Education
Political support to big private schools helped them evade CBI probe: Sisodia
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Days after the murder of a seven-year-old boy in Ryan International School in Gurugram, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said that political support to the big private schools helped them in evading CBI probe in such cases.
Recalling the death of six-year-old Devansh Kacrora at Delhi’s Ryan International School on January 30, 2016, he said that he had then asked for a CBI probe in the case but to no avail.
“I had then asked for a CBI probe in the matter but I do not know why it was not conducted,” said Sisodia, who holds charge of Education, adding that may be it was because of “political support” to the school.
“Had the CBI probe in the matter been launched 1.5 years back, we would have probably stopped the recent death in Gurugram school,” he claimed.
Sisodia added that because of political support, big private schools were able to hide many such incidents which occurred in their premises.
“Until big private schools are freed of the political patronage, they will continue to act according to their whims and fancies”” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader told reporters.
Seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur was found murdered on September 8 at Ryan International School in Bhondsi area on the Sohna Road in Haryana’s Gurugram district.
On the same day police have arrested Ashok Kumar, a conductor of a school bus, for the murder.
Two senior officials of the Ryan International School here have also been arrested in connection with the murder of a seven-year-old boy in the school premises last week that sparked massive public outrage.
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.