BENGALURU: Physical classes for classes 1-5 will resume on Monday but not all students going to government schools will find them in the best shape. With high enrollment in the last two years and continuous misuse of facilities, many institutions are facing infrastructure crisis.
Government Model Upper Primary School at Uppinangadi, Dakshina Kannada It had 330 students when it closed in March 2020. With the migration of children from private schools in two years, the number of admissions now stands at 560. There are 106 children in class I alone.
However, members of the School Development and Monitoring Committee point out that the number of classrooms, benches and teachers has remained the same. “The school has eight teachers, including the headmaster and physical education teacher. How is he expected to manage the 560 kids who walk on Monday? Let alone the covid protocol, how will they fit into all the kids…” MoideenkuttyMember of SDMC.
Same with the government primary school in Bengre, Mangaluru. “We have 560 children and four teachers. Earlier, there were about 48 students in a class. Now, it is almost 80 and admissions are still on. We also need classrooms and benches,” said in carrom, an SDMC member of the school.
Many parents struggled financially and chose government schools as classes remained suspended and they did not want to pay fees for services not provided.
Many schools are also in poor condition as some facilities have not been used for more than 17 months. “I have visited many schools. Some do not have proper hand washing or toilet facilities,” said Archana KR, a sanitation campaigner.
“All schools were closed during the pandemic. The department could use this opportunity to repair all the buildings – around 62,000 classrooms that needed major and minor repairs to keep them ready to open from June 2021,” it said. VP Niranjanaradhyay, Educationist and Patron of SDMC.
The National Coalition on Education Emergency is demanding a joint grant from the government for the development of these schools. “It is a disturbing trend that budgetary resources in India have to be centralized and Karnataka The budget and in many states… the allocation should be increased. This is indicative of the seriousness of the education restoration effort and should be monitored,” the alliance wrote to the chief minister.
DPI officials said that the proposal for recruitment of 21,000 guest primary teachers is with the Finance Department. “For high school classes, 3,500 guest teachers have been approved. For primary, we have sent a proposal to the finance department for 21,000 guest teachers and another 2,000 for secondary,” said Vishal R, commissioner. “Schools have not been closed, it is just that students are not coming. These are the schools that will need grants which we usually do out of budget. In this year’s budgetary allocation, we will give money to support them,” he said.
Government Model Upper Primary School at Uppinangadi, Dakshina Kannada It had 330 students when it closed in March 2020. With the migration of children from private schools in two years, the number of admissions now stands at 560. There are 106 children in class I alone.
However, members of the School Development and Monitoring Committee point out that the number of classrooms, benches and teachers has remained the same. “The school has eight teachers, including the headmaster and physical education teacher. How is he expected to manage the 560 kids who walk on Monday? Let alone the covid protocol, how will they fit into all the kids…” MoideenkuttyMember of SDMC.
Same with the government primary school in Bengre, Mangaluru. “We have 560 children and four teachers. Earlier, there were about 48 students in a class. Now, it is almost 80 and admissions are still on. We also need classrooms and benches,” said in carrom, an SDMC member of the school.
Many parents struggled financially and chose government schools as classes remained suspended and they did not want to pay fees for services not provided.
Many schools are also in poor condition as some facilities have not been used for more than 17 months. “I have visited many schools. Some do not have proper hand washing or toilet facilities,” said Archana KR, a sanitation campaigner.
“All schools were closed during the pandemic. The department could use this opportunity to repair all the buildings – around 62,000 classrooms that needed major and minor repairs to keep them ready to open from June 2021,” it said. VP Niranjanaradhyay, Educationist and Patron of SDMC.
The National Coalition on Education Emergency is demanding a joint grant from the government for the development of these schools. “It is a disturbing trend that budgetary resources in India have to be centralized and Karnataka The budget and in many states… the allocation should be increased. This is indicative of the seriousness of the education restoration effort and should be monitored,” the alliance wrote to the chief minister.
DPI officials said that the proposal for recruitment of 21,000 guest primary teachers is with the Finance Department. “For high school classes, 3,500 guest teachers have been approved. For primary, we have sent a proposal to the finance department for 21,000 guest teachers and another 2,000 for secondary,” said Vishal R, commissioner. “Schools have not been closed, it is just that students are not coming. These are the schools that will need grants which we usually do out of budget. In this year’s budgetary allocation, we will give money to support them,” he said.
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