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\n \"Secondary
\n Secondary school No. 2 in the Azeri village of Gazyan
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\n Cracked walls, rotten floors, broken windows – this is secondary school No. 2 in the village of Gazyan in the Ujar Region of Azerbaijan. Parents say that the school, where more than 200 students study in morning and evening shifts, hasn\u2019t been properly maintained or renovated in the past 50 years.\n<\/p>\n

\n “The building was put into operation in 1958,\u201d local resident Nemat Mehdiyev told Meydan TV. \u201cNow it\u2019s completely dilapidated. Believe me, there may be no other school in this condition left in Azerbaijan, this may be the last one\u2026. We\u2019re tired of appealing to the relevant agencies. It\u2019s no use, nobody has ever even come to have a look at it.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Both of Mehdiyev’s two children study at school No. 2. “We\u2019re worried that the school will collapse. That\u2019s the kind of condition it\u2019s in. Our children study in a school that\u2019s unsafe.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Elshan Aliyev, another local parent, says that the school is not heated in winter. “We\u2019re tired of spending money on firewood and kerosene,\u201d Aliyev told Meydan TV. \u201cWe have to skimp on food to afford these things for the sake of our children, but they still get ill. In winter, all of our money goes to medicines. And you can’t have them skip classes. Everybody wants their children to do well in school and to have a good future.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Gahraman Rahimov also has two children at school No. 2 in Gazyan, although he says he can\u2019t send them there in the winter because of the state of the building. \u201cThe school is in terrible condition,\u201d Rahimov says. \u201cWhen you walk in, you can\u2019t imagine that it\u2019s an educational institution. It\u2019s like a barn, you feel like you\u2019re walking into a barn. Although our barns are in much better condition than it is. The school is falling apart, it\u2019s disappearing. It\u2019s dangerous to study in it. All the supports under the building have rotted and are falling apart. If the building collapses tomorrow with our children in it, what kind of an answer will they give us?”\n<\/p>\n

\n Despite numerous appeals to authorities, Rahimov says that there has been no response. “We\u2019ve written a lot of letters so far, we\u2019ve appealed to every agency, but nobody responds. We ask them to please find a solution to our problem, come and take a look and see where our children study.”\n<\/p>\n

\n In response to a query from Meydan TV, the Ujar Regional Executive Authority said that school renovation is not a matter that can be resolved in one day. “You say that they appealed to us. If they did, first we will look into their appeal. After evaluating the condition the school is in, we send their appeal to the Education Ministry in Baku. The Education Ministry endorses it and based on its request money is allocated from the budget for the renovation of the school. The process really isn\u2019t very simple at all. If those people did send us an appeal, we will be sure to look into it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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