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Central funds needed for upgrading Govt school buildings 12/21/2014 12:30:13 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 20 : The Union Home Ministry's inst ructions to all state Government that all educational institutions should have raised walls around the buildings and engage security guards for keeping a watch on at least three gates as part of precautionary measures following terrorist attack on Army school in Peshawar in which 132 students were killed may not be adhered to in Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that since majority of Government schools are run in dilapidated buildings with no bounder walls it would incur several hundred crores of rupees on upgrading the buildings and on construction of boundary walls. Another huge amount was needed for enabling each school to have its private security guards who, under Home Ministry instructions, have to be equipped with Walkie-talkies. Sources said that even if the central Government provides financial support to the state of Jammu and Kashmir for upgrading the school buildings and for strengthening the security grid it may take two to three years because majority of Government school buildings continue to be unsafe. State Government circles said that if the centre announced to provide financial support all Government schools run in the border areas of the state should be renovated as per the guidelines of the Union Home Ministry on a priority basis. According to these circles, the state's fiscal strength is too weak to take up the colossal project of renovating and rebuilding several hundred Government school buildings.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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