UP: HC in favor of closing 5000 government schools, AAP MPs said- ‘SC will go’

The issue of merging government schools in Uttar Pradesh will go to the Supreme Court. After the High Court’s decision, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has said to appeal to the Supreme Court. Expressing surprise at the decision of the High Court, Sanjay Singh said that he will take the fight for the right to education to the Supreme Court. The UP government has decided to merge 5000 schools. The number of children in all these schools is less. Many schools do not have a single student. In such a situation, the government wants to merge these schools with other schools, so that resources can be used better.

People opposing the government’s decision say that this will make the school of young children away from their homes. This will make them difficult to travel and go to school. The petition filed against the government’s decision stressed that the merger of the schools is a violation of the right to free and compulsory education of 6-14 years of children.

What did Sanjay Singh write?

Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh wrote on the social media platform X, “I am surprised by the High Court’s decision. The children of Uttar Pradesh had requested the judge Saheb to save studies, the government snatched the school, now the court hope. What is the right to education? Will the fight take the fight to the Supreme Court.”

What is the matter?

The Uttar Pradesh government issued an order on June 16, 2025, stating that primary schools where fewer children study. They will be adjusted to a nearby upper primary school. The government says that the number of students in these schools is less and these schools have other government schools, with which these schools can be merged. The government has also told about 18 such schools where there is no student. The government says that merging schools will make better use of resources. Teachers of 5000 schools will be able to serve in other schools. This will increase the number of teachers in schools and students will benefit.

Petitions were filed from Sitapur and Pilibhit

51 children from Sitapur and Pilibhit’s children had filed two petitions in the Allahabad High Court against the government’s decision. These petitions appealed to stop the merger of schools. The petitioners had spoken of violation of the right to free and compulsory education of 6–14-year-old children. However, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissed both the petitions. After this, a petition is being said in this case in the Supreme Court.