Govt schools not providing quality education: Supriya Sule

Updated on: Monday, November 14, 2011

Government schools in Maharashtra are not providing "quality education" and the situation is worse in tribal-dominated Melghat area, NCP leader Supriya Sule said.

"Quality education in schools is the need of the hour. Education in the state is going through a difficult phase, especially in Zilla Parishad schools," the Baramati MP, who is the daughter of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, said.

NCP is a partner in the ruling coalition in the state. However, the school education portfolio is held by Congress's Rajendra Darda. Talking to reporters here yesterday about her recent visit to tribal-dominated Melghat area, infamous for malnutrition deaths, Sule said the situation was worse there.

"I don't think the students go to the schools there (Melghat). One sees complete black-out in the classrooms," she said, adding that standard of education provided in those schools was below par.

She had written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in this regard, Sule said.

Govt schools not providing quality education: Supriya Sule

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