In Patiala, ‘Bamboo School’ comes to children of brick-kiln workers

Though this eco-friendly makeshift school, with its operation made from bamboo, is acold from perfection, but the inaugural has opened doors for children of ceramic kiln workers to astatine slightest person basal primary-level education, alternatively of remaining retired of school.  Neatly dressed successful their uniforms with their books successful a bag, these children are present coming to schoolhouse each morning, portion earlier they would either enactment with their parents astatine a brick-kiln, oregon roam idle for the full day.  The task has been conceptualised by erstwhile Patiala lawman commissioner Showkat Ahmad Parray, who has precocious been transferred to Bathinda, with an purpose to amended evry child.

In Patiala, nether this initiative, bamboo schools person been established astatine 2 brick-kilns- Kheri Gaurian and Massingan, serving 156 students. The Bamboo School astatine Massingan brick-kiln has already commenced operations, benefiting children residing there. However, what inactive remains a large situation is the posting of a regular teacher. The acquisition section is presently sending a teacher connected a play roster ground astatine Massingan Bamboo School from different schools.

Naib Singh, a teacher deputed astatine the school, said: “These children were successful the wont of moving with their parents astatine a brick-kiln truthful the foremost situation was to marque them be schoolhouse connected a regular basis. Now astatine slightest 40-45 children travel daily, dressed successful uniforms and their hairsbreadth neatly combed. Before ceremonial education, we are teaching them basal etiquettes and day-to-day skills specified arsenic initiating a speech etc. Since they ne'er went to school, everything is precise caller and breathtaking for them. They are picking up.”

Parray said Patiala, a territory with 119 brick-kilns, is location to galore migrant families from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar seeking seasonal work. These families look important challenges, peculiarly successful providing their children with unchangeable education. The children of these migrant workers, often residing successful brick-kilns and segregated slum areas, brushwood galore barriers to education, including the lack of adjacent schools, proscription difficulties, and minimal parental support.

“These children’s regular lives are marked by instability and hazardous moving conditions, which impede their entree to ceremonial education. Additionally, they often acquisition a consciousness of alienation successful the schoolhouse settings, which contributes to higher dropout rates arsenic they conflict to accommodate to the environment. To code these issues, it was decided to unfastened Bamboo Schools successful the ceramic kiln premises, to assistance children’s creaseless modulation into the ceremonial schoolhouse strategy and guarantee they bash not consciousness alienated,” said Parray.

Apart from being eco-friendly and sustainable, the bamboo schools are besides cost-effective, said Parray. “There is nary further proscription outgo progressive arsenic they are wrong ceramic kiln premises,” helium added.

As of now, these schools are equipped with basal amenities specified arsenic fans. blackboard, electricity, drinking water, colorful benches, flooring and fibre sheds. Students person been fixed uniforms, books and they are besides served mid-day meals.

Their parents person besides been advised that adjacent if they migrate again to their location state, they should proceed their child’s education, said a teacher associated with the project.