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| Tiny Harts school Srinagar minting money, allege parents | | `Authorities give corporal punishment to our wards' | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 30: Tiny Harts School Srinagar is yet again in news for wrong reasons with the parents accusing the school of minting money from them. They have also accused the teachers/authorities of giving corporal punishment to their wards.
A letter to Early Times signed by hundreds of parents reads that school is only concerned about minting money and their wards are left to suffer in the hands of untrained teachers.
"We want to draw the kind attention of Director School Education Kashmir to inspect the Tiny Harts School. Nothing is functioning properly," the letter reads.
The parents have alleged that their wards are facing innumerable problems. "The school is lacking all the basic facilities. The head of the Tiny School is like a dictator. She is not capable of administrating the things. She does not allow any parent to enter in her office. Our grievances were never addressed by the school management from past many years. The head of the school always went on rampage when our children protest against the lack of facilities in the school," the parents alleged.
The parents have further said that despite their several complaints to the authorities they never paid any heed. "When will the authorities wake up? While we wait for such a miracle to happen, your esteemed newspaper is requested to help us promote the right to education for our wards in a decent environment, without discrimination," the letter reads.
The parents have also alleged that school is charging exorbitant fees."Exorbitant fee structure in this school is breaking the backbone of the middle class families. Parents have become money-minting machines for such schools,"
"The school has got very inexperienced faculty which believes in beating and torturing the students using rods and cannas. School has inadequate staff. The classes are being left unattended and when the idle students demand for teachers, they are being punished and rusticated for weeks together," the parents have alleged.
They have also alleged that whenever the parents try to enquire into the matter they are being demoralized and disrespected.
The parents have threatened that if the authorities fail to mend the system of the school they will come on roads along with their children.
It is to mention here that while the Education Department has failed to check the mushroom growth of private institution in J&K, it has issued recognition certificates to many such institutes which lack even basic facilities like playfields, toilets and proper classrooms-something that would make them fit for recognition.
In Kashmir valley, according to reports there are 2453 private schools registered with the Education Department. Out of these schools, 796 are primary, 1046 middle, 543 High and 71 higher secondary.
According to reports, a majority of these institutions run short of facilities, troubling the students who pay hefty amounts as fee for "better education."
According to an interim report of the Education Department, some private-run schools have just one toilet to cater to the needs of over 300 students. There are many schools, mostly in the old Srinagar and its adjoining areas, which don't have playfields for extra curricular activities.
Pertinently SRO 123 conferred by Section 29 of the JK School Education Act 2002 clearly prescribes the conditions which an institute should fulfill while applying for recognition.
The SRO mentions that private schools seeking permission/recognition or extension/renewal thereof shall be required to have the requisite infrastructure and facilities, including physical facilities and teaching and other staff.
"A school should be located in a noise- free zone. For schools, a minimum of three class rooms with an average of 1-2 sq meters per student, each class room with at least one seat and drawing/writing space for each student, toilet and drinking water facility, is mandatory," the norms say.
The other requirements include a library, laboratory, indoor games facilities, and playground and staff room.
According to the norms, every private school must have a managing committee representing the local community and the school shall function under the control and the directions of the committee. The members of the managing committee should not belong to a single family.
According to observers, there is hardly a school in Kashmir fulfilling these requirements. |
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