Minister of State for Education Jayant Singh Ducks Query on Closure of Government Schools
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 26 November 2024 | The Telegraph
Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Odisha led the states in closing down government schools in 2021-22 following the Centre's policy to rationalise institutions based on low enrolments.
When the schools were shut for several months because of Covid-19 in 2021-22, states and Union Territories (UTs) closed down 9,663 government schools, according to official data provided by the government in the Lok Sabha on Monday…