No Cleaners to Do The Job, Teachers in Agra Are Cleaning Schools

Agra government teachers are cleaning schools on their own because of lack of sanitation workers.

It's almost the end of summer vacations across the country and school kids and teachers are gearing up for the second half of the academic year.

But the situation in some Agra schools is slightly different.

Instead of focusing on their syllabus, the basic education department’s primary school teachers have been pushed to clean the schools themselves, due to the lack of safai-karamcharis (sanitation workers). This was revealed in a Hindustan Times report.

There are many schools in Agra without cleaners and teachers are either cleaning the premises themselves or hiring private cleaners at their own expense

Suma Kumari, head teacher, Primary School (Boys) in North Vijay Nagar Colony to Hindustan Times.