Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in response to the
criticism against his government for shutting down many schools, asserted the
process will continue as Assam has a higher number of schools than other States
in the country.
“In other parts of the country, there is only one
school within 1 km radius. But in Assam, we have five schools within 1 km,” he
told reporters.
“If this trend continues, then the people of Assam
have to give birth to more children,” said CM Himanta sarcastically.
Assam earlier had a good number of venture schools,
which were taken over by the government in the last few years.
“We have provincialized a lot of venture schools on
humanitarian ground. However, this decision has increased the number of schools
in many places. Now we think it is better to have five teachers in a school
than a single teacher in five schools,” he remarked mentioning that after assessing every aspect, a few
schools will be amalgamated with other schools.
Meanwhile, the Assam also claimed that the learning
environment in government schools has immensely improved since the Education
department introduced digital attendance for students and teachers.
Agencies
