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Just 0.1% of Rs 32kcr Kumbh funds couldhave saved over 100 schools: SC judge

Justice Prasanna Varale of the Supreme Court expressed alarm over the decline of Marathi-medium schools, emphasizing that enhanced government funding could have prevented the closure of several institutions. He pointed to the dire state of residential schools and reported student

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ABHILASH BOTEKAR23 Aug 2026, 06:38 pmUpdated 1d ago1 min readIndiaIndia
Just 0.1% of Rs 32kcr Kumbh funds could have saved over 100 schools: SC judge

IndiaABHILASH BOTEKAR

Justice Prasanna Varale of the Supreme Court expressed alarm over the decline of Marathi-medium schools, emphasizing that enhanced government funding could have prevented the closure of several institutions. He pointed to the dire state of residential schools and reported student fatalities. Justice Varale asserted that education expenditure has not matched the increasing demands of students and called for the urgent modernization of schools with digital technologies to ensure quality education.

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Source: Times of India · ABHILASH BOTEKAR. Published 23 Aug 2026, 06:38 pm.

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