Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Kotalagaruvu Students Set to Move Into Permanent School Building
Students at Kotalagaruvu MPPS have not had a proper school building for several years.
Their teacher, Kottagulli Ganesh Kumar, travels nearly 40 kilometres to teach them.
The children sometimes studied in villagers’ verandahs or in a small classroom made from mud and tin sheets.
Strong winds and rain often made these temporary classrooms difficult to use.
The school has about 28 students, including 18 girls.
The students also did not have separate toilets.
Neurosurgeon Jammu Kodandaram visited the school and decided to help.
He is paying for a concrete building, toilets, furniture and learning materials.
The new school is expected to be ready in one or two months.
About 28 students at Kotalagaruvu MPPS have been studying without a permanent school building.
Teacher Kottagulli Ganesh Kumar travels nearly 40 kilometres through hilly terrain to reach the school.
Temporary classrooms made from villagers’ verandahs, mud and tin sheets offered little protection from weather.
Neurosurgeon Jammu Kodandaram is funding a new campus, washrooms, furniture and learning materials.
The roughly Rs.7 lakh building is expected to be completed within one or two months.
- Who
- About 28 students, teacher Kottagulli Ganesh Kumar and donor Jammu Kodandaram are central to the report.
- What
- A donor is constructing a permanent school campus with toilets, furniture and learning materials for Kotalagaruvu MPPS.
- When
- Construction is underway and is expected to finish in one or two months.
- Where
- Kotalagaruvu village in G. Madugula mandal, Alluri Sitarama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- The students had been studying in temporary premises without adequate protection, basic infrastructure or toilets.
- School
- Kotalagaruvu MPPS
- Students
- About 28, including 18 girls
- Teacher
- Kottagulli Ganesh Kumar, a Secondary Grade Teacher
- Travel distance
- Nearly 40 kilometres from Paderu to the school
- Donor
- Jammu Kodandaram, a neurosurgeon based in Rajamahendravaram
- Estimated cost
- Roughly Rs.7 lakh
- Expected completion
- Within one or two months