Alumni of Govt. school lay siege to District Collectorate, demand the promised "free laptops" for students

Tirupur: The alumni of various Government schools who passed out between 2017-2019 laid siege to the District Collectorate today, demanding the free laptops that were promised to them when in school.

Tirupur: The alumni of various Government schools who passed out between 2017-2019 laid siege to the District Collectorate today, demanding the free laptops that were promised to them when in school. 

Protests have been staged over the course of the past month by the alumni of various Government schools in the city demanding that the promised free laptops for students be granted to them soon. 

Today, being Grievance Day at the District Collectorate, about 50 alumni of Government schools laid siege to the Collector's office and also staged a dharna. The alumni dispersed only after a discussion with the authorities who assured them that the laptops would be delivered to them soon. 

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