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| Kashmir Floods: Teachers enjoy holidays; do harvesting in absence of teaching | | | Shakeel A Khan
BUDGAM, Sept 26: The recent floods have come as a boon for many in Kashmir, at least for the Government teachers who are virtually enjoying winter vacations much before the onset of the coldest season. Courtesy: Authorities at the helm of the affairs. But this is going to have serious consequences on the future of the school children.
Most of the teachers from the areas which remained less affected by the floods could be seen busy in harvesting than attending their duties. The Omar-led Government has failed to take any note of it.
The Government employees, unfortunately, mostly the teachers have got the reason to stay away from their duties. Who will compensate the school going children whose precious time has been lost and apparently there are no chances that their classes will be conducted very soon given the carelessness of the coalition Government. Such is the motivation of the Government teachers that the Government schools are without students that too when the examination time is approaching near.
"There are many areas in the Valley which remained least affected or unaffected by the recent floods and the Government should have issued strict orders making it mandatory for the teachers to join their duties in these areas without any delay. Who is going to make this happen because it was the Government which got submerged first? The people in the corridors of power have nothing to bother about this since their children are pursuing education outside the state," said Abdul Gani, a parent from district Budgam.
As per Gani, it is not because of the flood that the Government teachers are avoiding their duties; it is actually their alleged habit which they have cultivated over the years, bringing bad name to the Education Department. These teachers prefer their engagement as the ReTs and as assistants in the offices to escape their duties. Gani attributes all this to the failure of the Government because here everybody has become the master of his own will.
Another parent Ali Mohammad said that already a lot of time has been lost on account of the incessant rains in the month of March. Almost one month of the summer break and now the flood, which has minimized the chances of opening the schools before March 2015 which means that the schooling days will hardly cross the 100 days mark for the current session. According to Ali, it requires a mentally tough Government in the state to cure the ailing education system in the Valley. |
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