Lack of infrastructure in schools decried

KHARAR, July 12: The mushrooming of public schools, lacking even basic facilities such as playgrounds, libraries and laboratories, in this a...

KHARAR, July 12: The mushrooming of public schools, lacking even basic facilities such as playgrounds, libraries and laboratories, in this area, has caused widespread resentment among the residents.

Most of these institutions, including some high and senior secondary schools, are being run from two- or three-room houses and are owned by individuals with poor academic background.

The monthly fee varies from Rs 100 to Rs 300, and the charges include library and stationery funds. The annual collection of building fund and charging of admission fee from new as well as old students is the prime cause of resentment. In most schools, the stationery items including textbooks and note books are sold to students by the school management, earning them huge profits in the form of commissions.

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The teachers, some of whom are just matriculates, are paid meagre salaries, ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000.

An overwhelming majority of these schools is not even recognised by the Punjab School Education Board. Initially restricted to urban areas, such schools are now coming up even in the rural areas.

Representatives of various social and political organisations here have demanded a framing of legislation for the proper running of such schools.

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