Rajasthan orders permission for all school visitors amid CJP inspection campaign

On Sunday evening, the Rajasthan education department issued a directive barring any outsider from entering school premises without prior permission from the principal or head, while government officials carrying out official duties are exempt. The order further requires prior clearance for photography, videography, interviews, audio recording or live streaming involving students or teachers, and obliges every visitor to sign a visitor's register.

This measure was announced just hours after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) launched its statewide "School Thik Karo" campaign aimed at inspecting dilapidated government schools. CJP national spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said the group has received requests from nine districts—Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Dholpur, Bharatpur, Kota, Barmer and Hanumangarh—and plans to send volunteers to each district within the next two weeks.

He highlighted that more than a year has passed since the Jhalawar school collapse and that education minister Madan Dilawar has yet to present a concrete plan to repair over 80,000 unsafe classrooms, warning that a mass movement could demand the minister's resignation. The campaign began with a protest at a government school in Thanagazi, Alwar.