SAMBALPUR/DEOGARH: The Maoists attacks and activities belie their claims - fighting for the cause of the poor and tribal people. In fact, it is the young school-going children of the Maoist-infested Sambalpur and Deogarh districts, who are bearing the brunt of the Red attacks. The fear resulting from violence and bloodshed has virtually crumbled the education system in Sambalpur and Deogarh districts. With teachers and even administrative staff preferring to stay away from the Maoist-infested areas, the Kenadhipa High School is managing with just three teachers against the required eight. Established in 1969 in Jamankira block, the school now has on its rolls 35 students in Class X, 16 in Class IX and 25 in Class VIII. Despite the regular enrolments, little has been done by authorities concerned to repair the school building. While the tiled roof is missing at places, walls have developed cracks and rain leads to suspension of the classes. Moreover, the school neither has electricity nor drinking water facility, no toilet either, not to think of a boundary wall. Repeated demands by the district administration to draw the attention of the authorities concerned has failed to evoke any response. The fate of Lulang Upgraded High School in Lulang gram panchayat of the Maoist-infested Riamal block of Deogarh district is even more deplorable. The school has on its rolls 113 students but without any teacher for the last three years. This, even as the school caters to children of 15 tribal-inhabited villages with a population of more than 3,000. After being upgraded in 2008 and merged with Lulang Upper Primary School, it was deprived of teachers. The lone regular teacher of the primary school besides three Gana Sikhyaks and three Sikhya Sahayaks teach the students of the high school, who, according to sources, do not have the required qualification or experience.
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