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| Children should be in schools not on streets: Mehbooba | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Calling upon the Centre to infuse legitimacy into the process of peace and resolution of Kashmir issue by insulating it from the setbacks that have derailed it in the past, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday urged the youth in the Valley to return to educational institutions and concentrate on their studies instead of being on the streets or sitting idle at home.
Addressing a function after inaugurating a new block of Indira Gandhi Dental College Hospital at Jammu, she said "the rightful place for our children is in the educational institutions like IITs, IIMs, engineering, medical and dental colleges and not on the streets." Pointing out that education is considered "most important" in all the religions, she said "we should seek education as a religious duty to realize higher goals of life".
"Our children look good with books in their hands in the classrooms studying to be doctors, engineers and architects of our future rather than being on the streets," she said, asserting that education holds key to emancipation and empowerment of any society.
Mufti also outlined the importance of providing quality education to the youth with greater focus on skill development to enhance their proficiency. The pursuit of education should not be merely for the purpose of acquiring employment, but it should serve the larger purpose of transforming the character of an individual by making him aware of his surroundings, she added.
"The challenge before the leadership of the state and the country is to insulate the process from the setbacks that have derailed it in the past," she said addressing another function in Government Degree College at Nowshera. Calling for creating a new basis of legitimacy for peace and resolution process to take shape, she said "The focus has to be on involving the principal stakeholders and the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the resolution process to make it sustainable and productive."
She laid emphasis on the revival and continuation of peace and confidence building process with Pakistan, saying that it had helped transform the situation in the state and along the borders during 2002-05. "The Government of India must, with fresh resolve, work through reconciliatory political measures and through public participation towards resolution of the issue," she added.
"Even if Pakistan may be presently reluctant to reciprocate the peace overtures from New Delhi due to its own political reasons, whatever can be done to address the internal dimensions of the Kashmir issue must be done without any delay," she said. |
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