Few days after a video of class 3 student making an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure basic facilities at her school in Kathua district went viral, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has started work to improve the school's infrastructure.
"Assalamu Alaikum Modiji. Kaise ho aap…aap sab ki baat suntey ho, meri bhi baat suno (Hello, Modiji. How are you? You listen to everyone, please listen to me also)," Seerat Naaz said in the four-minute video appeal to the Prime Minister.
She further spoke about the poor construction work of the school building, bad condition of the toilets and problems of open defecation
“You listen to the entire nation, please listen to me as well and build a nice school for us so that we can continue our education and not get scolded by our mothers for getting our uniforms dirty."
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Immediately after the appeal of the girl went viral, Director of School Education, Jammu, Ravi Shankar Sharma to visit the government school located in the remote Lohai-Malhar block.
“A project worth Rs 91 lakh was sanctioned to upgrade the school on modern lines, but the work was stalled due to some issue related to administrative approval. It has now been sorted out, and the work is underway,” Ravi Shankar Sharma was quoted as saying by the news agency PTI.
“We have also started constructing 1,000 new kindergartens in all districts of Jammu province, and in the next three to four years, we will be able to ensure the construction of 250 kindergartens in each of the 10 districts (in Jammu province),” he added.
Naaz, who aspires to be an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, said she had made a video and she is happy that her message has received a positive response.