To protest commercialisation and communalisation of education, the All India Students’ Bloc (AISB), Odisha State Committee launched a six-month-long State-wide campaign ‘Shiksha Banhao, Desh Banchao’ here Wednesday.
As part of the campaign, the body staged a dharna in front of the Raj Bhavan on the day under the leadership of AISB State convenor Soumya Ranjan Rout.
AISB co-convenor Jyoti Ranjan Mohapatra said Education has become a profitable business these days. The education system in Government-run institutions has been paralyzed. “Taking advantage of the scenario, educational entrepreneurs are only expanding their business. Resulting this, many poor scholar students are deprived of getting higher education,” Mohapatra lamented.
The students also condemned both the Union and State Governments for their anti-students and anti-education polices. later, a five-member team submitted a memorandum to Governor SC Jamir.
The demands include fill up of vacant seats in educational institutions, check the fees hike trend and unnecessary political interference in educational institutions, employment guarantee to students, etc, said convenor Rout.