Girls’ toilet without door, CJM livid

Tribune News Service

Panipat, January 21

Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-General Secretary, DLSA, Mohit Aggarwal, has raised questions over the security of girl students at Government Middle School (GMS) at Dumiana village in Madlauda of the district. He has written a letter to the district authorities to improve infrastructure facilities at the school to ensure safety of students. The Chief Judicial Magistrate had inspected the school last week during a legal awareness camp.

In his report, the Chief Judicial Magistratepointed out that the girls’ toilet, built adjacent to that for boys, had no doors. He said that there was no boundary wall outside the toilet area and the girl students felt unsafe on using the facility. The work to build new toilets was stopped a year ago.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate clearly stated that the Education Department and the district administration had not shown any interest in ensuring safety of the girl students.

He also pointed out the dilapidated condition of the school building on account on substandard material used in its construction in 2008.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate stated that the students were made to sit on floors in classrooms without broken doors and windows. The school also faces shortage of teaching staff. Teachers said they had to take joint classes in the absence of staff.