BSP Chief Mayawati Slams UP Govt Over 22 Lakh Drop In School Enrollments, Calls For Public Education Reforms

BSP principal Mayawati slammed the UP federal government over weakening problems in state-run colleges, pointing out a decrease of 22 lakh pupil registrations in 2024-25 contrasted to the previous year. Official information reveals main and upper-primary registrations dropped from 1.74 crore to 1.52 crore, mirroring systemic problems.

Mayawati charged the federal government of weakening easily accessible education and learning by targeting exclusive madrasas as opposed to enhancing public colleges. “Closing madrasas harms marginalized communities. The focus should be on upgrading infrastructure and teaching quality,” she specified. She highlighted that UP and Bihar’s federal government colleges rate amongst India’s worst, overmuch impacting deprived pupils.

The BSP leader prompted the state to incentivize public colleges and designate sources to turn around decreasing registrations. No prompt reaction was provided by the UP federal government.