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| Govt schools await healing touch | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 26:
The Government of India had recently launched Right to Education (RTE) legislation for providing compulsory education to children in various states of the country but the government schools in Jammu and Kashmir are showing a downward trend with dozens of schools giving a grim picture.
Many schools of the Jammu region, whether primary, middle, high schools or even higher secondary schools, all are facing government apathy.
This ET correspondent went to various schools of the region to find the truth.
At Government Middle School, Gujjar Nagar housed in just two rooms that too in a rented accommodation in district Jammu adjoining DC office, Chief Secretary and CM's residences has a strength of about 120 students. About the infrastructure; the students stated that the school has only 2 rooms, including headmaster's office and store room.
The Government Boys High School, Simbal Camp-in the closer vicinity of the winter capital, is another example where the required number of teachers are more than the students enrolled. There were 16 teachers for only 50 students.
On the infrastructural front, the school had only 6 rooms, including staff room and office for ten classes without library and laboratory facilities.
Students of many classes are forced to sit in a single room as there is shortage of class room. Many students had to cut a sorry figure, when asked about library facilities and laboratory.
Another school Government Primary School, Kangrail in block Dansal of Jammu district.
In this school, there was only one teacher for 20 students of five classes without proper infrastructural facilities.
Government Primary School, Puro Bhana in Tehsil R.S Pura of district Jammu was also example of the government's apathy.
Same was condition of the Government Higher Secondary School, Thial, having a strength of almost 450. This school was upgraded in 2007.This school caters to the educational needs of hundreds of students of 5 Panchayats, including Dama, Panash, Khoon, Saeil, and Khyal.The students complained that despite upgraded in 2007, the school was deficient in staff. The staff comprised of 8 masters, out of which two were not punctual in their duties. The school has only Arts stream that too without proper lecturers.
Interestingly, the higher authorities of the education department including Director, School Education, Jammu, Zahida Khan and Chief Education Officer (CEO), Natha Ram Digra recently had assured that the condition of these schools, including appointment of staff and infrastructure would be improved soon. But even after more than two months, nothing concrete has been done so far.
When contacted state president Progressive Students Association (PSA) for his comments said that the state government was deliberately ignoring the government sector to pave way to the private players of the field.
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