Reviving the Madura Labour Welfare School — one of the oldest institutions in the city — would be accorded top priority by the district administration.
This was the message conveyed to the school authorities, parents and well-wishers of the school at a review meeting chaired by District Collector Anshul Mishra on Tuesday.
After learning the present strength of students studying in the school, the Collector said that the district administration would give all support to revive the educational institution. Bringing back the glorious days would be top priority and he appealed to all concerned to voluntarily come forward towards achieving the goal.
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It was proposed to admit students in class XI in different groups. The Chief Education Officer Nagaraja Murugan was entrusted with the task of getting the salary arrears to the teachers at the earliest.
Deputy Collector Keerthi Priyadarshini would monitor the progress and submit a report to the Collector, it was decided at the meeting, a press release said.
A couple of years ago, the student strength suddenly dropped and many teachers quit and the management was caught in an imbroglio due to various reasons. As there was trouble in functioning, the school missed many of its trained and well experienced teachers.
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There were even allegations from some of the opposition parties then that the premises was to be taken over by a group which had planned to promote it for commercial benefits.
The timely intervention of officials and court orders stalled the plans, a well-wisher of the school narrated the tale.