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The Delhi High Court has reprimanded the Delhi government for the plight of government schools. The Delhi High Court said that it is very bad to run government schools in tin sheds even in 2025. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela told the Delhi government’s lawyer that how can you compete with private schools when you are running tin shed schools?
This serious issue came before the court when a civil rights NGO called Social Jurist filed a PIL and said that even today children in 3 government schools of the capital are forced to study in temporary classes made of tin sheds.
‘Classes are not at all suitable for studies’
According to the petition filed in the Delhi High Court, about 14 students are studying in these tin shed schools. These include Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Zeenat Mahal, Kamala Market, Government Girls Secondary School and Government Boys Secondary School, Ashok Nagar.
The petition states that these classes are not at all suitable for studies. Especially the case of Kamala Market is very worrying. There is neither ventilation, nor insulation nor temperature control facility in the classrooms here. The scorching heat and humidity in summers becomes unbearable for children.
Delhi High Court expressed displeasure at the government
Not only this, the temporary structure of the school is located near Ramlila Maidan, where there is a crowd every day. It is unsafe and inappropriate to study in such an environment. The bench of Chief Justice D.K. Vice President and Justice Tushar Rao of Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government and the Director of Education to file a reply in this matter.
The High Court, while hearing the case, expressed displeasure at the Delhi government and said that we are in 2025 and it is very shameful that the Delhi government is still running schools with tin sheds. There are no walls, no desks, no blackboards, both the safety and education of the children are at stake.
Children should be shifted to a permanent building – High Court
The Delhi High Court said that when the condition of your own school is like this, then how will you compete with private schools? In the petition filed in the High Court, it has been demanded that the children should be shifted to a permanent building for the time being and these temporary structures should be converted into permanent school buildings as soon as possible.
During the hearing of the case in the High Court, the petitioner also reminded that in July 2024 itself, the Delhi High Court had ordered the Education Department to provide desks, books, uniforms and other basic facilities in the schools within the stipulated time frame, but till now the situation remains the same.
The High Court will hold an important hearing of the case on September 17.
