Officials to now check for weak school buildings

Coimbatore: A day after three students of a private school were killed in a wall collapse in Tirunelveli, district chief education officer N Geetha on Saturday said the process to identify weak school buildings in the region would begin on Monday. After the tragic incident, the state government had directed the school education department to ensure the safety of school children. The officer said headmasters have started sending pictures of school buildings as a documentary evidence of their condition. According to Geetha, All the government and aided schools will be inspected in the next few days to identify weak buildings that are not suitable for use.

Senior school education department officials said they had identified 550 weak classroom and toilet buildings in the government and aided schools in September this year. The official said the annual allocation of funds made by the state government for restoration/construction of new buildings and toilets in the schools was not enough.


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