UNB, Gaibandha :
The students of Asaduzzaman Girls’ High School and College in Gaibandha district town, have been attending their classes amid fear due to the dilapidated condition of the school buildings, thanks to the negligence of the authorities concerned.
The authorities concerned said the matter was brought to the notice of the higher authorities several times but no initiative has been taken yet.
The school was established in 1966 at DB Road in the district town on one acre area and in 1968. The two-story building was built then.
In 2003, the authorities concerned opened a college section in it. In 1996, the government built an one-story building under the Department of Education Engineer.
Later, the authorities of the school constructed the first floor over the building.
There are 1050 students in the school and 350 students in the college. Besides, 20 teachers are providing lessons to the school students while only 11 teachers are available at the college.
The school authorities have identified the school building as risky in 2008 and as years passed on, the plasters of the roof and walls often fell off, creating panic among the school students.
During the rainy season, water enters the classrooms from the roof due to swampy walls.
In 2016, two classrooms of the school building, situated in 1968, were abandoned while five classrooms of the building were identified as risky.
Besides, three more classrooms of the school building were declared abandoned in 2008 while six more were identified as risky by the school authorities, forcing students to attend their classes amid fear of collapse.
