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| No takers of Naeem Akhtar's directives | | Parents reluctant to send children to schools | | Saqib Junaid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 25: Much to the embarrassment to Education Minister Naeem Akhtar, schools didn't open in Kashmir despite government having claimed that it had directed the officials to reopen the educational institutions on Monday.
The parents have criticized the "insensitive directive" of the government which they fear will put the lives of students to grave risk.
There have been no takers of Akhtar's directives, who on Sunday had claimed that the extended summer vacations were officially over and all the schools and colleges would start functioning from Monday.
When asked how students will manage to reach schools amid imposition of curfew and protests, the minister had said that the respective district administrations will take final calls considering the 'law and order' situation in their districts.
However, the students could not attend the schools on Monday as there were restrictions in place and parents didn't want to put the lives of their children in danger amid stone pelting and the curfew.
"I fail to understand what the education minister wants to convey by saying schools will reopen on Monday. Ministers are issuing orders from their highly-fortified bungalows while they don't themselves gather courage to move out. Despite the unfavourable situation on ground, they are issuing insensitive orders," Mohammad Altaf, a resident of Batamaloo, said.
Mohammad Shafi of Budgam said instead of issuing orders to reopen the schools, government should first bring normalcy in the Valley.
"Who will let his children to go to schools when stone pelting is going on and strict curfew restrictions are in place?" asked Shafi.
Firdous Ahmad, a teacher, said the government had not issued any special passes for the employees and it was not possible for them to attend the duties amid the ongoing crisis in the Valley. "Education minister should know the ground reality before issuing directions," he said.
The summer vacations were initially supposed to be over by July 17 but were extended by another week given the prevailing situation in the valley.
Earlier, the state government had announced to re-open schools in four districts of the valley last week but strict curfew and shutdown called by separatists insisted school authorities and students to remain indoors. Around 50 people have been killed during the clashes and more than 2500 people injured. Curfew has been imposed in most of the valley and internet and phone services have also been suspended for 17 days now. |
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