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Shabby infrastructure, no teachers
Aanganwadi schools in Mallapur are left in a dilapidated condition for the last two years now. There are about 12 to 13 centers in the area and basic facilities for children are minimal. Lack of teachers and ayaahs has been one of the biggest reasons for the underdevelopment of these centres.
Mallapur: Aanganwadi schools in Mallapur are left in a dilapidated condition for the last two years now. There are about 12 to 13 centers in the area and basic facilities for children are minimal. Lack of teachers and ayaahs has been one of the biggest reasons for the underdevelopment of these centres.
Highlights:
- No teachers at the centre
- Drinking water not provided to children
- No chairs or tables provided; pregnant women forced to sit on floors
There are about 30 to 35 children in each centre and as per government rules an ayah and a teacher should assist the children there. However, Bharti, the only ayah working at the Aanganwadi center at Mallapur said, “There is not a single bathroom in this campus for the 35 children who stay here. We take them to a nearby open space in the campus for their nature calls.”
“The ceilings of the room keep leaking all the time. We have somehow got it plastered with cement and are managing it,” she added.According to Bharti, there are no chairs at the centre. “When pregnant women come in for counselling or any kind of meeting they are forced to sit on the ground. Nobody from the government has come till now to inspect the conditions here,” she lamented.
Another Ayah from an Aaganwadi centre located within the premises of the of Zilla Parishad School in Mallapur said, “For the last two years I have been taking care of 40 kids in the centre.
The sad truth is that I have not been able to do justice to my role being an ayah here. There are no fans or lights in the room. The government has not given us any kind of materials with which kids can play with when they are spending their time here.”
Another teacher from the Aanganwadi centre said, “We get water once in three days, and we do not even have proper vessels to store it. There no slate boards or books provided by the government for the children which it should be.”
Meanwhile, local Corporator Devender Reddy said that no complaints on the matter have been filed. “I have not received any complaints from any of the units of Aaganwadi about the problems they are facing. I shall investigate into the matter and escalate it to the right officials,” he promised.
By Neelam Shaw
