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Education in backward mode
Where there is factionalism, development takes a backseat. Due to political rivalry at Brahmanapalle in the district, a government school is being run from a kitchen shed as authorities have backtracked from building a new school in place of the dilapidated structure fearing the wrath of one faction or the other. Â
​Anantapur: Where there is factionalism, development takes a backseat. Due to political rivalry at Brahmanapalle in the district, a government school is being run from a kitchen shed as authorities have backtracked from building a new school in place of the dilapidated structure fearing the wrath of one faction or the other.
There are 1,85,783 students studying in 2,793 primary schools in the district. There are over 66,852 students pursuing education in 526 high schools. Students of many schools are suffering from lack of basic amenities. Construction of individual toilets in about 3,911 schools in the district is in various phases.
While in some schools, there is no water facility, in some others, the toilets are not maintained well. In remote villages, students are studying under the shade of trees for want of basic amenities. Brahmanapalle is no exception to the practice.
There are 50 houses in Brahmanapalle. Because of factionalism, the student strength dwindled from 30 to mere four. Earlier, there used to be two teachers and a headmaster. Currently, a lone teacher teaches them, that too under the shade of a tree for want of a ‘pucca’ school building. The students feel sultry while studying in the shed.
In the absence of infrastructure, many students left the school for better schools in Kuderu and Anantapur. The school was pulled down by the authorities as the school building grew old and parts of the roof are falling off.Despite the State government sanctioning a new school building to be built at a cost of Rs 6.5 lakh in 2014, due to lack of coordination between two groups in the village, the construction of the building has been deferred. Lack of amenities is making a mockery of the Right to Education Act, which envisages education for all.
Parent of a student Yerriswamy, a villager Jayanti Reddy, a school student Jayasri and others blame it on political rivalry in the village for postponing the construction of school building. The students are apprehensive over their fate in case the school has been wound up.
Citing the Right to Education Act, the school teacher said that the village needs the school. The students are not attending the school because of lack of amenities, he added. He sought the construction of a ‘pucca’ building and provision of other amenities in the school.
He said that the villagers have been appealing to people’s representatives and officials for their intervention to ensure the students pursue studies.
