New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in Delhi High Court seeking its direction for setting up of a Kendriya Vidyalaya in every tehsil in the country to ensure equal access to quality education for all irrespective of caste and topography.
The PIL has been moved by lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay on Friday with a plea to direct the Human Resource Development Ministry to set up a KV school in all the tahsils in every state in the country, news reports have said.
“The low fee structure of Kendriya Vidyalayas will help the poor students in getting a quality education along with an exposure to the competitive world. The establishment of KVs will also encourage the nearby schools to provide a better education as they will face competition,” the petition has said.
At present, there are 1,209 KV schools in the country as against the 5,464 tahsils.
“To achieve real equality and elevate poor, weak, Dalits, Tribals and deprived sections of society, State must provide uniform education having common syllabus and common curriculum to all students of I-VIII standards in spirit of Articles 14, 15, 16, 21A and Preamble of the Constitution,” news report quoting the plea said. It maintained that the same would be provided in the KVs.