In Tripura, Gau Vigyan Gets a Government Push While Schools Crumble
Dipankar Sen Gupta | 22 May 2025 | The Wire
A Tripura Secondary Education Directorate memo dated April 15 proposed to every secondary and higher secondary school that they hold workshops and seminars on the ‘benefits of cows’ in partnership with the Deshi Gobansha Rakshan Sambardhan Samity, a self-styled cow protection organisation in Agartala.
This came after a month had passed since the new academic year began on April 1. Students were yet to get supplied textbooks while the summer vacation was just days away. Over 10,000 teachers had retired in recent years, and about another 10,000 teachers had been sacked after a court directive, leaving schools to grapple with a severe shortage…