Kendrapada: As many as 214 scholars of an upgraded higher primary college in the remote seashore village of Julusanagar in Rajnagar block of Kendrapada have been finding out underneath the open sky for the past four years.
Locals say that repeated requests to the district training officer and the administrations to repair the ramshackle Julusanagar Upgraded Upper Primary School construction has most effective met with silence.
The six-room college construction was once inbuilt 1992. By 2014, the authorities had declared it unsafe. The partitions now have wide cracks, the iron rods of the ceiling are uncovered.
"The walls are damp and the pillars may collapse at any time. We have shifted the classes to the verandah at any time," mentioned headmaster Rajendra Ram. The choice of scholars in the college has dropped significantly because the categories have been shifted, he mentioned.
With the varsity tests for Classes I and VIII having begun on Friday, scholars are another time left to the mercy of the elements.
"It is difficult to write answers to questions while sitting under the sky in the examination," mentioned Sabitri Pal, a Class VI student of the varsity on Tuesday. When contacted, block training officer Ananta Behera mentioned the 214 scholars who study between Classes I and VIII in the college have certainly been suffering. "The education department will soon grant money to repair the school building," he mentioned.
Locals say that repeated requests to the district training officer and the administrations to repair the ramshackle Julusanagar Upgraded Upper Primary School construction has most effective met with silence.
The six-room college construction was once inbuilt 1992. By 2014, the authorities had declared it unsafe. The partitions now have wide cracks, the iron rods of the ceiling are uncovered.
"The walls are damp and the pillars may collapse at any time. We have shifted the classes to the verandah at any time," mentioned headmaster Rajendra Ram. The choice of scholars in the college has dropped significantly because the categories have been shifted, he mentioned.
With the varsity tests for Classes I and VIII having begun on Friday, scholars are another time left to the mercy of the elements.
"It is difficult to write answers to questions while sitting under the sky in the examination," mentioned Sabitri Pal, a Class VI student of the varsity on Tuesday. When contacted, block training officer Ananta Behera mentioned the 214 scholars who study between Classes I and VIII in the college have certainly been suffering. "The education department will soon grant money to repair the school building," he mentioned.
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March 23, 2018
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