Lucknow, Gen Alpha students of a government school here staged a protest on Friday morning over a shortage of subject teachers, briefly blockading traffic, before Uttar Pradesh Minister Asim Arun joined them on the road and took them back to the school to hear their grievances.
Arun, the state social welfare minister , was coincidentally passing through the area on his way to Kannauj for an official programme when he saw the protest. The minister, who is also the Kannauj MLA and whose department oversees the school, delayed his journey and got down to speak to the students. The minister then accompanied the students into the school and held discussions with them and officials for around two hours. The minister also assured the students that their demand for improving coaching under the Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Yojana would be addressed.
Students of the Jai Prakash Narayan Sarvodaya Vidyalaya came out of the school at around 9 am and staged a demonstration on the Budheshwar-Mohan Road in the Para area, carrying posters and banners and alleging that the shortage of teachers was affecting their studies, police said. Arun said some teachers had been unable to join their posts due to a court case, affecting teaching at some schools run by the Social Welfare Department.
The Para police team reached the spot after receiving information, spoke to the students and learnt that they were also aggrieved over certain irregularities at the school, according to a police statement. Adequate police force, led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kakori, was deployed at the spot and the situation remained peaceful, police said. The scheme provides coaching for competitive examinations and advanced studies, he said.
