Ahsanul Amin George, Khulna :
Imparting lessons to around 157 students of 46 No. Arjuna Balardhana Government Primary School in Arjuna, a remote village in Terokhada Upazila of Khulna district is badly hampered as the risky building turned abandoned 10 years ago.
The students of this school are attending their classes under a dilapidated tin-shed house only in two rooms. Teachers and students always are in fear of snake-bite as this tin-shed house is also a risky one.
Sources said, the school was declared abandoned at least 10 years ago. For this reason, teachers have been taking classes in two rooms of a dilapidated tin-shed house. Teachers, guardians and members of the School Managing committee had built this tin-shed house at the North side of the school. Only 4 teachers have been taking classes amid acute risk and enduring severe difficulties for the last ten years. Teachers and students are always in fear of snake-bite as snakes often enter into the tin-shed rooms
It is also learnt that some snakes have built their nests in the teachers’ common room. Recently a female teacher named Nazma Begum rescued from the bite of snake. A snake was found under the chair of this teacher. Local people killed three snakes in the mean time and a snake-charmer took away a snake. However, fear of snake has not yet removed from the teachers and students.
Meanwhile, a teacher and a student became injured seriously due to falling plasters from the dilapidated roof of the tin-shed school.
During a recent visit, this correspondent found that the teachers were teaching the students in a dilapidated tin-shed house which might collapse at any time.. “We are taking classes in two rooms of a dilapidated tin-shed house amid risks of collapsing and also the fear of snake, as we have no alternative”, said a teacher of the school.
“I am very much worried as my child doesn’t want to attend classes in such an environment”, said Sultan Ahmed, a guardian.
Built in 1945, the school building developed cracks on walls due to lack of renovation. The toilets of the school are not suitable at all for using, lack of playing ground and crisis of drinking water are also acute problems, said some guardians. Besides, there is no suitable way for coming and going for the students.
Members of the school managing committee said, as the school authorities informed the matter to the concerned authorities, engineers of the facilities department and the local government engineering department visited the school and after checking, they declared the building abandoned ten years ago. 4 teachers including the acting Headmaster are now conducting 6 classes including infant class only in two rooms of a dilapidated tin-shed house enduring acute sufferings.
Milon Kumar Mozumdar, the headmaster of the school said. We have been taking classes amid risk of school building collapse and fear of snakes, our students are attending classes in a risky tin-shed house even during this ongoing heat wave and heavy rainfall.
“We have submitted a written petition to the Upazila Primary education office for solving the problem but no action was taken yet”, said the headmaster. Many holes were developed in the teachers’ common room and snakes peep from those holes, if it is possible to close the holes, fear of snakes might be removed, the headmaster added. Shourav, Mintu, Mithun,Tania and Shulekha , class five students said, Our PSC exam would be held perhaps in the month of November this year but we have not yet got our new classroom, we are being compelled to attend classes in a dilapidated tin-shed house amid the risks of collapsing and fear of snakes.
Imparting lessons to around 157 students of 46 No. Arjuna Balardhana Government Primary School in Arjuna, a remote village in Terokhada Upazila of Khulna district is badly hampered as the risky building turned abandoned 10 years ago.
The students of this school are attending their classes under a dilapidated tin-shed house only in two rooms. Teachers and students always are in fear of snake-bite as this tin-shed house is also a risky one.
Sources said, the school was declared abandoned at least 10 years ago. For this reason, teachers have been taking classes in two rooms of a dilapidated tin-shed house. Teachers, guardians and members of the School Managing committee had built this tin-shed house at the North side of the school. Only 4 teachers have been taking classes amid acute risk and enduring severe difficulties for the last ten years. Teachers and students are always in fear of snake-bite as snakes often enter into the tin-shed rooms
It is also learnt that some snakes have built their nests in the teachers’ common room. Recently a female teacher named Nazma Begum rescued from the bite of snake. A snake was found under the chair of this teacher. Local people killed three snakes in the mean time and a snake-charmer took away a snake. However, fear of snake has not yet removed from the teachers and students.
Meanwhile, a teacher and a student became injured seriously due to falling plasters from the dilapidated roof of the tin-shed school.
During a recent visit, this correspondent found that the teachers were teaching the students in a dilapidated tin-shed house which might collapse at any time.. “We are taking classes in two rooms of a dilapidated tin-shed house amid risks of collapsing and also the fear of snake, as we have no alternative”, said a teacher of the school.
“I am very much worried as my child doesn’t want to attend classes in such an environment”, said Sultan Ahmed, a guardian.
Built in 1945, the school building developed cracks on walls due to lack of renovation. The toilets of the school are not suitable at all for using, lack of playing ground and crisis of drinking water are also acute problems, said some guardians. Besides, there is no suitable way for coming and going for the students.
Members of the school managing committee said, as the school authorities informed the matter to the concerned authorities, engineers of the facilities department and the local government engineering department visited the school and after checking, they declared the building abandoned ten years ago. 4 teachers including the acting Headmaster are now conducting 6 classes including infant class only in two rooms of a dilapidated tin-shed house enduring acute sufferings.
Milon Kumar Mozumdar, the headmaster of the school said. We have been taking classes amid risk of school building collapse and fear of snakes, our students are attending classes in a risky tin-shed house even during this ongoing heat wave and heavy rainfall.
“We have submitted a written petition to the Upazila Primary education office for solving the problem but no action was taken yet”, said the headmaster. Many holes were developed in the teachers’ common room and snakes peep from those holes, if it is possible to close the holes, fear of snakes might be removed, the headmaster added. Shourav, Mintu, Mithun,Tania and Shulekha , class five students said, Our PSC exam would be held perhaps in the month of November this year but we have not yet got our new classroom, we are being compelled to attend classes in a dilapidated tin-shed house amid the risks of collapsing and fear of snakes.
