India, Oct. 6 -- Azad Maidan witnessed three separate education-related protests on Monday, with demands ranging from calling a halt to the closure of schools by the state government, to alleged irregularities in the MHT-CET engineering admission process, and justice for the IIT-B student who died by suicide on September 18.

The Shala Vachava Shikshan Vachava Manch Maharashtra (Save School, Save Education Platform Maharashtra) demanded that the government immediately withdraw decisions that could lead to the closure of schools due to low enrolment.

Sampat Desai, conveyer of the protest, said the agitation at Azad Maidan would continue until the government addresses their demands. The organisation is demanding that schools in villages an...