Children in govt. residential schools not getting facilities

Updated on: Monday, December 05, 2011

The chairperson of Maharashtra Child Rights Protection Commission has observed after a two-day inspection tour through the district that standard of education at some ashram-shalas (residential schools for tribal/rural children) was so low that even std 7th students were unable to read.

Further, teachers in some schools were found to be getting as little as Rs 15 per class, said advocate Meenakshi Jaiswal, the chairperson of the Commission.

Government provides grants to such schools.

In some such schools for girls, she noted, there was no lady warden.

Jaiswal had a meeting with district officials, a government release said.

Jaiswal also expressed concern about instances of abuse of mentally retarded children in government-aided institutions, and asked the officials to make routine visits.

Despite the government providing funds, she said, in many places children were not getting proper diet, medical facilities, etc.

Children in govt. residential schools not getting facilities

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