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Dipke seeks education minister resignation over school facilities
The Hindu··21 Aug
On 20 August 2026, Cockroach Janta Party convenor Abhijeet Dipke inspected a Zilla Parishad school at Ujani in Ausa tehsil of Latur and said Maharashtra School Education Minister Dada Bhuse should resign. He told reporters many government schools still lack classrooms, benches, toilets and safe access roads. Dipke said students study under leaking tin roofs without enough benches.
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What It Means For You
- If your child is in a Maharashtra government school, Dipke's Latur inspection on 20 August named missing classrooms, benches, toilets and safe roads as the live gaps.
- Anyone in a remote village can note CJP asked for buses so students are not walking up to seven kilometres, especially in monsoon.
- If you track staffing, UDISE Plus 2025-26 shows Maharashtra's single-teacher schools rose to 9269, even as the national count fell.
What's Happening
- Dipke spoke after visiting the Ujani Zilla Parishad school and said Bhuse should not continue as school education minister.
- He said basic problems such as leaking tin roofs and inadequate benches had not been resolved in 10 years.
- CJP and local residents said they would raise the same demands together, including safe transport to school.
What The School Inspection And UDISE Record Currently Show
- School Thik Karo is CJP's campaign on government school infrastructure; Dipke has been touring Zilla Parishad schools in the Marathwada belt.
- Dada Bhuse is Maharashtra's school education minister. Dipke said elected representatives should be held accountable for the condition of schools.
- The Union education ministry's UDISE Plus 2025-26 tables also list thousands of Maharashtra schools without electricity or internet, which is a separate official dataset from Dipke's remarks.
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