A slew of protests have taken place in rural hinterland of Mysuru since the last few months to draw attention to the plight of government schools in villages.

What is significant is that it is not the activists alone who are taking part in it but has seen complete backing by parents and students alike.

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) supported the protest by students of Atal Bihari Vajpayee School and Science College in Tagadur village in Nanjangud taluk.

The AIDSO activists joined the students who were agitating and complaining about lack of infrastructure. According to the agitating students and AIDSO activists, there was lack of basic facilities in the school which is essential to provide a proper academic environment.

Some of the lacunae includes lack of cleanliness and hygiene in toilets, inadequate water supply, substandard food and not following the menu apart from lack of teachers in many places.

Senior officials from Nanjangud including Assistant Commissioner and tahshildar visited the school and assured the students to resolve the issues raised by them. The AIDSO district secretary Nithin said the officials have promised to set right the lacunae in four weeks, and the AIDSO has cautioned that agitation would be intensified if the authorities failed to meet the deadline.

The AIDSO has been spearheading a campaign and staging slew of demonstrations with student support to highlight the failure of the government to improve infrastructure in schools. Recently, such protests were conducted in Nanjangud, H.D. Kote and other places as well to draw attention to the poor state of schools.

The plight of schools in Anemala, Golour, and Ballehaadi are a pointer to the pathetic plight of schools in rural areas, according to AIDSO. It pointed out that in one of the schools, 32 students from various classes were accommodated in one room. There was neither a separate room for cooking midday meals nor staff room for teachers.

The campaign has also brought to fore that children of elected representatives attend private schools with state-of-the-art facilities while no efforts were being made to improve the condition of government schools which draw maximum number of students.