Excelsior Correspondent
MENDHAR, Dec 9: Students of Govt Primary School Manjakeri, located in remote village Pathanatir in Mendhar sub-division of Poonch district are forced to study in the open as the damaged school building could not be repaired for the last several years.
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Reports said the school building was built in 2008 and in 2020, the building was damaged due to landslide. But the repair work could not be taken up till date. Under such a situation, school students are studying in open area during harsh winter and rainy days.
Locals of village accused the Education department and District administration of the callous attitude on their part towards the hapless children. During rain and severe cold days, the school is closed and students are asked to stay home. Some times the students are made to sit in the house of an army personnel’s in the nearby area.
A school teacher said that the number of students is 29 in this school and they are giving education in an open sky or at someone’s house, when we have to suffer the most in the rains, in such a situation, if a building is built here, then we will get some relief.
Peoples have urged the Lt Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and District Administration Poonch that this matter should be taken seriously and the building should be repaired soon so that the children can receive education inside the school.
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