Avinash Azad
JAMMU, June 14: In the heart of winter capital Government Boys Middle School BC Road, is exposing the tall claims of Government to create sufficient infrastructure to all education institutions. Interestingly, the teacher-student ratio in the school is highest in state as for nearly 50 students there are 18 teachers available, making student teacher ratio as 3:1.
The school is presently running from three rented halls of a rented building of Estate department, is mocking at the claims of state Government, as there is no playground for children, no toilet facility besides no facility of filtered drinking water.
Moreover, it is not only a single school but four other schools Primary School BC Road, Primary School Shalamar, Primary School Khoo Talab and Primary School Mahashpura have been clubbed by the department to the school.
Amazingly, the four Primary schools were clubbed by the department, on the argument of infrastructure dearth, but the infrastructure is still absent for these four schools.
Sources said that Government Boys Middle School BC Road Jammu has no proper classrooms. "Three halls from where the school is running are in two separate buildings of Estate quarters near Shakuntala cinema.
There is to and fro movement of other inmates of Government quarters, which creates nuisance for students", an official said, adding that there was no playground for students, while they have to drink non-purified and hot water in such scorching summer.
He further said that toilets were in very awful condition, and for nature call, students generally went to their homes. "Out of 18 teachers, 16 are women, who are either kin of bureaucrats, politicians or belongs to affluent families, who have managed posting by their influence", sources said, adding that even the higher officials of department never dared to shift these teachers.
Pradeep Singh a local resident, who use to teach poor children said that all students hail from poor families, who never raise voice against infrastructure scarcity.
"Such schools have become rehabilitation centers for relative of bureaucrats and politicians, who are only interested for their monthly salary", he said, adding that in the Estate department quarters, the higher officials and bureaucrats were residing, but none bother about the school, as their own children were studying in some private schools.
An official of Education department pledging anonymity said that at one hand millions have been spend by department on various schemes, but same has failed to provide infrastructure to city schools, which were on the verge of closure, adding, "in coming few years, all the Government schools will be closed." |
