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191 Children's School in Maithili Thakur's Constituency: Roof Supported by Benches, Fear of Collapse.
- •191 children at Kiratpur Primary School in Darbhanga are forced to study in a dilapidated building, with a collapsed pillar propped up by benches, desks, and bricks.
- •A fifth-grade student, Radhika Kumari, expressed fear that the building might collapse at any moment.
- •Despite needing six rooms, the school has only two, one of which serves as an office, forcing multiple classes into a single room.
- •Firewood and cow dung cakes were found in the same room where children study, raising concerns about school maintenance and the learning environment.
- •The issue of the dilapidated Kiratpur Primary School building has been raised in the Assembly, and the process for a new building's construction has begun at the district level.
Key Questions Answered
Kiratpur Primary School is in an extremely dilapidated state with a collapsed pillar propped up by benches, desks, and bricks. The building suffers from peeling plaster, exposed reinforcement bars, leaking roofs during rain, and a severe shortage of classrooms, forcing 191 children to share just two rooms.
There are approximately 191 children enrolled in classes one to five, managed by 10 teachers. Due to having only two available rooms—one of which serves as an office—multiple classes are crammed into a single space or forced into the verandah.
The dire condition of the school has been reported to departmental officials, senior authorities, and raised in the Assembly. While villagers have staged protests over safety concerns, district-level steps to demolish the old structure and build a new one have begun, though a concrete timeline is not yet clear.
