The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) will launch a campaign titled “School Thik Karo” on Independence Day to highlight and seek improvements in the condition of government schools in rural areas, party founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Wednesday. The campaign is aimed at drawing attention to basic facilities and infrastructure available to children studying in villages, with Dipke arguing that students should not have to struggle for essential amenities at their schools.

In a post shared on social media platform X, Dipke said children in villages should not have to plead for basic facilities at schools decades after India gained independence. He questioned the condition of government education infrastructure and said rural children had been “failed in the worst way”. His remarks focused on the gap between the aspirations associated with education and the conditions faced by some students in rural government schools.

The campaign is scheduled to begin on Independence Day, August 15, giving the initiative a symbolic connection with the country’s independence and the broader question of equal access to public services. CJP said the campaign would focus on government schools in villages and seek to draw attention to issues affecting students and teachers. The initiative places school infrastructure and basic educational facilities at the centre of its public campaign.

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Dipke’s comments come amid continuing discussions around the quality of government education and disparities between urban and rural schools. Government schools in rural areas serve large numbers of children, particularly from families that depend on public education. Access to functional classrooms, sanitation, drinking water and other basic facilities can have a direct bearing on students’ ability to attend school and learn effectively.

By choosing the name “School Thik Karo”, meaning “Fix the School”, the CJP campaign seeks to frame the issue in simple and direct terms. Dipke’s criticism suggests that the party intends to focus on basic infrastructure rather than limiting the discussion to broader education policies. The campaign is expected to use public attention and social media to highlight the conditions of schools and the needs of children in rural communities.

Dipke said the situation of rural children represented a failure to provide them with the basic conditions necessary for education. His remarks also placed responsibility on institutions and authorities to ensure that children do not have to demand facilities that should ordinarily be available in schools. The campaign therefore seeks to make the condition of government schools a public issue around Independence Day.

The launch of “School Thik Karo” will put the CJP’s focus on rural education and government-school infrastructure. While the campaign’s effectiveness will depend on the issues it identifies and the response from authorities, its stated objective is to draw greater attention to the everyday challenges faced by students in village schools. Dipke’s announcement has positioned the initiative as a call for better basic facilities and more equitable educational opportunities for rural children.

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