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| Exams start in Kashmir from today, separatist drubbed | | Kashmir Civil society reiterates its commitment to education | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: Kashmir civil society has once again reiterated its commitment to education by standing unwaveringly with the decision of the Government to go ahead exams for classes X and XII of the JK Board of School Education, despite an unprecedented attack on the very system of education in Kashmir during the four months long unrest, which is still on.
The decision of the parents is being seen as a daring step as the separatists and militants spearheading the ongoing agitation evidently want the children of Kashmir to stay away from schools and colleges. Over thirty schools have been burnt in the Valley and the Minister for Education has been threatened for his initiatives to open schools that have been shut across the valley since July 8, in a clear indication that separatists and the militants had designed to ruin the future of an entire generation of Kashmiri youth, but their nefarious designs have been thwarted by the parents, who chose to stand up for their children.
The gutting of the schools has been seen as a bid by the militants and the separatists to talibanize Kashmir, which is not acceptable to many among those who have been religiously following the hartal calendars issued by the separatists. "We are weary of the separatists' politics of shutdown. It has yielded nothing and the people are suffering for the last four years" said Rashid-ul-Hassan, a middle aged Kashmiri government employee, who shifted to Jammu with darbar. "The education of the children cannot be compromised and burning of the schools is unpardonable" he added.
Political watchers believe that the gutting of the schools has been the cause of fizzling out of the separatists led unrest that has been on for over four months now. "While most people in Kashmir followed dictates of the separatists for four months, the public sentiment developed against them when the schools were consigned to flames by their paid agents" Hassan added. "Kashmir has seen many agitations in the past, but there has never been a single attack on students or educational institutions" he added further.
Meanwhile, Kashmir police and security agencies have made elaborate arrangement for the smooth conduct of exams and for the security of the students and invigilation staff in the exams starting across the valley from Monday. "Foolproof security and transport plans should be put in place and extra care needs to be taken for the examination centres categorised as sensitive and situated in far off places," special director general of police, law & order, SP Vaid said. |
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