On Wednesday, a unique protest took place at Telangana’s Chinna Shankarampet village in Medak district. The government school teachers came to the school wearing helmets on their head.
The reason behind the move was not to spread awareness of road safety but to spread awareness of head safety against the falling of the objects from the roof of the building.
The teachers have already made a complaint that the building of the Zilla Parishad High School was in a shabby condition which made them participate in the protest. The school teaches students from Class 6 to Class 10 only.
“The building is very old, and the problems were happening year after year. Whenever it rains, the school either has to declare a holiday or have to make alternate arrangements. We have approached the local MLA for funds, and we were assured that they would be sanctioned soon,” Shankarampet Sarpanch, S.S. Kumar Goud said.
While the building was already falling to pieces, the rains that lashed across the State for the past 2 days have made things even worse. The teachers planned to protest after an object fell on one of the teachers, which led to an injury.
“There are 664 students studying in the school, out of which 443 are boys and 219 are girls. Despite this, there aren’t even proper toilets for the children. Last year, when authorities came for inspection, I had made a request and they had called for tenders. However, contractors did not come forward, stating that it was a very small budget project,” Ramesh, the headmaster of the school said.
“Whatever the reason maybe, it is the children who are suffering. I have even notified the District Educational Officer (DEO) about the incident. We have been suffering for three years, and hope that the issue gets resolved this year,” he added.
