Recruitment of RETs

Sir,

The Government is providing education to enlighten the masses and to give them employment so that they cannot choose the path of violence which is going in Jammu and Kashmir since 10 years. No doubt, graduates are being employed in Education Deptt. under Rehbar-e-Taleem Scheme. But on a meagre salary of Rs. 1500/- only. So far so good.

Now question arises, is it possible to meet a square meal in such a meagre amount. All the educated youth are employed in primary schools by the Government under R.E.T scheme the Government. has kept the basic qualification for these postes as graduation so that they can give better education to students in comparison to private English medium schools. Most of RETs are holding M.Sc. M. Phil, M.Ed. and B.Ed. degree, but due to low salary about 90 percent people consider teaching job low and inferior.

As most of higher Secondary schools in J&K State are functioning without proper staff members, the Government is not recruiting 10+2 lecturers in these schools. The Government should, therefore, recruit them as permanent teachers and lecturers in Higher Secondary Schools as well as in primary schools, otherwise it is futile to get such high degrees. The Government should also take steps to regularise the R.E.T scheme teachers in order to brighten their future.

Yours etc...
Ravinder Parihar
Malwana Ramkot (Doda)

Corruption still alive

Sir,

In the last one week, we got to know about two such cases which directly pose a question in our minds and that is where are we leading towards?

The first case of the charges of bribery against first class cricketer Abhijit Kale. Although the charges are yet to be proved, though the match finding scandals etc. have somewhere really influenced the minds of the people and they have lost their trust over this internationally accepted game. After the 1999 world cup match fining scandals, the whole image of the game was changed. But today, when people gradually have again somewhere regained their trust, a fresh scandal has emerged.

The second case of the leakage of the CAT papers. CAT exams. for IIMs are renowned all over the world. The big foreign companies recruit even the average students of IIMs, what to talk of the brilliant ones, considering them as the most intelligent and capable as they have reached to this level after passing out the world's one of the most toughest tests. But this years leakage of paper have taken away the faith of not only the students who have appeared in the exam. but also of the other people. Students put their heart and soul for this paper for one or two years. But if this is the result, then the question is where are we standing? Who wants to get the admission in these Pioneer Institutions? Is the name of the Institution is really something that matters? Not only the CAT but with this scandal, I think, the concept of competitions prove out to be complete failure in our systems.

With both these cases, we can easily conclude that even in the 21st century we are still in the hold of this evil monster called corruption, which if not controlled at this very moment, will destroy our nation from its very bad examples and effects.

Yours etc...
Suvidha Khanna
Shastri Nagar,
Jammu.