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Barwani's Education Crisis: Dilapidated Schools Force Children to Study in Huts and Unsafe Buildings.
- •Government schools in Barwani district are in a deplorable state, with some operating in huts and others in dilapidated buildings.
- •In Doljar Amba, Pansemal tehsil, children are forced to sit on the bare ground in a hut to receive education.
- •The old school building in Tillikhet village has a damaged roof, posing a constant risk to children's safety.
- •In Bhami village, Rajpur tehsil, the middle school operates in a community building, while the anganwadi is in the dilapidated middle school building.
- •Collector Jayati Singh stated that new school buildings have been approved and construction is underway, with efforts to improve the education system.
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In Barwani district, many government schools lack proper buildings, operating instead in huts where children sit on the bare ground, or in dilapidated structures with rotting tin roofs that leak during the rainy season and pose safety risks.
In Bhami village, the middle school shifted to a community building after a tin shed replacement suffered damage from storms, while the anganwadi runs in the old building. In Palya village, teachers carried out repairs on the middle school and classes are held in additional rooms despite wall cracks.
Barwani Collector Jayati Singh stated that several new school buildings have been approved with construction underway, demands for building-less and dilapidated schools have been submitted to the government, and necessary repairs are planned.
