Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, Dec 20: Recognized Unaided Private Schools' Association (RUPSA) is up in arms against the education department of the state. The association has decided to call off all online classes and offline classes of schools that fall under its association from Monday, December 21.
In addition, the association has also taken a decision to stop the whole academic year. This is completely against the decision of the state which has asked the schools to reopen 10th and PUC classes from January 1.
RUPSA announced the official decision at a press conference that was held in the city at 1 pm on Sunday, December 20. In addition to closing all offline and online classes of schools falling under RUPSA, the association has decided to hold a hunger strike from January 6 in the city.
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Speaking with the scribes, Lokesh Thalikatti, president of RUPSA, said, "Representatives of schools of various parts of the state have taken part in this meeting. We have discussed in detail about various issues we are facing. The education department is acting oversmart. The education minister is committing errors. On Saturday, December 19, he gave the report to CM, but he has not honoured any of our demands. Even the admission of students is a chaotic affair now.
"We have kept 15 demands in front of the government. If the government does not agree to them, we will hold a hunger strike from January 6," he said.
There are 12,800 schools throughout the state affiliated to RUPSA.