Jammu, Dec 29: The vice-president of Aam Aadmi Party for Jammu province , Amit Kapoor on Thursday said the education sector of Jammu and Kashmir is facing the worst ever step-motherly approach from the Government with a number of important norms that have not been implemented so far.
The AAP leader said the education sector of Jammu and Kashmir is weakening with each passing day as the government is paying no concern.
Sharing details, Kapoor said the order of the Supreme court to reduce 15 percent fees in private education institutions has not been implemented till date which shows that the government is not even taking the orders of the apex court.
“Leading private schools are not taking the Jammu and Kashmir Fee Fixation Committee seriously and are not taking prior approval from this committee for changes in fee setup which shows that these institutions are showing thumb to the committee formed by government to check the complaints of unnecessary hike in fee structure by private education institutions,” he said.
Kapoor further said that Government has also issued an advisory for buying books in September but it is of no use as education session starts in March-April and in September every student has already bought books and same is the case of directions for school bags issued by Government but unfortunately schools are not taking these advisories and directions seriously. “No action taken by the government against violators is a reason of it”.
He also hit hard at Jammu and Kashmir Government and BJP for giving unnecessary hype and making false publicity and said that even after 3 and half years of abrogation of article 370 and 35A, Right to Education has not been implemented in Jammu and Kashmir which shows a non-serious approach of the government.
Giving reference to change in syllabus, Kapoor said that Government norms bars any institute or education setup to change syllabus before 3 years of earlier change but this is also being violated in full public view and government is a mute spectator to this violation.
“Jammu and Kashmir High Courts’ double bench ordered for refunding the increased fees with 9% interest to parents but JK Govt did not implement the order and private schools got the court order stayed from supreme court as JK Govt did not appear in court to defend the case and is still non-serious about the same,” said Kapoor.
He asked the government to shun its non-serious attitude and take solid decisions for implementation of necessary orders and directives by taking strict action against violations so that all government orders as well as court orders are implemented in letter and spirit.
