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| Students vulnerable to attacks from miscreants | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 13: People are keeping their fingers crossed since the Board examinations are going to start at different examination centres across Kashmir valley on Monday. People more so parents are apprehensive about the safety of children appearing in the examination for 10th and 10+2 classes.
As the Kashmir valley is going through a phase of unrest for the past more than four months now there are chances that anti-social elements might carry out attack on some examination centres in the valley. This as such has resulted into a situation where the parents of children are somewhat perturbed over the safety of their wards.
While the examination for 10+2 class is starting on November 14, the examination for 10th class is starting a day later on November 15. Thousands of students are appearing in these examinations and the state government has made elaborate security arrangements for the smooth conduct of examinations. There are inputs that 98 percent students have taken admit cards to appear in the examinations.
"My son is appearing in the 10+2 examination and although his examination centre is located nearby, I am still worried about his safety. Since disturbing events have taken place in the recent past, I am somewhat concerned about the examinations. Hope everything goes according to the plan and the examinations conclude successfully," said Mushtaq Ahmad, a parent.
With some of the schools suffering damages due to the separate fire incidents there are chances that attacks might be carried out on some of the examination centres. As such the students appearing in the Board examinations are vulnerable and they might come under some sort of attack.
"There are some elements who want that peace should not return to Kashmir. Such people will not hesitate in carrying out attacks on children. It remains to be seen how far the government is prepared to face any such eventuality. If any student faces any attack then the people at helm would be responsible for the consequences since they claim to have made all the necessary arrangements," said Ishtiyaq Ahmad, a parent.
The parents are also worried over the fact that in the absence of public transport their wards would face problems in reaching their examination centres. They say that the people who claim to be real representatives of masses should come out with some solution so that their fears are allayed. They want the separatist leaders to be sympathetic to the students especially those who are appearing in the examinations.
"Time of the children is precious and it is more so for those who have to appear in examinations. In the Kashmir valley majority of the people make use of public transport in reaching their respective destinations. With public transport off the roads it would be very difficult for the students to reach their respective examination centres. As such the students would have to travel on foot to reach their examination centres and as such lot of their time would be wasted," said Mohammad Akram, a parent. |
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