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Education Minister urges students not to miss on education
Inaugurates new building for GHS Malroo, announces Higher Secondary School for Lawaypora
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SRINAGAR, MAY 10: Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday emphasized
for requisite parental and societal counseling so that the youth do not go
astray and miss on education.
The
Minister said this while interacting with people during his day long tour of
Batamaloo constituency where he inaugurated the newly constructed building for
Government High School Malroo.
Accompanied
by Noor Mohammad Sheikh, MLA Batamaloo, senior officers of education and Public
Works departments, the Minister visited various schools in the area where he
took stock of infrastructural needs besides requirement of teaching and
ministerial staff.
Speaking
on the occasion, the Minister expressed dismay and surprise over the recurrent
and engineered incidents of stone pelting and road-side agitations involving
students of high and higher secondary schools. “The students should have been busy and involved in academic and
co-curricular activities rather being chased by law enforcing agencies on the
roads. This is really a dismaying and disturbing situation which needs to be
addressed through coordinated and vigilant efforts of teachers, parents and the
society,” Bukhari remarked.
Bukhari
appealed students to return to their classes and not to waste their precious
academic time on roads. “I fail to
understand on whom they are pelting stones? Perhaps we live in one society and
it is beyond one’s comprehension as
who is pelting stones on whom?” he asked
and added that the time has come for the people to ponder over the prevailing
scenario where a whole generation is being pushed into academic disempowerment.
The
Education Minister informed that the Government was prompt in its action
against trespassing in Pulwama Degree College. “We ordered a time bound enquiry and completed it in 8 days and
it was followed up with tangible action. I fail to understand why are the
students now on roads?,” he said.
The
Minister said that the students have every right to seek redress of their
grievances through peaceful protest. “I have no problem if they protest peacefully for genuine issues
and I am here to listen to their grievances,” the Minister said and added that by coming out on the roads and
pelting stones on unsuspecting citizens, the students are doing no good either
to themselves or to the society. He said some outsiders try to exploit the
gullible students and try to create law and order problems under the garb of
student protests.
“We have lost precious academic time last year. It hurts me as a
father to see children not attending to their classes. I once again appeal them
to go back to their schools and colleges and focus on their studies instead of
pushing themselves into darkness,” the
Minister pleaded.
Bukhari
reiterated his commitment to resolve the issues of students and the staff in
schools. He appealed the students to approach him if they have any issues. “I am available any time to any student. I appeal them to
approach me in person, on phone or through email. We will try to address all
issues jointly. How can we confront with our own children with the use of force
when the matter of the fact is that we love them,” he said.
The
double storied school building of Government High School Malroo, inaugurated by
the Minister, was constructed at a cost of Rs 2.23 crore.
On
the occasion, MLA Batamaloo, Noor Mohammad Sheikh, solicited public cooperation
to make government schools successful both in academics and co-curricular
activities.
On
the demand of teachers and locality, the Minister approved on spot demands like
Smart Classroom, Kitchen, Laboratory, Computer room, Library, and a Herbal
Garden for GHS Malroo.
He
also approved the use of two rooms of community hall for Health Center which is
otherwise running in an unsafe structure in Malroo.
Later,
Bukhari visited various educational institutions in Malroo, Mujgund and the
adjoining areas.
During his visit to Government Middle School, Khawaja Bagh,
Malroo, which is currently running in three rooms, Bukhari asked CEO Srinagar
to make a proposal for three storied building of 9 classrooms for the
improvement of education in the area.
At
Government Middle School Chack Mujgund, the Minister directed R&B officers
to start renovation of the existing building on fast track basis and handover
the building to education department by October this year.
He
also asked I&FC department to provide the fencing for the irrigation canal
that passes within the school premises.
The
minister visited Government Boys Higher Secondary Institute Mujgund where he
said that Rs 2.66 crore is already earmarked under TAMIER scheme and will be
expedited by administrative department for the construction of three storied
two buildings.
Bukhari
also visited under construction Hospital building at Mujgund which is being
constructed at a cost of Rs 1.75 crore. He asked the executing agency to
expedite the construction work and complete the building in time bound manner.
The
Minister appreciated the people of Gund Hasibhat who donated 2.5 Kanals of land
to Higher Secondary School and asked the officials to go for its fencing and
also approved a computer lab for the school.
On
his visit to Lawaypora, Bukhari announced upgradation of Government High School
to Higher Secondary School level. He said that Rs 10 lakh for the construction
of third storey of an adjacent building in the compound of GHS Lawaypora stands
already released and additional funds shall be mobilized for the completion of
the school. He directed the concerned officials to complete the construction
work and handover the building to education department at an earliest.
Bukhari
said that the female literacy is a priority area and will be taken to new
heights in the state as the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is keen towards the
upliftment of women in the field of education as well as in other fields.
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