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| Deficiencies in school infrastructure cannot be tolerated: DB | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: In a Public Interest Litigation filed by All Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh Teacher Federation seeking direction to State for framing policy for maintaining student-teacher ratio in the schools without any discrimination and implement the same in true letter and spirit, a Division Bench of State High Court Comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan after hearing Adv Pranav Kohli for the PIL whereas AAG Ravinder Gupta for the state observed that Right to Education is a fundamental right of every child and deficiencies in the school infrastructure cannot be tolerated. It is evident from the status report which has been filed that the Education Department is not concerned about even assessing deficiencies let along proceeding to supply the same in any planed manner.
Division Bench observed that as back as 24th July, 2018 concerned with the lack of infrastructure in Schools in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, this Court had granted four weeks' time as prayed for to the learned Additional Advocate General to file status report with regard to status of infrastructure in the Schools, which are situated in Rural and Urban areas, but it was not done.
DB observed that the Secretary School education has stated that action is being taken for providing other infrastructural facilities in schools such as furniture and computers etc in a time bound manner.
DB further observed that the above narration would show that in six months, the respondents are not able to inform this court with regard to time lines within which the infrastructure in schools would be arranged for let alone provided. We are not even given an audit of the deficiencies in the infrastructure. There is no reference to books and school uniforms, as to whether the State has any provision for providing the same to students.
DB directed Secretary, Department of Education to appear personally on the next date of hearing. "The Secretary shall also place before this Court the complete details of deficiencies and the time lines within which the same would be supplied" the court directed. |
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