The State Congress has raised serious concerns over the deteriorating condition of Government schools located just a short distance from the State capital, alleging gross negligence by the ruling Government towards the education sector. Sharing a ground report video on social media, Congress State spokesperson Awanish Singh exposed the alarming state of school infrastructure in villages merely 20 kilometers from Bhopal. The video documents broken walls, cracked ceilings, and an overall unsafe learning environment for students - conditions that the Congress claims are symbolic of Government’s misplaced priorities.

 

The video features a Government primary school located in Chichli, where buildings look unhabitable. However, the same video shows a child and a female in one of the buildings showing that the school is still being run with the condition of the school being deplorable. “The video does not just show the cracks in the school buildings, it reveals the cracks in the Government’s intentions,” said Mukesh Nayak, Senior Congress leader, while sharing the footage on social platform X (formerly Twitter). Nayak added, “If this is the state of schools so close to the capital, one can only imagine the condition of schools in remote areas. Education clearly is not on this Government’s priority list.”

 

The Congress party has demanded immediate action to address the infrastructural decay, calling for a comprehensive audit of Government schools across the State and urgent allocation of funds for repair and rebuilding. They have also urged the Education Department to take cognizance of the situation before it endangers the lives of students and staff. As the State Government continues to promote educational schemes and distribute bicycles and laptops to students, the Congress has questioned whether these initiatives can truly succeed if the very buildings meant for learning are unsafe and neglected.