Schools cry for attention in Sangareddy dist.

Contractors not coming forward to file tenders

The ambitious government initiated Mana Ooru - Mana Badi/Mana Basti - Mana Badi programme was launched by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with much fanfare three months ago in Wanaparthy district.

Its almost three months since its launch, and a month since schools reopened, several schools in old Medak district are crying for attention as the infrastructure facilities are yet to improve.

With parents making a beeline to the government schools for admission, dilapidated buildings, lack of proper toilets, no furniture and absence of Vidya Volunteers is what ails the State-run educational institutions.

Take the case of the government high school located at Sadasivapet mandal headquarters in Sangareddy district where English, Telugu and Urdu medium classes are being run.

As you step into the premises, one is greeted by a dilapidated building whose one supporting wall has already collapsed. The almost century-old building awaits attention even as the Education Department officials advised the teachers not to sit in the building. The teachers and the students await a new building while no effort has been made either to renovate the old one or demolish it to prevent any untoward incident.

Diagonally opposite to that is another building, constructed about 40 years with asbestos sheets. Sadly the asbestos sheets have cracked and badly damaged as sun rays hits the floor, and during monsoon - it is inundated.

So pathetic is the case that students have to sit according to the movement of the sun to hide themselves from sun rays. During rains, it is undeclared holiday for students from Class VI  to Class VIII.