| 2 months left for exams, no lecturer to teach 4 subjects in Doda school | | GHSS Gundna has 2 rooms for 700 students | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 7: As former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and incumbent Education Minister Naeem Akhter Andrabi are busy taking potshots at each other over the issue of screening of thousands of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers, it seems that Andrabi is following the footsteps of Abdullah as he too has failed to provide infrastructure in rural schools. For example, the Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Gundna of Doda district has just two rooms to house around 700 students. One can easily imagine the condition of students. Moreover, there is no lecturer to teach four main subjects-English, Physics, Zoology and Computer Science-even as only two months are left for final exams and the syllabus is yet to be touched. Abdul Majid, a resident of Gundna said the school was upgraded by in 2007, having sanctioned posts of 14 lecturers, five masters, a librarian and a physical instructor. But surprising the school is headless for many years, and out of the 14 sanctioned lecturers only two are permanent-for Urdu and Geology. Besides, three posts of masters are also vacant.
"In the past, 12 contractual staffers were running the school, but this year it was totally different as there are no lecturers for English, Physics, Zoology and Computer Science due to which the students suffer," said Majid. Science, Arts and Economic streams were running in the school since its establishment, but so far the government has failed to provide required infrastructure. Around 200 students joined the school this year in Class 12, out of which 170 students choose Science stream. There is however no teacher to teach Science.
The school has one building block comprising four rooms including two classrooms, one principal room and a laboratory. The classes are run in the open sky, hence violating the norms set by the J&K State Board of School Education (JKBOSE).
Criticizing the successive governments, another resident said the school was totally neglected by the previous government, which had more concentrated on 'transfer industry' than prioritising education. "People had hoped that the PDP-BJP incumbent government would not repeat the history and would provide better facilities to rural schools. This government has been a big disappointment, though." Chief Education Officer, Doda, Ajit Kumar Sharma and Director School Education Jammu, Yasha Mudgal could not be contacted for their comment despite repeated efforts by Early Times. |
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