Exam in risky building, temporary shed

Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinees are taking the examinations under risk at a centre in Galachipa upazila of the district as the school building is badly damaged.

Five hundred and fifty-three examinees, including 210 girls, are taking part in the examinations at Charkazol High School centre, but the number of classrooms is not sufficient.

The school authorities set up two temporary sheds to accommodate the examinees, with 80 examinees in each. The sheds have tin roofs and cloth fence.

Headmaster Md Jamal Hossain said the old school building, which was built in 1960, is unfit for use due to lack of renovation, but 120 examinees are taking the examinations at risk in its four rooms.

The other 273 examinees are appearing in another building of the school, he added.

Jamal said they are worried as the examinations could be disrupted if it rains.

“We made such an arrangement as this is a remote area and there is no alternative centre nearby and it is 30km away from the Galachipa upazila headquarters,” he added.

Senior teacher of Char Agostee High School Abdul Motaleb Khan said 65 examinees of the school are taking the examinations under the temporary sheds.

Motaleb said examinees suffer a lot as the tin roof becomes very hot in the sun.

Secretary of the examination centre, also Headmaster of Char Biswas High School Md Nasir Uddin said they are worried as the building is in very bad shape and plaster often falls on the examinees.

Guardian Md Faruque Khan also expressed his fear as the children are taking the examinations in a risky building.

Galachipa Upazila Secondary Education Officer Md Golam Mostafa said around 5,000 examinees are taking part in five centres under the upazila, of which Charkazol school is the riskiest as the school building is badly damaged.