The recently inaugurated School of Eminence (SOE) in Kidwai Nagar may have a new 40-classroom campus, but several of its key facilities remain unused, with its chemistry, physics and biology laboratories still without equipment.
The school currently has only four interactive panels. Running the school from two separate buildings has also resulted in the division of staff. The sanctioned post of a sweeper remains vacant, while a sweeper hired from the school’s own funds is mostly deployed on the old campus. “She visits this school on some days as well, but we have requested the local MLA for another sweeper.
The mid-day meal hall is also lying vacant as students of Classes 6 to 8 are yet to be shifted from the old government school’s division 3 building. Since the mid-day meal scheme covers students only up to Class 8, the facility cannot be put to its intended use until these students are moved to the new campus. The school was inaugurated by chief minister Bhagwant Mann on August 2 after repeated delays and missed deadlines. Kaur said the school has demanded 10 additional panels from the department to meet the requirements of the campus.
We are hopeful that the additional one will be provided soon” Kaur said.
