UNB, Jashore :
Academic activities at Fatehpur Government Primary School in Keshabpur upazila are being hampered seriously after its tin-roof was damaged by a nor’wester recently.
Now a total of 98 students of the school attend their classes under the open sky and they and their teachers have to take shelter in nearby houses in case of rain, witnesses said.
Locals said their fellow-villagers like Wazed Ali Mollah, Motableb Kha, Kawsar Mollah, Ibrahim Gazi, DautMoroland Nur Islam set up the primary school in 2001. The school first started its journey with an office room and three classrooms made of bamboo fences and clay-made shed.
Later, the classrooms got tin-roof with financial support from the managing committee and teachers. But during a recent storm, the tin-shed of the four rooms, including that of the office, wereblown away, leaving the overall structure of the school damaged.
As an instant initiative, classes have been arranged at nearbyEidgahunder the open sky.
Besides, the school authorities said, although the school got recognition through a gazette notification in March 2018, its teachers are yet to receive their salaries from government fund.
Meanwhile, the school teachers wrote to different offices seeking fund to set up the school building, but there has been no response so far.
Contacted, Upazila Education Officer Akbar Hossain said Fatehpur Government Primary School get government’s recognition recently and it was put in the list.
“The construction of the school building will begin soon as the process is underway,” the officer added.
Academic activities at Fatehpur Government Primary School in Keshabpur upazila are being hampered seriously after its tin-roof was damaged by a nor’wester recently.
Now a total of 98 students of the school attend their classes under the open sky and they and their teachers have to take shelter in nearby houses in case of rain, witnesses said.
Locals said their fellow-villagers like Wazed Ali Mollah, Motableb Kha, Kawsar Mollah, Ibrahim Gazi, DautMoroland Nur Islam set up the primary school in 2001. The school first started its journey with an office room and three classrooms made of bamboo fences and clay-made shed.
Later, the classrooms got tin-roof with financial support from the managing committee and teachers. But during a recent storm, the tin-shed of the four rooms, including that of the office, wereblown away, leaving the overall structure of the school damaged.
As an instant initiative, classes have been arranged at nearbyEidgahunder the open sky.
Besides, the school authorities said, although the school got recognition through a gazette notification in March 2018, its teachers are yet to receive their salaries from government fund.
Meanwhile, the school teachers wrote to different offices seeking fund to set up the school building, but there has been no response so far.
Contacted, Upazila Education Officer Akbar Hossain said Fatehpur Government Primary School get government’s recognition recently and it was put in the list.
“The construction of the school building will begin soon as the process is underway,” the officer added.
