Poverty Wreaks Havoc At Jamataka

School going children at this village are alleged to be attending lessons on empty stomachs and fail to properly concentrate on their studies in the process, a situation that is worrying the school management. An insider at the school told The Monitor that the children look pale because of hunger which has necessitated the school management to involve parents to solve the matter.

The school management is said to have raised this concern to the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and the Village Development Committee (VDC), pleading for help as the situation affects the children’s education. It is reported that the trio held a meeting early this week in which a decision was taken for parents to be summoned for a kgotla meeting scheduled for November 27 to address the matter.