As the Cockroach Janta Party’s ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign draws national attention to the state of government schools, ANI and News18 Gujarati have gone the other way – holding up a single school in Gujarat’s Botad district as evidence that the state’s public education system is flourishing.
Both outlets built their stories around PM SHRI Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Nagar Primary School No. 24, citing long waiting lists and parents choosing it over private options. News18’s headline claimed the school “puts private schools to shame”. ANI’s three-minute video carried interviews with the principal, students and parents, framing it much the same way: 250 children on a waiting list, government schools becoming parents’ “top choice”.
