Yes, Adamany told me the next day, there are still 18 school buildings heated by coal. That still will be the case in January 2000, for he fears if they attempt to replace them now, the children may end up with no heat this winter. Yes, he confirmed the rumors. Sometimes ceilings had been replaced before the leaky roofs that ruined them, so that the new ceilings would promptly be destroyed at the next rainfall. The schools' management and administration are dysfunctional.
Nobody knows the real attendance figures.
Nobody enforces the truancy laws. Nobody even knows how much land the schools own. Nobody faces penalties for overspending their budgets. Worst of all, the schools don't educate. There were schools in the early part of this century with below-par physical conditions, but students learned.