Govt. school building in T. Kallupatti in need of renovation to check antisocial activities

One of the two buildings of the Panchayat Union Primary School at Kollaveeranpatti in T. Kallupatti block in Madurai district, which is more than 60 years old, is in immediate need of renovation as it has turned into a joint for antisocial activities for some local people.

One of the two buildings of the Panchayat Union Primary School at Kollaveeranpatti in T. Kallupatti block in Madurai district, which is more than 60 years old, is in immediate need of renovation as it has turned into a joint for antisocial activities for some local people.

The school which once had a student strength of about 120 has only 14 students now due to the emergence of new private and government schools in Peraiyur and Kallikudi.

Sources in the Education Department said though the student strength was good a few years ago, parents’ preference to enrol their children in schools which had classes from Kindergarten to Class XII had brought down the numbers in the village school.

The school, which had been functioning in the old building, moved to the new building a few years ago, and classes and other activities were now conducted there, a source said.

Though the old building poses no threat of collapsing, the condition of the building deteriorated, following which it was abandoned.

Slowly, some local people started entering the old building for antisocial activities. A local administration employee, on condition of anonymity, said though the teachers locked the school gate and the door of the old building, it could not stop the trespassers.