Lucknow, July 28 -- : The controversy surrounding the merger of schools in Uttar Pradesh is gaining momentum as Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Priya Saroj has written a letter to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, appealing for his intervention.
Even as the matter is being reviewed by the High Court, the opposition parties are raising concerns over school merger process which is currently underway across Uttar Pradesh.
In the letter, She emphasized that this move by the state government is contrary to the Right to Education (RTE) policy.
She stated, "The Right to Education Act mandates that any child between the ages of 6 and 14 must be given admission to a school within a one-kilometer radius of their home. If no such school exists within this...