In an initiative to come back to normal life, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) Greater will propose to open schools for the economically weaker section (EWS) in their area as earlier functioning five schools now comes under JMC Heritage after the bifurcation.
In an initiative to come back to normal life, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) Greater will propose to open schools for the economically weaker section (EWS) in their area as earlier functioning five schools now comes under JMC Heritage after the bifurcation.
This proposal is opposed by the educationists of the city who said that already the functioning of five schools are in a pathetic condition with not more than 150 children in all these schools and enrolment is going down every day. Instead of opening schools in Jaipur, activists demanded this money to be utilised in some other civic work.
Somya Gurjar, mayor of JMC, Greater, confirmed that they are planning to propose this for the upliftment of children of EWS. “We will make a proper plan and will start these schools as per the powers given to us in our municipality act. We will make these schools with proper infrastructure and will be helpful for the students in weaker section,” said Gurjar.
In 2019, the five schools that are now in JMC, Heritage have only 12 teachers out which eight are on contract. Most of these teachers are just sanitation workers who are graduate and appointed as teachers but still withdraw salary as a sanitation worker. Due to sheer neglect by the authorities over the years the enrollment has decreased.
K B Kothari, an educationist who has worked with the UN, said that the JMC neither has the resources nor the will to execute the plan they make. “It has been decades since the opening of municipal corporation schools but looks at their condition. Authorities do not have technical support to run a school which is a difficult task. If JMC Greater is still willing to open schools they must work in collaboration with the education department as they will provide the necessary assistance for running a school,” said Kothari.
The proposal will finally take shape after being passed in the general body meeting of JMC Greater to be held on January 28.
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