Rajasthan's education department has implemented new restrictions, barring outsiders from school premises and prohibiting photography or videography without prior permission. This decision follows the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) statewide campaign to inspect and highlight the poor conditions of government schools. The CJP, however, has vowed to continue its 'School Theek Karo' campaign.

Rajasthan's education department has implemented new restrictions, barring outsiders from school premises and prohibiting photography or videography without prior permission. This decision follows the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) statewide campaign to inspect and highlight the poor conditions of government schools. The CJP, however, has vowed to continue its 'School Theek Karo' campaign.

Rajasthan's education department has implemented new restrictions, barring outsiders from school premises and prohibiting photography or videography without prior permission. This decision follows the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) statewide campaign to inspect and highlight the poor conditions of government schools. The CJP, however, has vowed to continue its 'School Theek Karo' campaign.

The Rajasthan education department had barred outsiders from entering school premises without prior permission from the head of the institutions after the Cockroach Janta Party announced the launch of their statewide campaign to inspect dilapidated schools.

The CJP meanwhile vowed that it would continue its ‘School Theek Karo’ campaign after the restrictions were imposed.

The government's new restriction, prohibiting photography and videography on school premises without prior permission, came after the CJP announced that they were joining students' protests against dilapidated conditions of government schools.

Action can be taken against persons who arrive at the school without written permission from school principals to take photographs, videos, and record interviews of teachers and students.

The order, however, exempts govt officials discharging official duties from the permission requirement.  Director of Secondary Education Lalit Kumar issued the circular, saying that saying the measures were intended to ensure a safe, protected and child-friendly environment.

CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka had earlier joined school students who were protesting the lack of drinking water at a government school in Alwar’s Thanagaji as part of the campaign.

He hit out at the govt for the new guidelines, calling it “cowardly”

Ranka said on Sunday that he received requests to inspect schools in poor condition from Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Dholpur, Bharatpur, Kota, Barmer and Hanumangarh

CJP volunteers were set to visit all the districts over the next two weeks.

IN a post on X, he said, “Administration is refusing to heed demands to fix the schools. I will be visiting all these locations over the next few days,” Ranka said in a social media post.

There has been backlash to the order being issued amid a CJP campaign.

Ranka took to X to say, “Instead of fixing schools, the Rajasthan government has started shutting down school audit activities. Whatever the Rajasthan government does, we will get our schools fixed.”

He also said that the education minister could lodge a case against them but that they will continue to inspect the school until conditions improve.

Those supporting the campaign have argued that the the government should focus on addressing the conditions of the school instead of restricting members of the public who want to inspect the conditions.

Rajasthan Assembly Leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully accused the BJP government of attempting to conceal shortcomings in government schools rather than addressing them.

“The BJP government has found an excellent solution to broken roofs, leaking classrooms and an acute shortage of teachers. Instead of removing these shortcomings, it has issued orders to hide them from the eyes of the world,” Jully said in a post on social media.

He also demanded the immediate withdrawal of the restrictions and warned that Congress would launch a civil disobedience movement.

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