On the one hand, the government claims it is doing all it can to put dropouts back in school and, on the other, it has left thousands of children out in the cold with its decision to crack down on 7,000 schools because they are too small. These are all small schools and most of the students enrolled are underprivileged kids.

A report in this paper yesterday stated that a Government Resolution (GR) in 2013 decreed that all schools in urban areas must be sized at 1 acre, while those in rural areas must possess 2 acres. They were sent the final notice on April 4, and were given a week to shut down.