The Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) at Khariar of Nuapada district has decided to not to take new students in the session of 2015-16. The KV Principal has informed that the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), New Delhi has directed to discontinue admission of new students from the next session because the district administration could not allot a suitable land to the school for construction of its own campus.
However, the district administration as well as the public of Khariar rebuff this allegation and hold the team sent by the KVS responsible for the present deadlock. The Khariar KV, which was started in the year 2009-10, is presently running in the buildings of Raja AT High School. The district administration selected a site of four hectares on the outskirt of the town and sent the proposal to the KVS. “It will be an appropriate site for construction of KV campus because the campuses of Model School and Industrial Training Institute are also under construction in the neighbouring plots,” said the Khariar Tehsildar.
But KVS Assistant Commissioner, PBS Usha and Deputy Commissioner, SS Rawat of Regional Office at Raipur, who visited the site on Thursday last, straight away rejected the proposal claiming that the site is a burial ground. “When there is no such mention in official records, we don’t understand why they are claiming that it is a burial ground,” wondered educationist Dr Fanindam Deo, who visited the site with the team. “The way they took the decision abruptly revealed that,they had come with a preconceived notion to reject the proposal,” he added.
District Collector Jaykumar V said he was not even informed about the arrival of the team for site selection. “It is the only site available near the town, and we feel it is suitable,” said the Collector. “Claiming that the entire site is a burial ground is ridiculous,” he added. The parents of students of the Khariar KV at a meeting have expressed resentment over the decision of the team.