NEW DELHI: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court, addressing the issue of an incomplete school building that has adversely impacted the education and well-being of 8,000 students enrolled at the Delhi Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Mukundpur Village, Delhi.
According to the plea, funds have been allocated for the construction of additional school buildings in the premises of both the Government Girls Senior Secondary School and the Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Mukundpur Village. However, the necessary funds required to make the building functional have not been utilised, leaving the school inaccessible to students for over two and a half years.
The plea further contends that the actions of the Delhi Government’s Director of Education, in failing to provide an adequate number of classrooms and seating facilities for students, are deemed arbitrary, unjust, malafide, discriminatory, unethical, and anti-child. This purportedly violates the fundamental right to education, as guaranteed under Articles 14, 21, and 21-A of the Constitution of India.
Social Jurist, a Civil Rights Group through Advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumar Utkarsh stated that school premises of Government Girls Senior Secondary School have a total enrolment of 4290 students of classes VI to XII runs in the morning shift and Government Boys Senior Secondary School has a total enrolment of 3804 students of classes VI to XII runs in the evening shift.
Plea submitted that the premises have two operational school buildings having a total of 40 classrooms and a school building under construction having 28 classrooms. It was informed to him that 80 per cent of the work has been completed in an under-construction school building but for the past 2.5 years no work at all has been done. It was also informed to him that due to a shortage of classrooms, students of two sections are forced to sit in one classroom.
The plea further submitted that in one of the circulars issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools have been asked to rationalize student numbers for each class and maintain the strength in all sections up to 40, so that the student ratio is followed in letter and spirit. Therefore, it is an alarming situation to teach more than 100 students in one classroom when the classroom is constructed keeping in mind the strength of 48 students.
The plea also submitted that due to the shortage of classrooms and large numbers of students sitting in classrooms not only students’ education but their health is also being affected due to suffocation.
According to the plea, funds have been allocated for the construction of additional school buildings in the premises of both the Government Girls Senior Secondary School and the Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Mukundpur Village. However, the necessary funds required to make the building functional have not been utilised, leaving the school inaccessible to students for over two and a half years.
The plea further contends that the actions of the Delhi Government’s Director of Education, in failing to provide an adequate number of classrooms and seating facilities for students, are deemed arbitrary, unjust, malafide, discriminatory, unethical, and anti-child. This purportedly violates the fundamental right to education, as guaranteed under Articles 14, 21, and 21-A of the Constitution of India.
Social Jurist, a Civil Rights Group through Advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumar Utkarsh stated that school premises of Government Girls Senior Secondary School have a total enrolment of 4290 students of classes VI to XII runs in the morning shift and Government Boys Senior Secondary School has a total enrolment of 3804 students of classes VI to XII runs in the evening shift.
Plea submitted that the premises have two operational school buildings having a total of 40 classrooms and a school building under construction having 28 classrooms. It was informed to him that 80 per cent of the work has been completed in an under-construction school building but for the past 2.5 years no work at all has been done. It was also informed to him that due to a shortage of classrooms, students of two sections are forced to sit in one classroom.
The plea further submitted that in one of the circulars issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools have been asked to rationalize student numbers for each class and maintain the strength in all sections up to 40, so that the student ratio is followed in letter and spirit. Therefore, it is an alarming situation to teach more than 100 students in one classroom when the classroom is constructed keeping in mind the strength of 48 students.
The plea also submitted that due to the shortage of classrooms and large numbers of students sitting in classrooms not only students’ education but their health is also being affected due to suffocation.
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