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Pimpri schools face staff, space and infrastructure shortages
Five schools are using the same building in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
More than 1,100 children study there.
Teachers say there are not enough classrooms or teachers.
Some classrooms, toilets, playground equipment, and smart boards are in poor condition.
Many students must share computers because only 13 are working for a class of 130.
Water comes only every other day, making toilet cleaning harder.
Teachers also said school supplies had not arrived after classes reopened.
A PCMC education officer said uniforms and other supplies would be provided within eight days.
She also promised to check the smart boards and sanitation problems.
Five school units share one building and enroll more than 1,100 students.
Thakare Secondary School has 13 teachers for 380 students, with science and mathematics vacancies.
Teachers report insufficient classrooms, damaged play equipment, waterlogging, and broken smart boards.
Only 13 computers serve 130 Class VIII students, while toilets and water supplies remain inadequate.
PCMC officials promised essential supplies within eight days and follow-up on sanitation and smart boards.
- Who
- More than 1,100 students, teachers, school administrators, and the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation education department.
- What
- Teachers reported chronic staffing shortages, overcrowding, inadequate sanitation, broken equipment, and other infrastructure problems across five school units.
- Where
- A three-storey school building in Shramik Nagar, Nigdi, in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
- When
- The problems were reported during the current academic year; schools reopened on June 15, and 10 teachers were deployed for Special Intensive Revision duty for at least two months.
- Why
- Teachers attributed the difficulties to insufficient staffing, limited classroom space, delayed maintenance, irregular water supply, and inadequate facilities.
Teachers' concerns
PCMC response
Staffing and teaching
Teachers' concerns
Teachers say vacancies, clerical duties, and the deployment of 10 of 13 teachers for Special Intensive Revision work are disrupting teaching and syllabus completion.
PCMC response
The article records no specific PCMC response on teacher or clerical staffing.
Facilities and maintenance
Teachers' concerns
Teachers report broken smart boards, insufficient classrooms, damaged play equipment, waterlogged grounds, and inadequate toilets and water.
PCMC response
The PCMC education officer said she would check the smart-board issue and coordinate with principals to ensure clean toilets.
Student supplies
Teachers' concerns
Teachers said students had not received uniforms, notebooks, sweaters, shoes, bags, water bottles, tiffins, or compass boxes after schools reopened.
PCMC response
Sangita Bangar said uniforms and other essential items would be provided within eight days and that the department was following up.
Key facts
- Schools sharing building
- Five school units operate from one three-storey building.
- Total enrollment
- More than 1,100 students study across the five units.
- Secondary staffing
- Thakare Secondary School has 13 teachers for 380 students and no full-time science or mathematics teacher.
- Classroom shortage
- Prabodhankar Thakare Vidya Mandir's secondary section has 380 students in eight classrooms and needs six more rooms.
- Digital equipment
- Eleven of 13 smart boards are reportedly non-functional, and only 13 computers work for 130 Class VIII students.
- Sanitation
- The building has four toilets for girls and eight for boys, while water reportedly arrives only on alternate days.
- Official response
- PCMC education officer Sangita Bangar said uniforms and other essential items would be provided within eight days and promised follow-up on smart boards and toilet cleanliness.
Quotes
An anonymous Thakare Secondary School teacher
A teacher at PCMC’s Thakare Secondary School in Nigdi
“Uniforms and other essential items would be provided within eight days, and we are following up on the issue. I’ll check about the smart board issue, and also coordinate with the respective principals of the schools to ensure clean toilets.”
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“There is also no lab assistant for the science, computer, STEM, tinkering or library sections.”
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