AGARTALA, Nov 3 (TIWN): CPI-M kicked off a massive protest in Gandachera on Saturday voicing against Govt’s decision of shutting down 961 Govt schools including ADC areas although ADC doesn’t belong to BJP and still under Leftist parties led administration.

Tripura Education Minister Ratanlal Nath has announced to shutdown 961 schools by merging them with other schools in the name of "Quality Education".

This decision was taken when thousands of unemployed youths are roaming jobless even after qualifying in the TET Examination.

Instead of recruiting teachers and staffs to mitigate the massive unemployment rate, Govt has taken decision to minimize numbers of schools and thus decade-long struggles of common men which constructed 961 schools across hills and plain areas of the state.