Excelsior Correspondent
—Excelsior/Tilak Raj
BHADERWAH, Mar 13: Government High School (GHS) Poneja in Tehsil Chiralla is facing shortage of staff and basic amenities.
The students and staff members of the school have expressed anguish over the Government’s attitude to provide sufficient staff and basic amenities.
“We do not have desks and chairs. Students of all classes are usually made to sit on ground under open sky. In the school, there is no facility of drinking water. Shortage of staff and lack of play ground are some other facilities, which the school lacks”, said a teacher of the school on the condition of anonymity.
“The shortage of teaching staff has affected our studies. Some classrooms do not have blackboard. We manage many subjects orally, but studying mathematics without a blackboard is very difficult”, said a 15-year-old student Shilpa Devi.
She added that only a few classrooms have desks and chairs, adding that they have sit by turns in these classrooms. “I wish we will have clean drinking water and proper toilet facility in our school”, she stated.
Sonia Devi, a class 10th student of GHS Poneja said the condition in her school is really bad. “We do not have sports teacher in our school. Moreover, there is no play ground for students in our school. Many of us also want to learn computer but the school lacks this facility also”, she said.
Somi Raj Bhagat, Sarpanch of Poneja Panchayat said that the school had no boundary wall for years. He said neither any politician nor any official concerned took notice of the situation.
He hoped that the Government and local administration will wake up from deep slumber and take steps to redress the issues being faced by the students and staff of GHS Poneja.
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