It must be made obligatory for schooling division officers to ship their youngsters to authorities colleges, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke stated on Tuesday (August 18, 2026), as he criticised the Maharashtra authorities for failing to offer transport services to rural college students.
Ministers and politicians also needs to ship their youngsters to village colleges for not less than a day to know the plight of rural college students who’re compelled to stroll a number of kilometres each day, stated Mr. Dipke, who last week launched the ‘School Thik Karo’ (improve schools) campaign.
Talking to reporters at Limbala in his native Hingoli district, Mr. Dipke evaded a direct reply when requested whether or not he deliberate to contest Lok Sabha elections from Hingoli, solely saying that if authorities colleges improved, he would don’t have any difficulty to contest elections on.
Earlier, Mr. Dipke had posted a video of the headmaster of a Zilla Parishad college within the village who allegedly drank and slept in school.
Authorities suspended the trainer on Tuesday (August 18, 2026), however he wouldn’t go away the village until a brand new trainer replaces him, the Cockroach Janta Celebration chief stated.
“This college requires 4 academics. They’ve solely two, so two extra must be offered. I’m additionally going to go to 4 to 5 different colleges within the coming days,” he stated.
Villagers had demanded two years in the past that the headmaster be eliminated, however schooling division officers took no motion, Mr. Dipke claimed.
“Motion also needs to be taken in opposition to these officers….If the daughter of an schooling officer sees a trainer ingesting nation liquor and sleeping in entrance of her, will these officers tolerate it?” he requested.
“It’s their job to run authorities colleges in a correct method, seeing that academics can be found. Their youngsters research in non-public colleges, and they don’t seem to be doing their responsibility….It must be made obligatory for the kids of those officers to review in authorities colleges,” the CJP chief stated.
This might deliver a couple of drastic enchancment in authorities colleges, he stated.
”Persons are 1787071178 asking questions as a result of they’re involved about schooling and jobs for his or her youngsters. They’ve risen above the politics of caste and faith,” Mr. Dipke stated, including that folks wouldn’t vote for them if political leaders failed to enhance authorities colleges.
Requested about hypothesis that he was making ready to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Hingoli seat, he stated, “If the federal government repairs all authorities colleges, there will likely be no difficulty left for Abhijeet Dipke to contest Lok Sabha elections on.” Some folks didn’t need authorities colleges to enhance, as a result of if the kids of the poor studied effectively, it could not assist the following era of as we speak’s leaders win elections, Mr. Dipke stated.
Earlier within the day, Mr. Dipke took half in a protest in Hingoli over school-related points.
Political leaders prepare buses and trains to ferry their supporters for election rallies however can’t present a single bus for poor college students, he stated.
Over the previous decade, political debate divided folks alongside caste and spiritual traces whereas core considerations akin to schooling and employment remained unaddressed, Mr. Dipke stated.
Youngsters in distant areas are sometimes compelled to stroll 7 to 10 kilometres to succeed in college, notably throughout the monsoon when roads turn out to be muddy and waterlogged, he stated.
“Ministers, MLAs and MPs ought to ship their youngsters to village colleges for in the future and make them stroll to high school like village youngsters do. Then they may perceive what village youngsters face,” Mr. Dipke stated.
“The lifetime of a tribal baby ought to have the identical worth as that of a Minister’s baby,” he stated, including that politicians’ youngsters go to America to review. “I studied on the identical place the place their youngsters studied,” stated Mr. Dipke, who was learning at Boston College earlier than returning to India in June to guide the CJP’s agitation over the NEET paper leak.
He had seen his siblings stroll to high school, and therefore he launched the protest from his dwelling district.
“My sisters used to stroll to high school. I’ve seen my brothers strolling to high school…. Even after 15 years, the state of affairs has not modified,” he added.
“If the federal government can not do it, we’ll do it with the assistance of villagers,” Mr. Dipke acknowledged, making it clear that the marketing campaign was not in opposition to village officers together with sarpanches.
Printed – August 18, 2026 06:54 pm IST
