Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Feb 20: The State High Court today sought reply from Kashmir University by Monday asking it why it is continuing the B Ed Courses through distance mode despite Verma Committee asking the State Universities to discontinue it.
Justice B S Walia of High Court sought reply from the Kashmir University on continuation of B Ed course through distance mode and sought entire record pertaining to the selection process of B Ed courses through distance mode.
The petitioner through his counsel Ateeb Kanth is aggrieved with the admission notification no 14 of 2015 for B Ed programme through Distance mode Session 2015 issued by the office of the Dean Academic Affairs Kashmir University as also selection notification no 1 dated Feb 2016 issued by the convener of admission University of Kashmir for B Ed programme through distance mode.
It is stated that a meeting was held under the Chairmanship of then Minister for Education which was also attended by Government, Universities and other stake holders and the agenda of the meeting was to discuss implementation of recommendation of Justice Verma commission report and other aspects and it was decided while discussing the course offered by the J&K Universities under distance mode it was resolved and agreed by the VCs of Universities of Kashmir to discontinue the B. Ed and M. Ed programmes in distance mode forthwith as is recommended by the Justice Verma Committee.
One of the recommendations of Justice Verma Committee reads that “As a matter of policy, the first professional degree/ diploma in teacher education should be offered only in face to face mode”.
The University as stated by the petition has acted in derogation of its own decision taken in meeting with Government, Universities and other stake holders.
It is worthwhile to mention here that Jammu University had discontinued the B Ed programme as per decision taken but University of Kashmir in its own wisdom continued with the programme and has issued application for admission of which petitioner is aggrieved of and submits the same is bad in law and is in utter derogation of NCET norms and decision taken already by Government.
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