The Kendriya Vidyalaya in Motihari. Picture by Ajit Kumar Verma

A plot earmarked for Motihari Kendriya Vidyalaya about three years ago has not been transferred to the school administration allegedly because of state apathy.

The school’s infrastructure is in a miserable condition. The proposal to transfer five acres at Majuraha in suburban Motihari was sent to the department of revenue and land reforms by the commissioner of Tirhut division, S.N. Raju, through a letter on July 1, 2010, but nothing has been done so far.

The collector of East Champaran sent the last letter in this regard to the principal secretary of revenue and land reforms department on October 13, 2012, but that too failed to draw the attention of the state government.

Hundreds of students have been denied admission to this Union government school for want of more seats as the existing building has limited infrastructure. Asked about the inconvenience faced owing to inordinate delay in transfer of land, East Champaran district magistrate Vinay Kumar told The Telegraph: “I have asked the additional collector to take up the matter on a priority basis and pursue the same till the land is transferred.”

Revenue and land reforms principal secretary department, C. Ashok Vardhan, said: “About four or five months ago, we had sent a letter to the education department seeking direction for a proper order to transfer the land. The matter would be solved as soon as the direction comes.”

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has not accorded Plus Two affiliation to the school for want of building and accommodation facilities for students. In fact, admission to Class I was stopped before pressure from local residents forced the school administration to reopen it.

The school came into existence in 2003 at Nehru Stadium in Motihari, but because of single-section facility, the number of students was limited. The school got an additional building with 10 rooms in 2005-06 from the local area development fund of Akhilesh Prasad Singh after he became MP in 2004. This prevented the school from closing down. Soon after this school started, Radha Mohan Singh, the local MP at that time, appealed to the Union human resource development minister for a separate building for the school as it was functioning at the Nehru Stadium under an ad hoc arrangement made by the KVS and the district administration.

According to school principal-in-charge, R.K. Mishra, the present situation has demoralised the teachers. He said the school could not get any permanent principal in the past four years and has been managed only by principals-in-charge after B.K. Tewari retired on July 31, 2009. Moreover, out of 16 posts of sanctioned teachers, only 12 are permanent while seven are contractual.

“Kendriya Vidyalaya in Motihari is the result of my endeavours in view of the growing demand for this school among students and teachers, but it is sad that the land which was earmarked for the purpose over three years ago is yet to be transferred. I will take up this matter again,” said former MP Radha Mohan Singh.