Kulgam: The clubbing of schools by the education department might have it’s benefits but for this school in Kulgam it’s a mess and officials seems unmoved by their plight. 200 students are studying in six rooms with 24 teachers.
Govt. Boys Middle School and Govt. high school Bonigam have been clubbed but to dismay, building in which school is stationed is dilapidated, cracks everywhere, and was established in 1972 at Bonigam Kulgam.
The school building has ten rooms in total, of which Two rooms are used as staff rooms and other two are locked as they are unsafe due to cracks in walls.
The school was established in 1972 as Primary School and was upgraded as Upper Primary Status in 2003. It was upgraded as high school in 2012.
“The school building is unsafe and cracks are present at various places and needs an immediate repairs,” a teacher said wishing not to be named.
The students of the school even don’t have access to clean drinking water and lacks toilet facility as well.
“Usually we manage classes as some study in rooms and some in open but when weather is bad, it becomes too difficult to adjust 200 students in six rooms,” the teachers told INS.
They also claimed that they have repeatedly brought the issue and difficulties to the higher ups but ‘every plea fell to deaf ears’.
“It seems they don’t care,” aggrieved teachers said.
The teachers now claim that since school faces many problems students are reluctant to come to schools and drop out rate has begun increasing.
“We do lack facilities in this school which should be in High school like we don’t thave library , no laboratory, no computer lab, no proper sitting arrangements for the student,” Headmaster Mohd Yaqoob told INS.
He also said that there is no separate headmaster room and at times they take classes in staff members rom as well, ‘they are part of essential requirements which education department demands’.
Chief Education Officer Kulgam said that he will ‘talk to headmaster about these issues’.
“We will provide them all facilities which students need and also make new building for students in future,” CEO said.
