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170+ Students Have Lived and Studied in Karnataka School’s Cattle Shed for Five Years
✍️ India Today
🗓 07 Sep 2026, 03:38 AM
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More than 170 pupils have been eating, sleeping and attending classes inside a cattle shed at a Karnataka school for the past five years, according to India Today.
A cattle shed at a school in Karnataka has been serving as a makeshift classroom, dormitory and dining area for over 170 students. The children have been using the space for both learning and living for the last five years, according to a report by India Today.
The arrangement, which began five years ago, sees the students eating their meals, sleeping on the floor and studying from the same shed that houses the school’s livestock. No alternative facilities have been reported for these learners.
Education officials have highlighted the situation as an example of severe infrastructure shortfalls in some rural schools, though the report does not detail any remedial actions taken so far.
India Today’s coverage underscores the prolonged nature of the issue, emphasizing that the students have endured the same conditions for half a decade without a shift to proper classrooms or hostels.
The arrangement, which began five years ago, sees the students eating their meals, sleeping on the floor and studying from the same shed that houses the school’s livestock. No alternative facilities have been reported for these learners.
Education officials have highlighted the situation as an example of severe infrastructure shortfalls in some rural schools, though the report does not detail any remedial actions taken so far.
India Today’s coverage underscores the prolonged nature of the issue, emphasizing that the students have endured the same conditions for half a decade without a shift to proper classrooms or hostels.