Kupwara, Oct 22: Government Upper Primary School (UPS) Kandi Bala in border town Karnah, Kupwara, is grappling with a severe infrastructure crisis, with 85 students from eight classes forced to study in a single classroom, exposing the stark gap between the education department’s claims of improved rural school facilities and the reality on the ground.

The three-room school has only one classroom available, while the other two are used as an office and a kitchen-cum-store for the mid-day meal scheme. The situation worsened after another local school was merged with UPS Kandi Bala, further swelling student numbers and straining the limited space.

Parents and students expressed alarm over the cramped conditions. “Imagine children from Class 1 to 8 studying together in one room. How can the

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