Click to Expand & Play Allahabad: Every child has a right to education but there are so many poor children in India who are forced to drop out because of the absolute lack of basic amenities in their schools.
In Allahabad, a 1000 girls in a government school have been studying under a tree for the last 10 years.
The building constructed during the British times is now lying in ruins. It is miracle that the school is still running in this condition for the last 10 years under the open sky. The funds are available but due to a legal stay order the building cannot be repaired. In 1948, the government had rented the place from a missionary, now the matter crowds the already crowed halls of the local courts.
"We have been telling the authorities. We have given a letter to the higher authorities many times and they have also inspected us several times. We can only do this much. We can only talk about our problems. Time and again there are inspections; the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary or minister also came, they have seen everything," said Meera Ghosh, Vice-principal, Rajkiya Inter College.
The students are sitting in the midst of traffic trying to concentrate. And then there are the occasional animals and rallies that pass through these grounds.
Thousands of girls study for 6 years under these conditions, before they finally start college.
"Studying under the open sky is very noisy. We are disturbed by either cars or rallies or sometime trucks," said Rajkiran Gaur, teacher, Rajkiya Inter College.
"All the cars etc, pass through here. We feel scared that they might come in. We also want to study in a room. Here under the trees we have crow dropping and feathers dropping on our heads and they also make a lot of noise," said Shivani Gupta, student, Rajkiya Inter College.
But despite all these problems this school has a 100 % result and is considered the best girls school in the city. As far as sports are concerned the participation is very little - the reason being buildings, grounds and society.
"Whatever we do here can be seen from the outside. When there is a match, we have kabbadi matches or kho kho matches, then children have to wear shorts and T-shirts and then we have a huge crowd of onlookers," said Mamta Shrivastav, Sports teacher, Rajkiya Inter College.
In Allahabad, the Civil Lines address is a status symbol. In this civil lines there is just one civil school. Just the government will not be able to change the situation we all have to lend a hand.
In Allahabad, a 1000 girls in a government school have been studying under a tree for the last 10 years.
The building constructed during the British times is now lying in ruins. It is miracle that the school is still running in this condition for the last 10 years under the open sky. The funds are available but due to a legal stay order the building cannot be repaired. In 1948, the government had rented the place from a missionary, now the matter crowds the already crowed halls of the local courts.
"We have been telling the authorities. We have given a letter to the higher authorities many times and they have also inspected us several times. We can only do this much. We can only talk about our problems. Time and again there are inspections; the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary or minister also came, they have seen everything," said Meera Ghosh, Vice-principal, Rajkiya Inter College.
The students are sitting in the midst of traffic trying to concentrate. And then there are the occasional animals and rallies that pass through these grounds.
Thousands of girls study for 6 years under these conditions, before they finally start college.
"Studying under the open sky is very noisy. We are disturbed by either cars or rallies or sometime trucks," said Rajkiran Gaur, teacher, Rajkiya Inter College.
"All the cars etc, pass through here. We feel scared that they might come in. We also want to study in a room. Here under the trees we have crow dropping and feathers dropping on our heads and they also make a lot of noise," said Shivani Gupta, student, Rajkiya Inter College.
But despite all these problems this school has a 100 % result and is considered the best girls school in the city. As far as sports are concerned the participation is very little - the reason being buildings, grounds and society.
"Whatever we do here can be seen from the outside. When there is a match, we have kabbadi matches or kho kho matches, then children have to wear shorts and T-shirts and then we have a huge crowd of onlookers," said Mamta Shrivastav, Sports teacher, Rajkiya Inter College.
In Allahabad, the Civil Lines address is a status symbol. In this civil lines there is just one civil school. Just the government will not be able to change the situation we all have to lend a hand.
No comments:
Post a Comment