By Yadav Raj Puri, Rautahat,
Dec.6: You may find it incredible, but it is true that some 472 students of a secondary
school in Rautahat take sacks to school to sit on because there are no benches
for them.
The plight of the students from grades 1 to 6
of Shree Secondary School in Fatuwa Bijaypur Municipality-2 has been reported
to the concerned authority, but to no avail.
There
are a total of 748 students in the school, in grades from grade 1 to 10.
There
are 46 students in grade one,70 in grade two, 57 in grade three, 91 in grade
four, 78 in grade five and 130 students in grade six, but there are no desks or
benches for them to sit on or put the bags.
Buni
Lal Yadav, principal of the school, said that they have already informed the
concerned municipalities about the lack of desks and benches in the school.
The
principal said that the school was established in 1960, and a new building with
10 rooms was built just last year. However, there was no budget for desks and
benches in the school, and none has been made available even now.
He
said, "This matter was well discussed with chief administrative officer
Sambhu Kumar Yadav, Acting Mayor Ambaya Khatun and the Chief of the education
branch but nothing has come of the discussion."
Anirudh
Prasad Yadav, ward chair of Fatuwa Bijaypur Municipality-2 said that budget for
desks and chairs will be allocated in the upcoming fiscal year.
He said,
"We have discussed the school's situation in the municipal office and
budgets for chairs and desks will be allocated next fiscal year."