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Santa Chervil School on verge of closure
Factors like inclination towards corporate schools, lack of interest among people’s representatives and absence of an elected body for the corporation since 2011 brought down the student strength in this school from 300 plus to 30. Presently, there are only two teachers who are taking care of 30 students from class I to V.
Kakinada: The five-decade-old Municipal Corporation School, popularly known as the Santa Chervil School in the heart of the Kakinada city adjacent to market tank, is on the verge of extinction. Dilapidated classrooms are now being used as a place for dumping waste by local residents and traders.
Factors like inclination towards corporate schools, lack of interest among people’s representatives and absence of an elected body for the corporation since 2011 brought down the student strength in this school from 300 plus to 30. Presently, there are only two teachers who are taking care of 30 students from class I to V.
Such a sharp fall is said to have forced the authorities of the Education Department to confine the school activity to elementary level from the upper primary school level.
Former municipal corporator and social activist D Ramana Raju observed that lack of proper care by the government diminished the rich image of the school. The dilapidated condition of the structure owes allegiance to the lacklustre performance of the concerned authority.
Teachers union UTF State Audit Committee member and former East Godavari unit general secretary K Sati Raju observed that the State government’s growing interest in corporate education leads to the gradual destruction of the government sector education across the State.
When contacted, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Tadi Subba Rao said that three local schools were merged with this school because of lack of students.
Still the number remained only 30. Mid-day meal was regularly given to the students, he said. The DI added that the recent upgradation of two Municipal Corporation schools at Ragampeta and Tilak Street to English medium prompted the parents to shift their wards from the Santa Chervil School to those schools which resulted in sharp fall.
While commenting on the poor infrastructure of the school, he said that the State government had nothing to do with this issue as it was the responsibility of the municipal corporation.
