Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Apr 13: After the announcement by Government for establishment of new Government Degree Colleges in Jammu division, civil society from all the corners of tehsil Darhal held protest demonstration at Darhal town today.
They also constituted a Joint Action Committee. The JAC has launched agitation and it will continue till the Government sanctions Degree College in Tehsil Darhal. In today’s agitation Darhal observed complete bandh and many people from all walks of life gathered at Shahidi Chowk and forcefully raised the demand for establishment of Degree College at Darhal.
Zahid Sarfraz Malik convener of Joint Action Committee Darhal said that after the introduction of the Right to Education Act, enrolment in educational institutes of Tehsil Darhal has reached respectable level at the primary and secondary level. To enable these enrolled participants to compete in a dynamic world, the Government needs to consider providing regulatory support, for higher education to adopt niche and futuristic institutions. Darhal is one of the remote and backward Tehsil of the State with a population of more than 65,000 and mostly comprises of lower economy class families . 70% of the population is up to the age of 35 years.
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