Overview

• Jaisalmer district ordered all government and private schools plus Anganwadi centres closed until July 31 after a concrete slab gate collapse killed a six-year-old on July 28.
• The Union Education Ministry mandated mandatory safety audits and 24-hour incident reporting for all schools on July 26 following the Piplodi roof collapse.
• A state education report flagged 2,710 school buildings needing major repairs with Rs 254 crore allocated but awaiting finance-department sanction and only 25% of monsoon-damaged schools funded.
• Education Minister Madan Dilawar suspended six officers and terminated a contractual engineer in response to the July 25 Piplodi school ceiling collapse that killed seven children.
• Opposition leader Tikaram Julie demanded Dilawar’s resignation and the Rajasthan High Court took suo motu cognisance of deteriorating school infrastructure.