Submit plan on Sonia Vihar students’ education, government told

NEW DELHI: With children studying in corridors and two different classes running in one classroom of a school in Sonia Vihar, the Delhi High Court has told the Delhi

NEW DELHI: With children studying in corridors and two different classes running in one classroom of a school in Sonia Vihar, the Delhi High Court has told the Delhi government to come up with a plan which does not compromise on the students’ quality of education.

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The high court issued an order to the principal secretary (education) to lay out a plan to shift students to other schools in the area and has directed the government to file a report on the plan by October 21.

The Government Girls/Boys Senior Secondary School in Sonia Vihar runs in two shifts. The morning shift for girls has a total 4,529 students and the boys shift has 3,190 students.

There are 41 rooms in the school, out of which some are utilised for administrative purposes, which leaves with at least 100 students in one classroom. Twenty-two under-construction rooms will be ready in the next 6 to 7 months.

HT had on July 17 reported about the Government Girls/Boys Senior Secondary School in Sonia Vihar, north-east Delhi being in a dismal state.

“The court has observed that despite the construction of new rooms, it will not be enough to fit the number of students enrolled in the school. That is the reason the court has asked the government to come out with a plan. They have also been asked to examine the possibility of plying school buses to transport student from Sonia Vihar to adjoining schools,” said Khagesh Jha, a lawyer and member of NGO Social Jurist.