Budhal residents held protest against shortage of teachers & good buildings. SED in deep slumber, playing with the future of students: Manzoor Naik

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, MAY 29:–The government of India’s Samagra Shiksha Scheme aims to ensure that all children have access to quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment which should take care of their diverse background, multilingual needs, and different academic abilities and make them active participants in the learning process.
School Education Department (SED) J&K claims for the availability of adequate infrastructure and required teachers, barring schools situated in urban areas, & in the government schools.
But, the ground reality is different than that of the SED as it has failed to provide adequate infrastructure and required teachers in many government schools across Rajouri district, especially schools situated in remote areas.
On Monday, inhabitants of Budhal town and adjoining areas in the Koteranka sub-division in Rajouri district held a protest demonstration against the School Education Department alleging an acute shortage of teachers in the schools.
A big delegation from Bathan, Gabbar, Guleer, Dandote, Budhal, Kewal and many other areas met with a senior BJP leader from Budhal Assembly Segment, Manzoor Naik highlighted their grievances regarding shortage of staff at various schools in the educational zone Koteranka.
People informed Naik that the government Boys Middle School Bathan, Primary School Guleer, High School Gabber, and many other such institutions are facing an acute shortage of teachers.
“The student-teacher ratio in these schools is 80:1 which simply explains how bleak the future of these students is going to be due to the negligence of School Education Department,” said Naik.
Naik during the protest demonstration against the School Education department alleged that the department is in deep slumber and most of the schools in education zone Koteranka are working without adequate staff, and moreover, many posts of teachers/ masters are lying vacant which is a sheer injustice with the students and people of this far-flung area.
“Most of the sanctioned posts in these schools are lying vacant and Chief Education Officer Rajouri don’t even bother to respond to the calls of people and elected PRIs due to which the studies of the students are suffering badly”, Naik said.
The dilapidated condition of the government school buildings in remote areas can be gauged from the fact that on May 16 when 4 students received injuries when a large steel part of the window fell on the students.
“We won’t allow anyone to play with the future of our students who are the future of India and we are giving an ultimatum of three days to the concerned department to resolve the issue otherwise we will lock the schools and will cease all vehicular movement”, Naik further commented.
Prominent among those who led the protest demonstration include Nazir Mohd, Mohd Shafi, Kala Khan, Mohd Latief, Mardan Ali, Badar Ali, Mohd Mushtaiq, Zaker Hussain, Faiz Mohd, and Fakeer Mohd.