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Govt to shut down low enrollment schools
4/28/2012 12:33:04 AM
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JAMMU, Apr 27: Government is likely to close down the schools in far remote rural localities where the number of children is very few and the enrollment is falling in recent past years, sources said. Sources said that government is studying the prospect of implementing the project, as number of schools in rural and far-flung areas of the state are running with very less students, while staff strengthen is more.
Sources said DDC Doda had recently directed the CEO Doda to close down the Government High School Gosti which has shown sudden decline in the enrollments from over 150 to just 26 as the teachers of the said schools who were appointed as ReT, were given attachment from Office of ZEO Thathri after allegedly paying graft.
Failure of the Education Ministry to check corruption and norms violation in the Education Department in district Doda, the district administration is forced to direct for the closing of more Government Educational Institutes in the far flung area of the district and in coming days as indicated by the DDC Farooq Ahmed Khan.
Sources citing another example said, "Take an example to one of the old school which was upgraded in year 2006 from Primary School to Government Girls Middle School Bajja has a total enrollment of 3 students where 5 teachers are appointed of which 4 belong to one family who are not attending their duties regularly. The only teacher deputed in the school Anil Kumar is regular and was expecting to be confirmed from ReT to permanent.
Source also informed that one more school namely Government Primary School Lower Bajji running in the single room and that too with an Anganwari Centre, has 13 students. Mean while talking to a news agency Farooq Ahmed Khan said that he will take strict action against the said educational institutes. Khan further said that he will direct the concern authorities to close all such schools at the earliest.
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