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| Sanskrit gasps for oxygen in J&K | | | Sanjeev Sharma
Jammu | Oct 1
Sanskrit—the mother of all languages has been getting a raw deal in Jammu and Kashmir, thanks to higher education portfolio held by Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Though from this session the subject has been introduced in at least nine degree colleges (including new) in Jammu, Kathua, Samba and Udhampur districts but there is not even a single teacher to teach Sanskrit in these colleges.
Giving a further blow to its prospects even the available posts of 10 Sanskrit teachers in the colleges have been reduced to seven. While two have been promoted and made incharge principals, a senior lecturer has been sent on deputation to Museum and Archeology Department of J&K.
Interestingly, of the remaining seven, three have been posted at Government College for Women (GCW), Parade alone leaving the GCW Gandhi Nagar without a full-time Sanskrit teacher. Other city college, the MAM College has two lecturers in the subject, one for morning and other for evening shift.
Of the other 11 colleges in Jammu Province where Sanskrit has been introduced as a full-subject, the Government has failed to provide a teacher. However, Degree College Rajouri, Poonch and Bhaderwah have been provided adhoc appointees. Colleges where subject has been introduced but sans a teacher include Degree College Basohli, Billawar, Hiranagar, Kathua (girls), Samba, R S Pura, Akhnoor, Ramnagar and Ramban.
In the last 15 years the Higher Education Department advertised only two posts and paradoxically the two selected teachers till date have not been given their new assignments.
Not only the Directorate of Colleges is careless about Sanskrit, but the University of Jammu too has turned a blind eye towards the mother of all languages.
For the last six years, two positions of lecturers are lying vacant with the Department of Sanskrit, University of Jammu.
And finally when interviews had to be conducted during April this year, the same were postponed citing certain reasons. However, even after a period of five months or so when the last interviews were scheduled, the JU has failed to re-schedule the process to fill the vacancies.
“There are nearly 1000 unemployed qualified people in Sanskrit, including 300 doctorates and other 250 M.Phil degree holders but the way Government has been maltreating the subject, I think the ancient language may disappear from this state,” said president of the J&K Sanskrit Students Front, Paras Ram.
He added, “we have been fighting for the cause and somehow succeeded in getting some posts created but only at the school level.”
Principal, Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Prof Vishwamurti Shastri was of the opinion that it has become a trend in J&K to swap the post of Sanskrit with other subject when some senior Sanskrit teacher attains superannuation, which is not a healthy sign.
He said that there are organizations established to fight for the cause but they lack consistency in their approach. |
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