Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 18: Taking strong note of the statement made by Education Ministry in the State Assembly that except two all other coaching centers in the entire State are illegal, Coaching Centers Association (CCA) termed the Government reply as “deep-rooted conspiracy” by some vested interests to destroy the private tuition industry as well as career of lakhs of students.
Addressing a news conference here, Chairman, CCA, G N Var said “All coaching centers have submitted their complete documents, but the registration never came neither did any answer from the Education Department. Now all of a sudden the department has come out with a revelation that the two coaching centers have been registered. All this has been done secretly even as they deny registering any coaching center”.
Var added, “We fear it being a ploy from some quarters to destroy the genuine private tuition industry of Kashmir and then hand over the same to their blue-eyed persons.” He strongly condemn the behaviour of Education Department and therefore have called a valley wide strike of coaching centers on Friday February 21, 2014.
“On Friday all 550 coaching centers providing education to more than 50,000 students would voluntarily shut down to draw Government attention towards the critical challenge facing this vital sector,” War said.
The association said they have every apprehension to believe that some vested interests may hijack the industry in the same way they did it with B.Ed sector. “The B.Ed colleges are fully controlled by Ministers, MLA’s, bureaucrats and their relatives. Disregarding all norms, they have even banned the registration of new colleges as they continue to earn crores out of them. We feel their next target is our coaching centers,” they said.
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