By Abdullah Al-Samiri

Okaz/Saudi Gazette

UMLUJ — Children of a school in Ruwaidat, a village located 45 km away from Umluj in Tabuk province, have been attending classes in prefabricated tin structures for the last 10 years because the school building project has not been completed yet.

Parents have complained the achievement level of students have been affected negatively and have expressed anger over the failure to complete the project. They said students have to put up with cold weather in winter and hot weather in summer.

Salim Al-Juhani, one of the village residents, said the prefabricated buildings were made 10 years ago.

"The contractor worked on the project for a short period. He stopped the work after laying the foundations. I hope the Ministry of Education will complete the project so that the students can study in normal classrooms and their suffering will end. The current classrooms become really hot in summer months and extremely cold in the winter and therefore the children cannot focus on lessons," he said.

Muhammad Al-Juhani, a resident, said nobody knows why the project had not been completed. The parents feel angry that their children have to put up with such dangerous conditions, which pose great risk to their lives.

Tabuk Educational Administration spokesman Ali Al-Qarni said the ministry was working on awarding the project to another contractor.