NGO purportedly working to create awareness on AIDS/HIV
A curious case of government senior secondary schools being asked to donate money to an NGO, purportedly working to create awareness on AIDS/HIV, has come to light in Bathinda.
The schools have been made to pay Rs 2,500 per cluster for the Delhi-based private NGO. Bathinda district has 46 clusters and each cluster has six to 13 schools in it. This way, the department has managed to collect an estimated Rs 1,15,000 for the NGO in the last 15 days when the drive was first started.
The schools were directed to collect the amount as charity. While in some schools, the teachers paid the amount, in others, it was the students who were made to pay.
The issue was duly listed on the agenda at the monthly meeting held at the Teachers’ Home today. The agenda even mentioned the schools that did not pay the amount. This includes the Government Senior Secondary School (Boys), Balianwali, government schools at Bhai Rupa, Bhagi Vandar, Bhagta, Maisarkhana, Maluka (Boys), Rampura Mandi (Girls), Sheikhpura, Bathinda (Girl), Kalyan Sukha, Goniana (Girls and Boys), Kotshamir, Kuti and Maur Mandi (Girls).
