Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 2: Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) Jammu and Kashmir has criticized the School Education Department for adopting discriminatory attitude towards Jammu region in terms of DPC, Annual Transfers and summer vacations.
ABRSM UT President Rattan Sharma and General Secretary Gulshan Raina said that during last three years the DSEK released three promotion lists of Teachers (to Masters) whereas in Jammu region only one list containing a meagre number of promotees was released.
No transfers of Teachers and Masters have taken place for the last five years and a large number of teachers have been serving in hard zones for more than ten years while other influentials have been enjoying at prime locations and managing their transfers in towns or cities, they said.
ABRSM appealed the Education Minister to direct DSEJ to immediately initiate the process of transfers with the active involvement of CEOs and ZEOs.
The ABRSM leaders have also expressed deep concern over continuous reduction in summer vacation every year. “Earlier there used to be summer vacation of 75 days keeping in view the harsh weather conditions. One fails to understand on what grounds, the schools are reopened in July when the weather is so hot and humid,” they said and pointed out that in Kashmir division the winter vacation have never been reduced.
Meanwhile, Poonch District President of ABRSM, Jeevan Prakash has said that in most schools of the district, biometric devices are no longer functioning properly and the teachers are being forced to arrange new devices without any Government support.
He pointed out that a single biometric machine costs between Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 and even repairing the old machines costs over Rs 5,000, which schools are expected to pay from their local funds – adding to the financial stress.
“It is unfair to expect teachers to repeatedly spend from their own earnings for such infrastructure. If biometric attendance is mandatory, the Government must provide funds for it,” Prakash emphasized.
He also questioned the necessity of biometric systems when teachers are already marking face recognition attendance and logging their presence upon school arrival.
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