Mizoram Govt Decides to Close Down Grant-in-Aid Schools

Aizawl, Jan 11 : Cash-strapped Mizoram Government has decided to abolish schools with ad hoc grant-in-aid. However, the decision is yet to be carried out.

Disclosing this here, Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana said that shortage of funds has been the reason for the State Government to have decided to close down the grant-in-aid schools in the State.

Lalzirliana was speaking at the opening of Congress Bhawan in Aizawl when he disclosed this information. He reasoned that the StateGovernment’s move has been to improve education in Mizoram. “These schools were given adhoc grant-in-aid by the erstwhile Zoramthanga-led Mizo National Front (MNF) Ministry during its tenure in the State,” said Lalzirliana.

Blaming the MNF of deteriorating the education scenario in the State, Lalzirliana said that the MNF had implemented the adhoc grant-in-aidschools in order to woo voters. “They not only have ruined education, rather they created unstable financial conditions due to large numbers of adhoc grant-in-aidschools in Mizoram,” alleged the Home Minister.

The Minister felt that it was better to abolish these schools as most of them are currently running without funds from the government side. He further maintained that MLAs have been instructed to inform and take measures so that no unwanted steps are taken after thegovernment order is issued.