Vellore Corporation has taken over 41 schools in the newly added areas, with effect from June 2011.

Vellore
Municipality was upgraded to a Corporation status in September 2008,
appending three municipalities, 6 town panchayats and 9 panchayats to
the Corporation from the local body election. Vellore Corporation
Education Committee president and 41st ward councillor K Suriya

Achari
said, “As many as 41 schools — 27 elementary schools, 13 middle schools
and one high school were identified in the newly added areas.”

He
said the local body along with the district administration had sent
several notices to the concerned Village Administrative Officers,
demanding them to officially handover the schools to the Corporation.

However,
the officials of the Vellore, Anaicut and Katpadi Panchayat Unions that
encompassed the newly added areas, delayed action.

Suriya Achari
said, “The schools were handed over to the Corporation for amelioration
as the civic body had been receiving complaints regarding drinking water
and poor sanitation at the schools.”

With the addition of 41 schools, there are totally 79 schools in the Newly Integrated Vellore Corporation limit, he said.