Hyderabad: Students from across the state flocked to the Parade Ground in Secunderabad on Tuesday to partake in a student body protest against the government over the lack of facilities, delayed scholarships, question paper leaks and lack of teaching staff at government institutions.
The ‘Kadana Bheri’ meeting organised by the ABVP saw a slew of national and state leaders take to the podium to rap the government over its failures in the field of education.
Among those present at the meeting were national general secretary Yagyavalkya Shukla, national secretary Ankita Pawar, national organising secretaries Balakrishna and Ashish Chauhan, and state joint secretary Kamal Suresh.
A common theme of the speakers was that the BRS government had only brought the titles of ‘liquor king’ and ‘liquor queen’ to the state, apart from corruption and scandals in the past nine years.
They also questioned the Chief Minister over his promise of dismantling the corporate education system, made during the fight for Telangana statehood.
Students enthusiastically cheered the speeches and raised anti-BRS slogans.
Girl students from Narayanpet, Nandani, Bujji and Radhika, who attended the meeting with 50 classmates, spoke about the difficulties faced by them in college.
Nandani said, “Scholarships and mid-day meal are pressing issues. Lack of toilets and water scarcity present a challenge for female students.”
Tirmalesh and Kopaila Gangadhar, degree students from Jukkal, said they did not have adequate infrastructure. “Ours is a constituency (for election), but we don’t even have a degree college. We have to travel miles to pursue graduation. Even the school is in a bad state, due to lack of teachers and shabby condition of the building.”
Sai Prakesh of Kollapur in Nagarkarnool said: “There are no proper teaching or non-teaching staff, and students are vexed by asking for faculty appointments.”
Shek Munib, Rahul and other students from Chintal in Hyderabad were also unhappy. “Scholarships have been delayed, and we are still waiting but with no respite in sight. The government is treating us like beggars,” one of them said.
