Students arrived at school at the scheduled time on Saturday. Teachers had also reached. But with the gate locked, neither students nor teachers could enter the school. The school key is kept with the headmistress. She did not come to school that day due to physical illness. So it was not possible to open the gate either.
As a result, teachers spread tarpaulin sheets in an empty space beside the school and conducted classes sitting under trees. The incident occurred at Champaberia Colony No. 2 GSFP Primary School in Ward No. 6 of Bongaon Municipality. When the picture went viral on social media, it created an uproar in the area.
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Champaberia Colony No. 2 Free Primary School is located in the Dinbandhu Nagar area of Ward No. 6 of Bongaon Municipality. Classes are held here up to fourth grade. The number of students is about 100. Despite having its own building, many were surprised to see the students sitting under trees.
The other teachers blamed the headmistress for this. However, no response was received from the headmistress.
School alumna and resident Barsha Ghosh said, "I know there are four keys. One of them is with the headmistress. Then where did the other three keys go? Even after knowing that the headmistress was ill, if any of the teachers had gone to the headmistress's house and brought the key, the problem would have been solved."
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School president and councillor Prosenjit Biswas said, "Earlier, there was a problem with the school's mid-day meal. Today it was about the key. The headmistress can certainly fall ill. She could have called me to inform about the matter. Then other arrangements would have been made. But conducting classes under trees is very unfortunate."
