‘Look what election and voters did to my school’
CHENNAI: A video of a little girl, a student of a government school in Chennai, asking some sharp and pertinent questions about the condition of her school after the conclusion of the polling for the Parliamentary polls in Tamil Nadu on Friday, has gone viral online, making many to sit up and take notice of the damage to schools that are chosen as polling stations.
Several government and aided schools have sustained damage to their infrastructure after the polling, and the school managements and teachers are tending to the repair works. The situation has understandably vexed the teachers who just finished election duty. What was different this time was students sharing their anger regarding the plight of the schools. In the video circulating on social media, a Chennai primary school student is seen criticising those who decided to use her school for the polling and those who came to cast votes. After showing the condition of the school, she says in the video: “This is the plight of my school after the election on Friday. The garbage and leftover food packets are left untended and the furniture is broken.”
Commenting on this, a teacher said this was the condition of most schools after elections are over. “Those responsible for monitoring the voting process should have held accountable those who damage school properties and litter.”
A a retired principal of a Chennai Corporation school asked: “As we are fulfilling our democratic duty by casting votes, isn’t it imperative that we should also be conscious of the premises and be mindful to keep it clean.”