ATTOCK The Government MC Middle School, Girls College Road, is a picture of neglect amid the tall claims of the government of spending huge funds on education sector.
The students, mostly poor, and teachers are forced to sit under the roof dripping rain water, it has been learnt.The situation came to light, when some school teachers and students on Wednesday asked the local newsmen to visit the school and see for themselves the condition of the school.
When the newsmen entered the school they saw the teachers and students taking refuge in the veranda of the school as rain water dripping down the roof had left the rooms unfit for holding classes.
The local newsmen also saw some of the students sitting in the class rooms under umbrellas and plastic sheets.
The students say it is not a new phenomenon for them as whenever rains fall they have to face such problems, and in winter season most of the students fall ill. In such situation, almost all students leave the school before close unwillingly as they have no other option, they maintained.
Some students blasted the education department and the district administration for not taking any positive steps to redress their problems despite repeated demands. A teacher seeking anonymity regretted that almost a century-old school was not being taken care of properly. Earlier the school was under the administrative control of municipal committee till 1970 and latter it had been given under the control of district education department.
Another teacher also disclosed that he had been in the school since 1989 and had not witnessed any rehabilitation work in the school.
The school's Principal Muhammad Shamim Qureshi in his comments said that both teachers and students were in great trouble since long due to poor state of the school. Owing to the facts, the journalist and social community should extend their cooperation to redress it in the larger students interests, he argued.
When contacted the executive district officer (EDO) education Ansar Wazir Hydar, admitted that the Government M.C middle school's building the was in dilapidated condition. However, he claimed rehabilitation and renovation of the schools building had been approved by the district development committee and the work would be started soon after the completion of tender procedure and other formalities.
