Students attend a class inside a dark and
dilapidated classroom of Islamia UP Government Primary School on Bongram
Road in Sutrapur of Old Dhaka. Classes are held only on the first floor
of the three-storey ramshackle building. Primary and Mass Education
Minister Mustafizur Rahman visited the school yesterday and said its
repair would begin soon. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Amran
Hossain
At first glance, it looks like the entrance of a tunnel.
If you walk in, you will find yourself in an eerily dark passageway. Two bulbs, hanging from the ceiling, can hardly light up the passageway. At the end of it, you will find a staircase that leads to the first floor of a building.
The floor is dark, and the air smells of damp walls. Plasters on the walls and the ceiling are falling off at places.
Though it seems unbelievable, this is a government primary school on Bongram Road in Old Dhaka.
Islamia UP Government Primary School in Sutrapur now has only four usable rooms on the first floor for its 51 students as the rest have become unusable since long.
"Rainwater drips from the ceiling, and plasters often fall off. We feel frightened while attending classes," said Anaf, a class-five student at the school.
During the rainy season, they find it difficult to stay in the classrooms, he said.
"When it rains heavily, our teachers sometimes ask us to go home," said Anaf.
Another student, Faruk, said he got scared whenever he walked through the dimly lit entrance of the school.
Teachers at the school said they were having difficulties in holding classes in the dilapidated building.
"The situation took a turn for the worse after the recent earthquake [in April]. We remain in constant fear," said Fatema Sayeda, an assistant teacher.
The number of students at the school has dwindled over the last two decades due to its appalling condition. The school now has 51 students and only four teachers
If you walk in, you will find yourself in an eerily dark passageway. Two bulbs, hanging from the ceiling, can hardly light up the passageway. At the end of it, you will find a staircase that leads to the first floor of a building.
The floor is dark, and the air smells of damp walls. Plasters on the walls and the ceiling are falling off at places.
Though it seems unbelievable, this is a government primary school on Bongram Road in Old Dhaka.
Islamia UP Government Primary School in Sutrapur now has only four usable rooms on the first floor for its 51 students as the rest have become unusable since long.
"Rainwater drips from the ceiling, and plasters often fall off. We feel frightened while attending classes," said Anaf, a class-five student at the school.
During the rainy season, they find it difficult to stay in the classrooms, he said.
Another student, Faruk, said he got scared whenever he walked through the dimly lit entrance of the school.
Teachers at the school said they were having difficulties in holding classes in the dilapidated building.
"The situation took a turn for the worse after the recent earthquake [in April]. We remain in constant fear," said Fatema Sayeda, an assistant teacher.
The number of students at the school has dwindled over the last two decades due to its appalling condition. The school now has 51 students and only four teachers
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