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| R-Day threat on ‘soft targets’ | | We won’t shut down schools: DSE | | Army schools walk a mile ahead to take extra precautions
K Koushal
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 22: While the army schools in Jammu region, taking extra precautions have closed down the schools for a period Jan 22 to Jan 30 in the wake of militants’ threat to target schools, government as well as the private schools in the province would remain open.
Director School Education R A Inqulabi when contacted said that such threats have been a routine phenomenon since past twenty years and government doesn’t needs to get budged down by such threats.
“We are not closing the schools. They would remain open as usual as many of them are participating in the Republic Day functions also,” said Inqulabi.
He said that state has been fighting the menace of terrorism since past twenty years and all the administrative works as well as the education system in the state has been running as usual.
“Closing down of the schools in the wake of militants threat would send a wrong signal across the nation as well as the world which we do not want to give. Security forces are quite alert on the issue and I think that closing down of the schools would be a wrong decision,” said Inquilabi.
General Officer Commanding of 16 Corps, Lt General K H Singh on Jan 15 had said that 200 militants are waiting across the border and could attack soft targets like schools has send a chilling terror down the spine of parents of the children in Jammu who are daily commuters to various schools in the region.
Though the enforcement agencies have given a strong assurance that there is no need to panic for the parents for their wards, but the fallout of Peshawar carnage which is still live in the memories of the people have turned parents skeptical to send their children to the schools.
Even various schools since then have started reporting thin attendance of the children.
When asked as to whether he has been in touch with the law enforcing agencies including the high police officials seeking for extra security for the school , Inquilabi said that Jammu has many schools in all the nook and corner of the province all of which cannot be given be taken under the security cover.
“Though the security is in place to thwart any attempt from any quarter, yet I feel that since schools are quite scattered all over the Jammu province including the border also, providing of security infrastructure to all remains impossible.
Besides we are ready for any threat and would face any situation,” said DSE.
Meanwhile some of the schools in the border village of Arnia, though not closed, have decided not to participate in the Republic Day function in the wake of militants’ threat to target schools on the occasion of USA president Barack Obama’s visit to the country.
Highre secondary school Aala and Chudhary Bright High school, Changiya, both on the border town of Arnia have called off R-Day celebrations citing the terror threat.
The management of both the schools has decided to call off celebrations due to recent border firing which is coupled with militants’ threat. |
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