Rally for free educational zone held
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, July 03 2015 :
In continuation of its endeavour to make educational zone a free zone in the State, the Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) today held a protest rally, our correspondent reports.
About 7000 demonstrators marched the streets of Kakching today holding placards reading, 'Make education a free zone', 'Let us keep education first', 'Exempt education related persons from bandh, blockade', 'Stop pressurising officials of educational institutes and department by armed individuals or groups', 'Avoid corruption in all education related matters', 'Education should be treated as an essential service', 'We demand State education policy', 'Education budget should be increased' etc.
The rally which was flagged off from Kakching Higher Secondary School ground by SDO, Kakching block Th Chittaranjan Singh, ended with a public meeting at JNNURM community hall.