Basic Education Minister Sandeep Singh responded to the attacks on issues like nomination of students in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, appointment of teachers, school merger, education recruitment and admission of children in primary schools.

He said that the opposition has completely politicized the manner by completely politicizing the merger system, while the truth is that the government has done historical works to bring the level of education to new heights. The minister told in the House that at present the total number of students enrolled in council schools is more than 1.48 crore. The total number of teachers, teachers and instructors in council schools is more than 6.28 lakhs.

He informed that 1 crore 4 lakh 93 thousand 389 children are enrolled in primary schools. 3,38,590 teachers and 1,43,450 Shikshamitra are appointed to teach them, while 1,20,860 teachers and 25,223 instructors are deployed in upper primary schools to teach 43,01,483 children. The ratio of 30: 1 in primary education and 35: 1 in upper primary education is also fine. He clarified that two teachers and one Shikshamitra will be deployed in schools with up to 50 enrollment after pairing. The student-teacher ratio is completely balanced and the action to maintain it will continue.

Pair only schools with low student numbers- Sandeep Singh

Rejecting the allegations of closing the school, the minister said that the government has not decided to close a single school. All the council schools are operating under the Basic Education Department. On the question of the admission age of children to be 4 years, he bluntly said that this is not possible because under the provisions of RTE, a similar system is applicable across the country. There is already a system of education and nutrition in Anganwadi for children aged 3 to 6 years. On the merger, the minister said that only schools with a radius of 1 km and less than 50 students have been paired.

Drinking schools have been included in resource -based schools, so that children get better convenience and access to the nearest school. Pre-primary i.e. play school and nursery classes are being conducted in vacant schools with ICDS department. So far, more than 3000 schools are working with ICDS and 19,484 ACCE has been appointed on contract.

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The minister retaliated at the opposition and said that from 2017 to 2025, the government did not do as much work as the government did. This year more than 27 lakh children have been enrolled. At the time of SP government, 3.45 crore children were away from education, while the current government has run a campaign to take the children out of the house and take them to school. He said that model composite schools are being built to improve the standard of education. Each school will be constructed at a cost of 30 crores and two schools will be built in each district. He said that our Yogi government is determined to take the quality of education to the height.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Uttar Pradesh Government Suresh Kumar Khanna said in the assembly on Monday that Samajwadi Party (SP) does not want the House to go. At the same time, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey accused the government of dogma. Khanna said amid the uproar and slogans of SP members in the House on the first day of the monsoon session of the assembly, ‘The SP does not want the House to go. We are ready to answer.

Some SP MLAs gave a special notice to discuss public interest issues like floods and unemployment in the assembly. This notice was given under Rule-56, which is used in a situation in the assembly when a member wants any necessary public issue to be discussed by stopping the general action of the House.

Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana, however, did not immediately accept this notice. He asked the SP MLAs to first clarify that this issue is so important and immediate (immediate noticeable).

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Mahana made repeated requests

Mahana requested SP members to repeatedly speak under Rule-56, but they kept raising slogans. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Mata Prasad Pandey alleged that the house is not running due to the dogma of the government.

Pandey said that if matters like flood, electricity and unemployment are not being discussed, then it is the responsibility of the government. While replying to Pandey, Parliamentary Affairs and Finance Minister Khanna said, ‘SP does not want the House to go. We are ready to answer.

Referring to the team of ministers created by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for relief and rescue in floods, he said, “The government is continuously giving relief.” He said that those who have been damaged are giving compensation to them and it is also being assessed.

Four bills introduced

On Monday, the first day of the monsoon session in the state assembly, four bills including Uttar Pradesh Relations Bill, 2025 were introduced. This information was given in a statement. In the assembly, Uttar Pradesh Relations Bill, 2025, Uttar Pradesh Private University (Amendment) Bill, 2025, Uttar Pradesh Private University (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025 and Uttar Pradesh Motor Vehicle Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 were introduced by the concerned ministers.