TARN TARAN: Shiromani Akali Dal senior leader, former MLA from Khadoor Sahib constituency, and Chairman of the Punjab Rural Development Society, Ravinder Singh Brahmpura, has strongly condemned the unfortunate incident at the Government Senior Secondary School in Goindwal Sahib. During a school function, students were allegedly forced to abandon their studies and serve tea and refreshments as waiters during the arrival of representatives of the 'AAP' government and political leaders.
Referring to a video that surfaced in the media, Brahmpura stated that it is extremely shameful and reprehensible that while students should have been studying in their classes, the school administration made them serve political leaders, including the chief guest, the Chairman of the Market Committee Naushehra Pannua, a Director of the Punjab Mandi Board, and other 'AAP' leaders.
Brahmpura sarcastically remarked that this is the true face of the 'AAP' government's Delhi model and so-called "education revolution." "On one hand, crores of rupees are being spent on advertisements to create the illusion of raising the standard of education, while on the other hand, children in government schools are being made to work as waiters instead of being taught. Plastering existing walls and calling them 'Schools of Eminence' is nothing more than misleading the public and wasting public money.”
He held the school administrators directly responsible for this negligence and demanded an immediate high-level inquiry into the matter. He stated that depriving children of their right to education and forcing them into child labor is a serious crime.
Brahmpura informed that he has filed written complaints with the relevant District Education Officer (DEO) and the Punjab State Commission for Protection of Child Rights regarding this serious issue and the gross violation of children's rights. He said that he will ensure that justice is done in this matter and that no official or political leader will dare to play with the future of students in schools in the future.
He concluded by saying that schools should be maintained as temples of knowledge and not as means of serving political figures.