Marred by mistrust, maladies and meagre grants, welfare schools in Andhra Pradesh struggle to step up

Be it groups of students making multiple attempts to escape from campus or a few others suffering snakebites, the welfare hostels in Andhra Pradesh have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Despite constant efforts, problems continue to plague the hostels meant to uplift students from marginalised sections, finds P. Sujatha Varma