Voice your rights: Class 3 girl requests PM Modi to ‘build her school,’ renovation
Seerat Naaz, a Class 3 student, had recorded a video appealing to PM Modi to consider fixing the dilapidated condition of her school a week ago. The video went viral on social media as it was widely circulated.
Now, the Jammu and Kashmir administration started work to give it a facelift. The video which went viral last week prompted Director of School Education, Jammu, Ravi Shankar Sharma to visit the government school in the remote Lohai-Malhar block.
Speaking about the dilapidated condition of the school, Naaz said students are forced to sit on the dirty floors, which often stain their uniforms. She also highlighted the bad condition of the toilets, problems of open defecation and the unfinished construction work of the building.
“You listen to the entire nation, please listen to me as well and build a nice school for us so that we can continue our education and not get scolded by our mothers for getting our uniforms dirty,” the girl said in her passionate appeal to the prime minister.
Taking note of the video clip, the Jammu and Kashmir administration immediately swung into action to give the school a facelift.
“A project worth ₹ 91 lakh was sanctioned to upgrade the school on modern lines but the work was stalled due to some issue related to administrative approval. It has now been sorted out and the work is underway,” Sharma said after visiting the school.
“We have also started constructing 1,000 new kindergartens in all districts of Jammu province, and in the next three to four years, we will be able to ensure the construction of 250 kindergartens in each of the 10 districts (in Jammu province),” he added.
Naaz, who aspires to be an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, expressed her happiness, saying she was glad that her video helped her school to get a facelift.
Villagers are also cheerful about the renovation of the school and expressed hopes that it will be developed on modern lines like schools in urban areas.
