Kongchairi Para Primary School was established in 1967 while it was nationalised in 1973, District Primary Education Office (DPEO) sources said.

However, none took any initiative to rebuild the school even after 40 years of its establishment.

Over 200 children of five villages belonging to three indigenous communities read in the school. The communities are Chakma, Marma and Tripura. But the school children are being deprived of quality education.

Local people call it a school of the winter season.

Fearing collapse, the school remains closed in the rainy season because the classrooms are open and the roof of the school broke down long ago.

Both the teachers and students do not attend their classes in the rainy season. All feel insecure to go to school at that season.

During a visit to the school, this correspondent saw the dilapidated structure of the school where the children were studying at risk. The classrooms lack doors and windows while the school atmosphere is not at all congenial to education.

The correspondent saw four teachers in the school. The headmistress is Kohinur Begum while the assistant teachers are Kahalasai Marma, Mathin Marma and Mrashangue Marma. Although they showed negligence in their duties, but they never failed to draw their salaries every month.

'If we see any cloud or sign of storm, at once we leave our school', said Herohita Chakma, a student of Class Five. He said most of the teachers did not come to school regularly. Local people including guardians have claimed that no government official ever visited the school.

On contact, the headmistress said she had written to the higher authorities on several occasions narrating the plight of the school children but the authorities concerned did not pay heed to her appeal.

Mongshi Prue Marma, president of the school managing committee said the higher authorities do not pay heed to their appeal because they belong to poor indigenous communities.

'We need a school building for establishment of our children in society through proper education,' he said.

When asked for comments, DPEO Shakhwat Hossain declined to give his comments although he admitted the reality.

On contact, Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) chairman Monindra Lal Tripura said they have taken a plan for construction of a pucca building. The work will start after the month of September, he said.