe 26th September, the birthday of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, one of the pioneers of the Indian renaissance and great educationist, as a protest day against making education a commodity of high price. Responding the call the Bihar State Committee of the Organisation took its pain to organise the students in thousands in the state capital.The students gathered initially at Gandhi Maidan took out a huge procession which went to R Block traversing Fraser Road, Dak Bungalow Crossing, Patna Junction Roundabout, New Market and Mithapur. In their route the students were shouting thunderous slogans against the anti education policies of the Centre and the State Govenrments. 
After barricading the way at R Block by the police personnel a huge meeting was held which was addressed by Anil Kumar, Secretary, AIDSO, Bihar State Committee, Raushan Kumar, Guddu Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar, Lal Kumar, Saroj Kumar Suman, Pushpa Kumari and Pinki Kumari. The meeting was presided over by Suryakar jitendra, Presidnt, AIDSO, Bihar State Committee. In course of explaining the justification of their demands all the student leaders felt the need of powerful sustained student movement against the steepest fee hike, privatisation and commercialisation of education, bide to conduct students' union election on undemocratic  Lyngdoh Committee recommendations and security to girls students. 

Supporting their demands Arun Kumar Singh, Senior Member, SUCI (Communist), Bihar State Committee said that the Nitish Government was exposing by not providing education, job and security to its citizens. The crime, rape, abduction, loot and corruption was the order of the day.  Terming the BJP-JDU state government as out and out anti people he emphasized the need to initiate student's movement against the burning problems of the students and the education.

Later a memorandum of 10 points charter of demands was submitted to the Secretary of Education, Govt. of Bihar in the absence of CM, Nitish Kumar.         

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