Now, Rewari girls on dharna demanding teachers at school
ROHTAK: Girl students of Government Senior Secondary School at Gothera Thappa Dahina village of Rewari district once again sat on dharna on Monday, demanding teachers at the recently upgraded school.
The Haryana government had on May 17 upgraded the high school to senior secondary after many girl students sat on a hunger strike for eight days.
The girls had complained that they had to face molestation while going to school in neighbouring village and demanded the high school in their own village be upgraded to senior secondary. Under fire due to girls’ hunger strike, the government had flouted norms in upgrading the school. However, the girls now complained there are no teachers to teach them. “When the school was till Class 10, there were eight teachers against vacancy of 21. Now, that the school is till Class 12, the number has come down to four rather than increasing,” Suresh Chauhan, the sarpanch of the village said and added that there are no teachers for Class 11 and 12.
The girls deferred their protest after two hours on assurance of district administration, who said teachers will be deployed in the school by July 27. “We will sit on the dharna again on July 28 if teachers are not deployed. “Last year, 50% students failed in this school due to shortage of teachers,” said a protesting girl.
The village sarpanch has also demanded to replace the deployed teachers alleging they waste time in smoking ‘beedis’ and playing cards in school time.
GOVT IN MAY UPGRADED THE SCHOOL TO SENIOR SECONDARY AFTER MANY GIRL STUDENTS SAT ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR EIGHT DAYS