Days after the Education Department took possession of the building housing Farooqia Girls High School in Lashkar Mohalla in Mysuru earlier this week, sparking protests by students, parents and others, former Minister and Congress MLA Tanveer Sait supported the Education Department officials’ proposal to accommodate the students in nearby government schools.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Sait found fault with Rifahul Muslimeen Educational Trust (RMET), which manages Farooqia group of institutions, and said the future of the students studying in the now-closed Farooqia Girls High School will be best served if they are enrolled in the adjacent Nizamia Government Girls High School or the Government High School situated in nearby People’s Park.
Mr Sait disclosed that the RMET had not even bothered to secure the necessary renewal of recognition for the school for the year 2022-23 from the Education Department. “Even if the students were allowed to continue in the same school, they would have lost a year. It is a godsend that such a situation arose at the start of the academic year,” he said, while urging the students and their parents to secure admission in other schools.
