Thursday, June 7, 2018

A government school with two students 

S.P. Saravanan
ERODE, June 07, 2018 00:00 IST




The Panchayat Union Primary School at Nadupalayam in Sathyamangalam block in Erode. 


Block Education Officers launch admission campaign

The Panchayat Union Primary School at Nadupalayam in Shenbagapudur Panchayat in Sathyamangalam block has only two students in the current academic year.

The school was started in 1992 for the children hailing from villages of Nadupalayam, Chinnvai Pudur, Chinna Kuttai Pudur, Nadupalayam Colony and Thimma Naicken Pudur. The school had a strength of over 100 students, until the opening of a private school in the area last year. Admissions started dropping as only five students studied last year and it reduced to just two students this year. One is studying in Class II, while the other is in Class III. A headmistress and a noon-meal organiser with an assistant are working in the school.

Villagers said that the private school was offering English as the medium of instruction, fee concession and free transportation for students and hence they admitted their children there.

Based on a representation from Sudar, an NGO, Block Education Officers from the Department of Elementary Education visited the school on Tuesday and held a meeting with the people in the area.

The people said that they would send their children to the school only after the medium of instruction becomes English.

Their other demands were filling up of teacher vacancies and better facilities in the school. The villagers were assured that their demands would be taken up with the higher officials for necessary action.

Officials told The Hindu that they have launched an admission campaign from Wednesday in the villages in the area and expressed confidence of improving admissions in the coming days.

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