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| Pvt schools ignore directions under the nose of 'Selfie' minister | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 4: Contrary to what he has been claiming about stream lining the education system in the state, the incumbent education minister has so far failed to regulate the functioning of the private coaching centres and schools, with commercialization of education emerging as a major public concern.
Education Minister Naeem Akhtar has been claiming since assuming office of the vital department that education in the state has witnessed a major transformation and that major steps were taken to get the chaotic system back on track. But the ground reports seem to be only mocking at what the minister has been claiming during the official functions.
At a time when the minister could find grabbing headlines with college girls posing with him for selfies and sharing same on social networking sites, the worrisome situation of the education department, according to experts, seems Akhtar's least concern.
The major concern for the people of the state has emerged in the shape of commercialization of education with private schools and coaching centres minting money from the students while violating rules with impunity and without any fear.
According to the senior officials of the education department, there was not even a single measure taken to curb this open loot being done by the private institutes in the name of education and by doing so, not only the deprived are denied their rights but rules in open are being thrown to wind. "We have been witnessing that there is a mushrooming of the educational institutes and nothing concrete is being done to check their growth and regulate their functioning. If such a trend continues, the future ahead is going to be worrisome for state's education," says a senior official.
As per the reports the private educational institutes have been openly violating norms for enhancing their profits fixing the fee as per their own wishes and whims, with government action into such lawlessness becoming a distant dream.
Though the government is aware of the fact that private educational institutes have to admit 20 to 25 per cent students belonging to Below Poverty Line families. However, it is very rarely followed by the private institutions.
Furthermore, these institutes reserve no seats for economically weaker sections so that the students belonging to far off and backward areas would be benefitted.
Ironically, there has been no measure taken by the government to implement the policy for establishing reasonable fee structure for private schools.
Sources said that the corruption in the department is ruling the roost and the private institutes get away from being brought to the book by offering hefty amounts to the helmsmen. "There is a complete absence of stringent action against the erring private institutes if found involved in violating the norms and that no concrete measure has been taken to implement the same," sources divulged. |
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