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Indore students demand reforms as they question why leaders avoid public schools for their children
✍️ Amar Ujala · Indore
🗓 19 Sep 2026, 09:15 PM
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At a public forum in Indore, female students highlighted concerns over women’s safety, soaring education costs and the dominance of coaching mafias, urging equal law enforcement.
A gathering organised in Indore saw a group of school‑going girls voice a series of grievances that go beyond the classroom. The participants used the platform to draw attention to persistent threats to women’s safety in public spaces and the financial strain caused by rising tuition fees and ancillary costs.
The students pointed to the growing influence of coaching centres that operate like mafias, dictating access to higher‑education opportunities and inflating fees for private tutoring. They argued that such practices widen the gap between privileged and under‑privileged learners, undermining merit‑based progress.
A recurring theme was the perceived hypocrisy of political leaders who, according to the girls, send their own children to private or elite schools while publicly endorsing government education. They called for leaders to set an example by enrolling their children in state‑run schools and for the law to be applied uniformly to curb illegal coaching operations.
Organisers noted that the remarks have sparked a broader conversation about educational equity in Madhya Pradesh, though no official response from political representatives has been recorded at the time of reporting.
The students pointed to the growing influence of coaching centres that operate like mafias, dictating access to higher‑education opportunities and inflating fees for private tutoring. They argued that such practices widen the gap between privileged and under‑privileged learners, undermining merit‑based progress.
A recurring theme was the perceived hypocrisy of political leaders who, according to the girls, send their own children to private or elite schools while publicly endorsing government education. They called for leaders to set an example by enrolling their children in state‑run schools and for the law to be applied uniformly to curb illegal coaching operations.
Organisers noted that the remarks have sparked a broader conversation about educational equity in Madhya Pradesh, though no official response from political representatives has been recorded at the time of reporting.