Lucknow Gen Alpha students protest teacher shortage; UP minister assures improvement

Luck ow,
Aug
14
(PTI):
Ge
Alpha
stude ts
of
a
gove me t
school
he e
staged
a
p otest
o
F iday
mo i g
ove
a
sho tage
of
subject
teache s,
b iefly
blockadi g
t affic,
befo e
Utta
P adesh
Mi iste
Asim
A u
joi ed
them
o
the
oad
a d
took
them
back
to
the
school
to
hea
thei
g ieva ces.

Stude ts
of
the
Jai
P akash
Na aya
Sa vodaya
Vidyalaya
came
out
of
the
school
at
a ou d
9
am
a d
staged
a
demo st atio
o
the
Budheshwa -Moha
Road
i
the
Pa a
a ea,
ca yi g
poste s
a d
ba e s
a d
allegi g
that
the
sho tage
of
teache s
was
affecti g
thei
studies,
police
said.

The
Pa a
police
team
eached
the
spot
afte
eceivi g
i fo matio ,
spoke
to
the
stude ts
a d
lea t
that
they
we e
also
agg ieved
ove
ce tai
i egula ities
at
the
school,
acco di g
to
a
police
stateme t.

Police
pe suaded
the
stude ts
to
e d
the
p otest
a d
etu
to
the
school
p emises,
followi g
which
the
oad
was
clea ed
a d
t affic
esto ed.
The
stude ts
we e
subseque tly
seated
i
the
school’s
meeti g
hall,
whe e
educatio
officials
a d
teache s
held
discussio s
with
them.

Adequate
police
fo ce,
led
by
the
Assista t
Commissio e
of
Police,
Kako i,
was
deployed
at
the
spot
a d
the
situatio
emai ed
peaceful,
police
said.

A u ,
the
state
social
welfa e
mi iste
(i depe de t
cha ge),
was
coi cide tally
passi g
th ough
the
a ea
o
his
way
to
Ka auj
fo
a
official
p og amme
whe
he
saw
the
p otest.
The
mi iste ,
who
is
also
the
Ka auj
MLA
a d
whose
depa tme t
ove sees
the
school,
delayed
his
jou ey
a d
got
dow
to
speak
to
the
stude ts.

The
mi iste
the
accompa ied
the
stude ts
i to
the
school
a d
held
discussio s
with
them
a d
officials
fo
a ou d
two
hou s.

“I
am
satisfied
that
the
child e
we e
ot
p otesti g
because
they
wa ted
to
cheat
o
avoid
atte da ce.
They
we e
p otesti g
because
they
wa ted
thei
studies
to
be
as
good
as
possible,”
A u
told
PTI.

A u
said
some
teache s
had
bee
u able
to
joi
thei
posts
due
to
a
cou t
case,
affecti g
teachi g
at
some
schools
u
by
the
Social
Welfa e
Depa tme t.

“The
case
is
scheduled
fo
hea i g
o
the
17th,
a d
we
a e
co fide t
that
we
will
p ese t
ou
case
st o gly
befo e
the
high
cou t
a d
soo
make
a a geme ts
fo
guest
lectu e s
a d
teache s,”
he
said.

He
said
guest
teache s
had
bee
a a ged
last
academic
sessio
to
fill
vaca cies
a d
the
a a geme t
was
bei g
co ti ued
this
yea .

The
mi iste
also
assu ed
the
stude ts
that
thei
dema d
fo
imp ovi g
coachi g
u de
the
Mukhyama t i
Abhyudaya
Yoja a
would
be
add essed.
The
scheme
p ovides
coachi g
fo
competitive
exami atio s
a d
adva ced
studies,
he
said.

The
p otest
by
the
stude ts,
efe ed
to
as
Ge
Alpha,
comes
sho tly
afte
simila
demo st atio s
by
school
stude ts
i
Fatehpu ,
Hami pu
a d
Ka auj
ove
educatio
a d
basic
i f ast uctu e- elated
issues.

A u
late
esumed
his
jou ey
to
Ka auj
fo
the
scheduled
p og amme
while
the
stude ts
co ti ued
with
thei
classes.
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