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For three months now, government schools in Haryana’s Karnal district have not received funds for the mid-day meal scheme, forcing teachers to spend from their own pocket or purchase ration on credit to feed the children.
With no recruitment of cleaning staff in the past several years, a majority of government schools in the district are grappling with the shortage of sweepers. Teachers have no choice but to hire sweepers and pay from their own pockets.
Government schools in the district are grappling with lack of desks, owing to which students have to sit on the floor to take their classes.
Three and a half months after the commencement of the academic session, hundreds of students of government schools in the district continue to suffer in the absence of textbooks.
Amid the claims of the state government of converting government schools into smart ones, a government primary school in Karnal is yet to get its own building.