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YET TO BE USED: The additional classrooms constructed at the Government Higher Secondary School in Manamathy near Uthiramerur in 2005. KANCHEEPURAM: Additional classroom buildings, constructed at several schools recently, especially in rural areas, are reportedly remaining unused. These classrooms have been constructed with funds released from the Local Area Development (LAD) Funds of MLAs and MPs of the respective areas. General ruleEnquiries reveal that the general rule of one classroom for 40 students was adopted to consider any proposal or demand for construction of additional buildings in schools. Normally these buildings are constructed at the cost of Rs.4 to Rs.5 lakhs, depending on the number of classrooms required. Additional buildings are sanctioned purely on students’ strength and age of other buildings in the precincts. Further, repairing of existing buildings is not generally encouraged for utilising funds released from the MP or MLA LAD Funds, sources said. For instance, an additional building, encompassing two classrooms, constructed with funds released from the MLA LAD Funds, was inaugurated at a government school in Uthiramerur taluk recently. At the same time, a building adjacent to the new one in the school seems not to have been used by the authorities for quite some time. All three classrooms in the barely three-year-old building, constructed in 2005, are remaining locked. Apart from this, only one classroom out of three classrooms in another additional building, constructed in 2001-02 in the same school, is being used to conduct classes for the pupils. Similarly, a two-classroom building, constructed at a school run by a local body in Kancheepuram panchayat union and inaugurated recently, is yet to be thrown open for conducting classes. Converted into HM roomIn some of the schools, classrooms have been converted into headmaster’s room or office or as restroom for teachers. Sitting on the floorWhile construction of additional buildings is taken up periodically by the Education department, in some of the schools, especially in rural areas, these buildings lack proper basic facilities such as tables, chairs, electrical wiring etc. Therefore, students have no other option but to sit on the floor and sweat it out during sunny days.
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