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Bridge school opened for fishermen's children

By Our Staff Reporter

Rajahmundry Oct. 19. The District Collector, K.S. Jawahar Reddy, on Saturday inaugurated a bridge school constructed under the `Vikas' programme, aimed at eradicating child labour, in Saryarapeta village, about 50 km from here.

The school was meant for familiarising children who were deployed as labourers with school atmosphere. After six months, these children would be admitted into regular schools, Dr. Jawahar Reddy said.

The bridge school was meant for the children of fishermen community. The Collector appealed to the parents, especially parents in the fishermen community, to see that their children were admitted into the school. An educated child would be better equipped to deal with all problems, he said.

Dr. Reddy said that two classrooms would be constructed in the school under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan scheme. Responding to representations, he promised to solve the drinking water problem under sectoral reforms. He would hold talks with persons concerned and see that the problem of effluents was also controlled.

Sangisetti Veerabhadra Rao, MLA (Pithapuram), appealed to the parents not to mar the future of children for the sake of a few bucks that the children earned as child labourers. The Government had been implementing a number of programmes to achieve total literacy and people should take advantage of these programmes, he said.

Pilli Anantha Lakshmi, MLA (Sampara), made a plea for making Akshara Sankranthi programme a success. The Project Director of `Vikas' G. Buchiraju, said that 53 children of fishermen, who were going for fishing regularly, were admitted into the bridge school.

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