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Govt schools in remote areas in bad condition

RAJOURI: Despite tall claims by senior officers of the Directorate of School Education regarding availability of infrastructure and qualified teachers in government schools, the ground situation in remote areas in Rajouri district is quite the opposite.

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Shyam Sood

Rajouri, May 18

Despite tall claims by senior officers of the Directorate of School Education regarding availability of infrastructure and qualified teachers in government schools, the ground situation in remote areas in Rajouri district is quite the opposite.

A few schools are running in the open and have no building (Primary School, Gundi Jattan) while others do not even have roofs (Primary School, Ghai Bass). Others lack sufficient rooms and required staff.

“The lackadaisical attitude of teachers and senior officials is the main reason for the poor condition of government schools,” said an education official.

Teachers appointed in such areas are not bothered about the future of poor children, said sources.

Arshad Hussain Mir, deputy sarpanch of Gabbar village, alleged that the middle school in the village was upgraded in 2007, but no additional teachers, except the headmaster, were appointed.

“Since 2007, we have approached the authorities concerned for the required staff but our demand has fallen on deaf ears,” said Mir.

Consequently, five teachers of the school are finding it hard to run classes for about 300 students.

Mir said during a meeting, the Chief Education Officer had promised additional staff, but nothing materialised.

Villagers also resented the government’s March 6 order in which posts were created for 17 upgraded schools but the Gabbar school was not included in it.

“After getting no response from all quarters, we have approached the Adviser to the Governor,” said Mir.

After surprise inspections of government schools in Mougla, Khawas and Kotranka zones in the first week of May, the Chief Education Officer report has also authenticated the deplorable condition of the government schools.

“During the inspections, we found teachers absent,besides low academic standards. The need to provide additional staff in the upgraded schools has been brought to the notice of the higher authorities,” said MA Rather, Chief Education Officer.

“To improve work culture, we have suggested several measures including the ‘no work, no pay’ rule.”

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