Pune: AAP Urges Establishment of Urdu Secondary School for Girls in Kondhwa Area

Pune, 6th December 2023: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has called upon the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to initiate classes for 9th and 10th grade, citing the absence of a Urdu school for students beyond the 8th grade within a five-kilometer radius in the Kondhwa area.

The Sant Gadge Maharaj Primary School, Abdul Kalam Azad School, and Bapusaheb Darekar School in Kondhwa collectively accommodate over 200 students. However, these three institutions only offer Urdu education up to the 8th grade. Beyond this level, there are no educational facilities within a five-to-six-kilometer radius, leading to a growing number of girls discontinuing their education due to the unaffordability of private schools. Parents are hesitant to send their daughters to distant schools, contributing to the rise in the number of out-of-school girls, said AAP spokesperson Mukund Kirdat.

In alignment with the new educational policy, the PMC bears the responsibility of providing affordable and quality education. AAP representatives met with the PMC deputy commissioner Nandkar today, emphasizing the need for government-sponsored classes for both boys and girls in the 9th and 10th grades within municipal corporation schools.

The delegation also highlighted concerns at Maulana Abdul Kalam School, where despite a substantial student population, there is a shortage of benches, and facilities for disabled students are lacking. The Deputy Commissioner assured the delegation that efforts would be made to commence classes in the upcoming academic year.

कोंढवा भागात मुलींसाठी उर्दू माध्यमिक शाळा सुरू करण्याची आप ची मागणी

Present at the meeting were AAP spokesperson Mukund Kirdat, Minority Alliance President M Ali Syed, Harun Ansari, Mukti Ahmed Hussain Qasmi, Naushad Ansari, Milind Sarode, Nitin Paigude, Shankar Thorat, Khushbu Ansari, Vikram Gaikwad, Rishikesh Marne, and others.