Despite accidents due to falling plaster and beams, students are attending classes at 16,106 risky buildings in the capital and across the country.
Students are taking classes in another 39,614 ramshackle buildings.
However, the ministry of primary education and mass education has said that high risk buildings have been declared abandoned. To improve the condition of other buildings, construction work is underway under the PDP-4 and through Local Government and Engineering Department, LGED.
This year, while classes were on at the Amtali Primary School in Borguna, a student died after plaster and beam fell on her.
Following the tragedy, primary and mass education ministry ordered an updated list of dilapidated buildings. It also issued an order to stop classes at risky buildings.
As per information, the Mohammadpur Government Primary School is among the list of risky buildings; of its three buildings, the old number one building is in a decrepit state.
Headmaster of the school, Mizanur Rahman, said: “The school has a total of 701 students; around 100 students attend classes in the risky buildings; there is talk of demolishing the old buildings to construct new ones though we do not know when that will happen.”
Ministry of primary and mass education, says: “A project has been taken to improve and fix primary school buildings all over the country; three schools will be constructed in Uttara and 11 at Purbachal.”
Of the 342 schools, 2,975 rooms will be constructed for 145 institutions while 1,177 rooms will be made more attractive.
The plan also includes creating children friendly education environment for 200,000 students and steps to help children develop mental faculties.
Joint secretary of primary and mass education, (schools), Mahbubur Rahman, said: “Under Primary Education Development Plan, PDP-3, several buildings were fixed and work is underway under PDP-4. But the next four years will be needed to finish the work.”
He also said that an agreement has been struck with LGED and the work is happening gradually.