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| Private schools in Kashmir continue to fleece parents | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 7: Despite the tall claims of Education Minister that the education system has been streamlined in Kashmir the private schools continue to take the people for ride with no action being taken by the concerned authorities.
A group of parents complained to Early Times that the private schools in league with some of the booksellers are looting them under the garb of getting books for their wards. The higher ups of the schools have passed on directions to the parents to purchase from the designated bookshops located in the city, said the parents.
"My kid is studying in the Under Kindergarten (UKG) in a private school in the Rajbagh area. I got a shocker few days back when the authorities of school asked me to get books for my child from a designated bookshop. I was baffled when the owner of the bookshop asked me to pay Rs. 4,000 as cost of a few books which I had purchased," said Hilal Ahmad, a parent.
Hilal said that the books would not cost him more than Rs. 1,000 if he had purchased him from the open market at standard price from a bookshop other than the designated one. He alleged that the designated bookshops offer the books for the children at 'exorbitant' rates under a 'clandestine' agreement reached out with the authorities of the private schools.
"It is a foregone conclusion that private schools earn huge profits out of the commission that they receive from the owners of the designated bookshops. This has been going on for years now and the situation is not different during the present dispensation. Let the Education minister take some concrete steps in this regard so that there is some relief for the commoners," said Reyaz Ahmad, resident of Nawa Kadal.
Reyaz said that officials of department of Education are fully aware about this disturbing development, but still then no action whatsoever has been taken against the 'culprits'. He demanded that stern action should be taken against the officials so that the message is loud and clear. He said that action at this point of time would ensure that in future such things are avoided.
"Instead of resorting to rhetoric the Education Minister and Director School Education, should take pro-active measures so that the private schools no longer loot the gullible parents. The parents are contemplated to purchase books from designated books since they know failure in this regard would lead to dire consequences to their wards. There are apprehensions that children of such persons would be either failed or given very less marks in the examination," said Mohammad Irfan, a parent. |
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