‘School Thik Karo’: CJP Launches Independence Day Campaign to Improve Rural Government Schools

 

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) will launch a nationwide campaign titled “School Thik Karo” on Independence Day, August 15, with a focus on improving the condition of government schools in rural areas.

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke announced the campaign name on August 12, two days after revealing plans for a nationwide initiative focused on village schools.

The campaign aims to draw attention to gaps in basic school infrastructure and encourage communities to take a greater role in monitoring government schools. Dipke has urged parents to conduct social audits of basic facilities at schools and called on village sarpanches to take responsibility for improving local educational institutions.

“Kids in villages shouldn’t be pleading for basic facilities at school after 80 years of Independence,” Dipke said in a post on X.

“As a country, we have failed rural kids in the worst possible way,” he added while announcing the Independence Day campaign.

UP Children Protest Over Poor Road

The campaign announcement came amid a protest by children and residents in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur over the poor condition of a roughly 1.5-km road connecting several settlements along the Yamuna belt.

Following rainfall, the road has reportedly turned muddy and difficult to navigate. Residents said the damaged stretch serves nearly 3,000 people living in Chandupur and surrounding settlements, including Brahma ka Dera, Banvasi ka Dera, Athbhaiyan ka Dera, Bachchi ka Dera, Bhikhua ka Dera, Gusai Baba ka Dera and Gangwa ka Dera.

According to residents, the road has affected children's ability to reach school and created difficulties for families trying to take patients to hospitals.

Children Block Collectorate Gate

On Tuesday morning, children and residents marched towards the Collectorate to highlight their concerns. SDM Sadar Abhishek Kumar and CO Yashpal Singh, accompanied by police personnel, attempted to stop the protesters.

The children continued to the Collectorate and blocked its main gate. Officials reportedly attempted to convince them to end the protest, but the children refused to leave, leaving officials and employees inside unable to exit.

CJP Expands Youth-Focused Campaigns

The School Thik Karo campaign marks another expansion of CJP’s youth-focused activities. The platform, founded by Dipke as an online satirical initiative while he was in the US, later became associated with street-level protests on issues affecting students.

CJP previously organised protests over the NEET paper leak and other education-related concerns. Its demonstration at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar attracted students and parents from different parts of the country, with climate activist Sonam Wangchuk also joining the agitation.

Following the protests, CJP held a two-day strategy meeting in Maharashtra and announced plans to continue as a youth movement, with Wangchuk serving as its mentor.

The organisation has also announced the nationwide “Kya Bolti Public” campaign to gather public feedback on major concerns, with education identified as its first focus.

Through “School Thik Karo”, CJP is now seeking to shift attention from student-specific protests to the wider condition of rural school infrastructure and access to basic educational facilities.