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The village where 2,000 pupils share two classrooms

 
 
The Head of Guru Village, Alhaji Mohammad Baba, said over 2,000 primary school pupils study in two classrooms in the village near Bauchi, Bauchi State.
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The village head said this when speaking to NAN on Tuesday.

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He said the village leadership was making efforts to ensure that more classes are built for to provide a more conducive environment for the children to learn.

According to him, two classes were erected from money raised by villagers but it had collapsed due to rains.

After the destruction of the classes, two philanthropists in the village provided rooms in their houses to make four classes.

According to him, 1,000 of our school children are receiving lessons in just two classes provided by the residents.

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“The village is more than 100 years old but the development of education in the area is very low.’’

Plans were under way to visit the State Universal Basic Education Office for another round of discussion for the construction of more classes in the village, he said.

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