Nalgonda Government School Students Forced to Study in Corridors and Outdoor Stages

A severe shortage of classrooms in government schools across Nalgonda district, including facilities in Namapuram, Namavaram, and Gurrampode, has forced teachers to conduct lessons in corridors, shared offices, and outdoor stages. The ongoing space constraints have disrupted student learning, with the situation becoming particularly difficult for teachers and students during rainy days.

At the Zilla Parishad High School in Namapuram of Gattuppal mandal, the school operates with only four rooms, which includes the office. Currently, one room is being used simultaneously as an office, staff room, library, and computer lab. Although the school received five computers, only two are in use because of the lack of space, and eight teachers are compelled to use the same crowded room as there is no staff room.

With no adequate classrooms available at the Namapuram school, Class VII students are taught in the corridor, while Class VIII classes are held on a roofed stage on the school premises. Headmaster Sumathi stated that teachers are left with no option but to conduct classes in the corridors and on the outdoor dais under these crowded conditions.

A similar situation is occurring at the primary school in Namavaram, where Classes I and II are conducted inside the office room due to the lack of classrooms, which school officials note affects the students' attention.

At a government school in Gurrampode, multiple classes from Standards I to IV are conducted together in a single room, while a roofed porch is also utilized as a classroom. This practice has severely impacted enrolment at the school, with the student strength dropping from 100 to 30 over the past five years.

Bommanaboina Nagarjuna, the BRSV state general secretary, stated that around 30 government schools in the district are currently facing classroom shortages. Nagarjuna alleged that the failure of successive governments to construct additional classrooms has affected the quality of education, prompting parents to shift their children to private schools.

Efforts to contact Nalgonda District Education Officer P. Suseender Rao regarding the classroom shortages did not elicit a response.