What happened: Kejriwal credits Gen Z/Gen Alpha with education-rights activism

Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and former Delhi chief minister, praises Gen Z and Gen Alpha for challenging the government and demanding rights and basic facilities. Kejriwal presents children’s assertiveness as “true freedom” and links it to rising accountability expectations for government schools.

Kejriwal emphasizes school-level demands for teachers, desks, clean drinking water, and toilets. He also points to named examples of protest-linked struggles: Hamirpur (road work for a school), Dehradun (ongoing fight), and Barmer (teachers).

Kejriwal argues that, even after about 80 years since Independence, government schools remain in very poor condition, leaving disadvantaged students with no meaningful alternatives. Kejriwal also claims that Delhi under his government delivered a “complete transformation” in government schooling and that similar work in Punjab enables students from improved government schools to prepare for and succeed in national competitive exams such as NEET and JEE, leading to careers as doctors and engineers.

Background and earlier position: persistent gaps in government-school functioning

Kejriwal’s message rests on the claim that government schools still have severe deficiencies in basic facilities and staffing. Kejriwal says government schools face problems such as lack of toilets and clean drinking water, along with insufficient teachers.

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