India, June 10 -- LUCKNOW Many aided secondary schools in Lucknow, once celebrated as benchmarks of quality education, are now staring at potential closure, plagued by dilapidated buildings and rapidly declining enrollment. The crisis mirrors the recent, abrupt shutdowns of Chutki Bhandar Girls' Inter College and Vidya Mandir Balika Kanya Vidyalay, which closed due to dilapidated structure and lease related issues, respectively.

Some of these schools even lack basic facilities like lights, fans and proper plastering on the walls and ceilings. Ceilings and walls of the building and classrooms need immediate attention at Girdhari Singh Inder Kunwar Inter College, Saraswati Kanya Vidyalaya, Vishnu Narayan Inter College, Queens College, Bali...