Hyderabad: Kamala Nehru Polytechnic College For Women students staged a novel protest in front of the Telangana Assembly on Thursday. They sought alms to raise funds to save their 60-year-old institution.
‘Save Kamala Nehru Polytechnic College For Women’ placard was seen at the venue and the students also indulged in sloganeering while “begging for alms” to save the college.
Just ahead of the Polytechnic Common Entrance Test (Polycet-2021) a few weeks ago, it was noticed that the college’s name didn’t figure in the list of state’s polytechnic colleges.
The governing body of the college, the Exhibition Society of Telangana, blamed the state government for not providing any funds for the government-aided technical education courses, which has resulted in the shutting down of these programmes.
“We are questioning both the State government and the Exhibition Society about their intentions regarding a college that provides education to lakhs of women, especially those from marginalised sections,” former student K Swati Maniputri was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
“It is a shame that the government says it is women-centric and is ready to spend crores on policies empowering women. But it cannot spare a few lakhs to educate women, especially those from rural Telangana,” she was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
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