IMPHAL, July 20 NNN : Poor pupils of a primary school in Imphal West district’s Lairenkabi Kadangban village have been deprived of education after the school teachers have stopped attending it, leaving them no other choice.
N Boby, pradhan, Kadangban Gram Panchayat, blamed the reason for shutting down of Atongkhuman Primary School on the teachers who have failed to turn up for daily lesson without giving any precise reason.
He said Atongkhuman Primary School, formerly a lower primary school, currently has 30 students, but they have not been seen in the school since one month after four assistant teachers remain absent from the school, the pradhan said.
Most of the children in the Kadangban area have to walk for about 8 km daily from home to attend other schools in the surrounding villages of Khumbong, Awang Khunou and Sagol Tongba, he said.
He said parents in the area do not want to send their wards to Atongkhuman Primary School because it is badly maintained and now it has been closed down due to absenteeism maintained by the teachers for all the wrong reasons.
Pradhan Boby while drawing the attention of the ZEO, Imphal West and the district SSA manager in this regard urged the officials to seriously dwell on the matter.
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