The Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) would intensify its agitation against the pathetic condition of education in Uttarakhand. The state President of the ABVP Ramakant Srivastava said this while addressing newsmen here on Thursday.
He said that nearly one lakh students in the state are deprived from the higher education due to the wrong policies of the State Government. The President of the student wing informed that the organisation is on the path of agitation for the students and in the recently concluded state convention in Kotdwar, the proposal blaming the state government for pathetic state of education in Uttarakhand was unanimously passed.
He said that education right from K G (Kinder Garten) to PG (Post Graduate) is in very bad shape in the state. Srivastava informed that 30 students belonging to North Eastern states would visit the state from Jaunary 14 to 17 and would live with native families in Haridwar and Dehradun.
This programe is aimed to introduce the culture of Uttarakhand to the students of north eastern States. In the Kotdwar convention new working committee of the state ABVP was constituted in which Srivastava was reelected as President.
The ABVP leader, Paras Goyal said that the private school owners are exploiting the parents of the students and the state government is not doing anything to prevent this blatant loot.
He said that the ABVP would continue its struggle against this loot of the hapless parents. The press conference was attended by Sanket Nautiyal, Dr Kaushal Kumar and Arun Kumar.