Specify Details Of All Those Schools In The State Where No Students Are Studying: Allahabad High Court Asks UP Govt

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to file a Counter affidavit furnishing information with reference to various schools in the State of Uttar Pradesh where no students are studying.

The Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Piyush Agrawal was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by one Nand Lal who raised the issue of the poor condition of the Government-run primary schools in Daraganj (Prayagraj).

In the plea, it has been alleged that the quality of education being imparted to the students isn't up to the mark and therefore, many parents have stopped sending their children to Government schools.

The plea has also prayed for initiation on an inquiry into the affairs of Madhyamik school in Daraganj (Prayagraj) in respect of negligence of teachers in imparting education to the students and embezzlement of funds issued by the State Government with regard to maintenance of the institution.

Referring to an inquiry report of the Divisional Education Officer in the case, the plea has submitted that at present there is not even a single student in the pre-secondary school and this had happened due to the negligence of the teachers and the education department.

Similarly, the plea also submits that the standard of education in other schools is very poor and many teachers do not even know English at the level of Class IV. 

The plea has been filed by Advocate Mahendra Kumar Shukla. The Court has sought a reply from the State Government and adjourned to March 28, 2022. 

Case title - Nand Lal v. State of U.P. and others 

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