Azamgarh , The All India Students’ Association is mobilising students against the “selling of education” through the National Education Policy 2020, its national president Neha said on Sunday.
Neha emerged as a prominent face of the student agitation at Jantar Mantar earlier this year, where she undertook a 23-day hunger strike over examination irregularities and seeking Pradhan’s resignation. The AISA’s Uttar Pradesh chapter announced the ‘Gen-Z Mahajutan Yatra’ in August as part of its nationwide ‘Gen Z Rising’ campaign. She was speaking at a gathering of students as part of the ‘Gen-Z Mahajutan Yatra’ to raise education and employment issues. The public meeting was held at Nehru Hall, where Neha, AISA Uttar Pradesh president Manish, vice-president Sonali Yadav, and CPI leader Jai Prakash Narayan addressed the gathering. Manish alleged that lakhs of teaching posts were vacant in the state, but no recruitment was being done. He also alleged that student unions were banned in universities to prevent students from raising issues such as joblessness. AISA Azamgarh convener Abhishek alleged that students’ voices are being suppressed on campuses in the district, including DAV and Shibli, and cited a case against Vivek Yadav as an example. The outfit seeks to raise issues concerning education, employment and social justice and provide a platform for students and young people. The protest subsequently spread to other parts of the country. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
“This journey is a mobilisation against the policy of selling education through NEP 2020,” Neha said, alleging that government schools were being closed, as she demanded more teachers, laboratories and libraries in every school. Education and employment are “two parts of the same struggle”, he said. Narayan said Azamgarh had been a centre of resistance against British rule, and alleged that education and democracy are facing a “new attack” now. “We will take this struggle from campuses to villages,” he said.
The activist reached Azamgarh on Sunday after staying in Prayagraj and Varanasi.
