‘Wrong at many levels’: UP ban on late-evening coaching for women decried by social media users

The Uttar Pradesh government’s directive to private coaching institutes not to conduct late-evening classes for female students as “wrong at many levels” and discriminatory, several social media users have said.

The directive was announced as part of the Safe City project that the state government launched last week. The government said that the objective of the project is to ensure the safety of women, children and senior citizens, The Times of India reported.

However, several people on microblogging site X, formerly known as Twitter, said that the order prohibiting coaching institutes from conducting late-evening classes for girls and women would “kill so many dreams”.

Some of them contrasted the directive with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s poll promises of making streets in Uttar Pradesh safe for women.

Making girls sit at home in the evenings as part of Safe City is irony looking itself! So wrong at many levels. This will kill so many dreams! #UPhttps://t.co/QC6ONODFlS— R P G (@Unschackle) November 26, 2023

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