Garbage is burnt in school compound

The Zilla Parishad High School at Mylaram in Warangal mandal of Siddipet district offers its 148 students poorly maintained toilets. The school lacks proper facilities to cook mid-day meals.

“There is no staff to clean the premises. The government has handed over the responsibility of cleaning and maintenance to the gram panchayat, works happen irregularly. The cost for this is sometimes borne by my colleagues and I. We pitch in to pay the cleaning staff occasionally,” said school headmaster Tamala Bhaskar.

These issues are being were reported to the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) from time to time, he said. “The last bit of development this school witnessed was five years ago when the compound wall was fixed. As there are no gas cylinders, we're forced to use wood fire to cook food for our students. The funds issued by the government are not adequate to provide for all students," Bhaskar said.

The ZPHS in Raipole has dysfunctional toilets with broken doors and unhygienic hand wash areas. Many taps in the wash area are also broken. The MPPS in Kolgur of Gajwel mandal has no decent toilets for boys.

Garbage is burnt inside the premises of the school at Chandapur in Thoguta mandal. The ZPHS in the mandal has no decent toilets for girl students. There is no water connection to the school, due to which hand-pumped borewells are used to get water. Officials also fail to maintain the school premises.

At Tukkapur in the same mandal is an MPPS with broken toilets. The school is located next to a main road but has no compound wall, leaving the kids open to danger.