Khuturam Sunani is talking to a villager in Bolangir district of Odisha who says the school in his village was inaugurated by MLA in 2006 but because it is on forest land so the forest department is not allowing a school building to be built and children are forced to study under a tree. People have also not got the community land rights under Forest Rights Act which can inable them to make a school building. For more Khuturam ji can be reached at 09437657625

Khuturam Sunani from Nuapada district in Odisha is telling us about a school in a village called Shraddhapur where there are 142 students but only one para teacher. The villagers have been complaining to the authorities from last 6 months but nothing has moved. Now the villagers have put a lock on the school and are in the process of starting a school with the help of village volunteers. For more Khuturam ji can be reached at 09437657625

A caller from Madhya Pradesh says Govt here has a rule of student teacher ratio of 30 to 1. Normally in primary schools in rural area there are 30 to 50 students, so according to rule Govt appoints 2 teachers. But one teacher generally is always busy with some other Govt work so one teacher ends up teaching all the 5 classes. This rule should change and there should be teachers equivalent to number of classes in a school. For more the caller can be reached at 07566398330

Tapan Das from Nuapada district in Odisha says a drunk head teacher in a village in remote area has beaten up his students and students have gone on a strike. Students also went to complaint higher authorities. For more Tapan can be reached at 09437292871

Sudarshan Baid from Kanker district of Chhattisgarh says Rs 5 lakh was sanctioned for school building in his village in 2007. The work also got started but developed cracks due to bad quality. since then the school is functional on air and they move to a kutcha house in rains where there are many snakes and scorpions. People who worked on the school construction are yet to get paid their wages. For more details please contact Sudarshan Baid at 9406033089