‘Militarization, political unrest disturbing JK’s education system’ OFFICIAL REPORT PICKS HOLES IN STATE’S TEACHER-TRAINING SECTOrR Srinagar, Nov 25: The education sector in Jammu and Kashmir has been badly hit due to post-1989 political unrest and heavy presence of armed forces in the State, an official report has revealed. “The post-1989 conflict in the state and the large presence of armed forces has been a source of severe disruption within the educational sector,” reads the Joint Review Mission report on teacher education in Jammu and Kashmir by prominent personalities from the fields of education and governance. The nine- member panel which prepared the report undertook the visit of the State from March 31 to April 6 this year and held a follow-up meeting with J&K officials in New Delhi on April 8. Pointing towards ramifications of the conflict on educational sector, the report reads: “Political unrest is a continuing phenomenon and working timetables and schedules are subject to frequent derailment. The academic calendar for 2013 in the valley has already suffered a setback of about a month on account of the curfews and hartals at the commencement of the new semester.”
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:38:01 +0000
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