The protest of girl students against closure of the Government Girls’ School is gaining support of the villagers with each passing day in Baloda development block.The protest entered the 29th day on Wednesday. The administration has merged the Girls Higher Secondary School of Gram Panchayat Shivni-Champa under Baloda developmental block with Boys Higher Secondary School. The girl students have been opposing the merger of their school.Though the new academic session began on June 16, the students have been boycotting classes since around a month.
As many as 920 students – 550 girls and 370 boys – are studying in the school. The admission process is still open and the number of students is expected to cross the 1000 mark.The sources said that the total number of teachers available in the school is 14 and in view of the number of students, total 16 class rooms are needed to accommodate the students. In class IX, there are 321 students which require at least 5 classes.Similarly, in class X there are 313 students which require 5 class rooms. In class XI, the number of students is 140 and in XII 147 students. They will require 3 class rooms each.