School Pupils Forced To Attend Classes Openly

Even as the state administration claims to have bettered the education segment, pupils of Mata Gujri Senior Secondary School in the district, Fatehgarh Sahib, are forced to attend classes openly.

Sources stated that teachers had to take 5 classes in the gallery because of scarcity of rooms in the school complex. They stated that the key cause for this was shifting primary school pupils to this educational institution.

The sources added that the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) was being run from the primary educational institution at the present.

In addition, the district government has booked 2 rooms in the educational institution for Zila Parishad and Block Samiliti polls to take place on May 19, leaving little room for pupils.

Especially, the District Institute of Education and Training is being run from the primary educational institution as the contractor is yet to obtain the last payment for the District Institute of Education and Training edifice, the construction of which was over 2 years back.

School principal Harnek Singh stated that he had brought the matter to the notice of the higher agencies. He added that around 750 pupils were enrolled in the educational institution and 135 pupils of the primary educational institution had been transferred to the school.

Recently, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal had forwarded a grant worth Rs 2.50 lakh to the educational institution but the principal stated that it was not possible to build additional rooms in the school compound with this sum.

District Education Officer Harvel Singh added that the educational institution had enough rooms and the school functionaries had never asked for building of extra rooms. He stated that he had asked the school head to forward a written reply on why the classes were held openly.