Port Blair, Apr 11: On receipt of a complaint from the parents of the students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Chouldari, South Andaman Mrs. Pramila Kumari, Zila Parishad President and Member UT Commission for Protection of Child Rights along with Mrs. Sampa Banerjee, BJP State President, Mahila Morcha A&N Islands visited the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,Chouldari address the problems.
After that, they met Dr. Subhash Sarkar, Union Minister of State for Education, GoI and submitted the proposal.
Navodaya Vidyalaya in Chouldari was inaugurated in 2017 by making a makeshift arrangement of utilizing the existing Government Primary School, Chouldari with the capacity of 25 students for VIth Standard only. The Administration had assured to complete the new building within 3years.
In the year 2018, the Navodaya Samiti sanctioned 7.5 crores to APWD for the construction of the building. In March 2020 a proposal was there for 20 lakhs through MPLAD for two accommodations but due to COVID, the fund was diverted.
However, even after 5 Years, no building for Navodaya has been constructed. The school is still running in the Primary school Chouldari but according to the promotion of students, classes are updated up to Xth std. the residential accommodation and school are running in the same building.
Due shortage of infrastructure, VIth and VIIth std students are asked to stay at home and study online which has become difficult as the students belong to rural areas. Passed out students of class Xth are asked to take admission in another school
They requested the Minister for early construction of the school building and till the new building is constructed, the District Library building in front of the Navodaya School could be used to accommodate class VI and VII students as an interim measure.
