Dipke discovered the presence of cracked windowpanes, including windows taped up using political banners of the Deputy Chief Minister, the total absence of running water in the toilets, and a deficient number of benches in classrooms against the number of students While visiting the Zilla Parishad (ZP) School of his ancestral village of Santuk Pimpri on Independence Day.
Abhijit Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), launched the “Fix Schools” campaign from Hingoli District of Maharashtra on Saturday.
After launching the education campaign, CJP announced its plans to start another campaign dealing with healthcare infrastructure in rural Maharashtra.
“If basic infrastructure is missing from public primary schools, talking about national development ring hollow. Budget allocation transparency : Disclose precise line-by-line budget information of municipal and state government spending on education in rural areas. Policy reforms being called for include the introduction of limits to private school tuition fees, audits of facilities in government schools, and greater civic involvement from rural youth.
He pointed out that more than 94,000 government schools have been closed down in India in the past ten years. Dipke contended that closing government schools drives low-income rural families to costly private schools where annual fees vary between ₹1 lakh and ₹1.5 lakh per student.
Quality education is a basic right, not a privilege reserved for wealthy families,” said Abhijit Dipke, Founder, Cockroach Janata Party. The “Fix Schools” (School Theek Karo) campaign is an accountability project initiated by CJP founder Abhijit Dipke in Hingoli, Maharashtra, to highlight the infrastructure problems in government schools and push for changes in policy.
