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| 6 attempts to burn schools foiled: Div Com | | HC chides Govt over burning of schools | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 7: The state high court on Monday came down heavily on the government for claiming to have taken "effective" steps for safeguarding schools against arson, a recent phenomenon in which nearly 30 schools were burnt down in the valley.
As the hearing in a suo-moto PIL started, the AAG submitted that effective steps had been taken to protect schools from burning. However, a division bench of Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey retorted back and questioned the claim in wake of the burning down of the two more schools in last couple of days.
"Where were your officials when the attempt was made yesterday to burn two more schools. Compliance on papers is not enough. We are concerned to save the schools," the bench said.
In the compliance report, the divisional commissioner, Kashmir, informed the court about the steps taken to protect the schools. In one of the measures, he said, control rooms had been established which were in touch with the concerned police stations.
"Village Level Committees, Sarpanches, Panches and Numberdars are involved in the process", he said.
He also stated that out of 11 attempts to set ablaze schools, six had been frustrated as 'there is overwhelming response from public also in safeguarding the schools'.
The court observed that services of contingent paid employees of schools can be utilized and suggested enhancing of their wages so that they can keep a vigil on the school buildings.
In this connection, the director school education submitted that he had raised the issue of enhancement of wages for contingent paid employees with the education minister recently so that they could keep a strict vigil on the school buildings.
Taking a suo-moto cognizance of media reports, the court had last week directed the government and police to unmask "mysterious enemies of education" and deal with them with iron hand. "Comprehensive and consolidated compliance report be filed by or before November 7, 2016," the court had said.
"Education is the main factor for intellectual excellence and prosperity. Imparting education in the centres of learning has no other viable substitute. Imparting education has an effective impact on all round drawing out of the best in the child and man, body, mind spirit," the court had observed, questioning can a nation, community or state afford to shun the path of education or bear the loss of mysterious burning and destroying the school buildings?
"Continuously everyday there is news item that the school building has been mysteriously burnt. Is it acceptable? Answer is no," the court said, adding that on hearing about such an unfortunate and horrendous episode everybody bleeds.
"Alas! Mysterious enemies of education are mysteriously burning centres of learning. The state administrative authorities are required to have resorted to protective measures but they are still in deep slumbers and appear not to have devised any protective policy for protecting school buildings," the court had said.
The court had underlined that it was the collective responsibility of all to save the school buildings. By burning a school building, the court said, a mysterious person might enjoy its flames and smoke but that sadistic enjoyment could only be for an hour or so, least realizing that he was darkening the educational atmosphere.
"All concerned at their respective levels and the authorities of the government in particular shall immediately take all necessary measures to protect school buildings," the court had said. |
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