Sehore (Madhya Pradesh): The construction of an all-facility CM Rise School is underway on the Indore-Bhopal Highway.

Because the work is incomplete and the new academic session has begun, the poor are sending their children to private schools.

The delay in work has also thwarted the government’s plan to provide quality education to the children of the families living below the poverty line (BPL).

According to sources, the management of the schools told the parents that the forms were unavailable.

One such person is Neeraj Yadav, who works as a labourer at the Krishi Upaj Mandi.

He has three daughters – Nupur, nine; Kritika, seven; and Paridhi, five.

Yadav said he had gone to the CM Rise School for his daughters’ admission. But the school administration said there was no vacancy. There is a ban on admission, the school management said.

Similarly, Rajesh Yadav, a resident of the Gwaltoli area in the city, said he had gone to CM Rise School for admission of his two sons in class nine and in class 10. But the guard did not let him enter, he said.

Because of his financial condition, he is unable to send his sons to any private school, Rajesh Yadav said.

In the same way, Dinesh Kumar, who works as a labourer in Krishi Mandi, said he wanted to get his son Naitik admitted into class 10 in the CM Rise School. But he failed.

The school management has denied admission to children in the name of lack of space.

A CM Rise School is running from Manuben Kanya Pathshala in the district headquarters.

Because the school has only 17 rooms, the teachers are running classes in the laboratory and in the library, sources further said.

There are 674 students in the school. But the under-construction CM Rise School has the capacity to admit 2,100 students.

Principal of CM Rise School, Deepchandra Rathore, said there the school lacked enough room to run classes.

Thus, admitting a large number of students will lead to chaos, he said.

The construction of the school building was to finish last year. As it did not happen, he was unable to give admission to children, Rathore said.