Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 21: Despite showing good performance in academics, the camp schools continue to get a raw deal from the Government and lack basic infrastructure.
Established soon after the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Valley in 1990, the camp schools continue to san basic facilities and infrastructure.
Out of a total number of nine camp schools in Jammu, two are functioning in rented buildings and two are housed in single rooms at Government HSS Schools Satwari and Shastri Nagar respectively while others have their own school buildings.
According to sources both the Schools putting in rented accommodations san basic infrastructural facilities and despite that these schools have shown good results in class 12th examinations.
Sources said the Mixed Camp Higher Secondary School Bantalab which is housed in a rented accommodation lacks basic facilities. Despite shortage of accommodation and laboratory room for practicals, the School has got 10th position in arts stream in class 12th while it got 26 distinctions, 50 first divisions in the same class. Bringing laurels to institution in class 12th results, its six students obtained marks from 90 percent to 95.4 percent. The performance of the School can be gauged from the fact that 29 students scored highest marks in various subjects, sources added.
Not only this, the School also got good results in class 10th examination.
Sources said the other camp schools including Mixed Higher Secondary School Shastri Nagar, Mixed Higher Secondary School Muthi and Mixed Higher Secondary School Jagti also showed good results in both 10th and 12th class.
“Our performance could be more than this provided the Government pays attention in providing infrastructural facilities to camp schools”, said Ramesh Raina president Migrant Teachers Welfare Association.
He said the Mixed Higher Secondary School Mishriwala which was shifted from Purkhoo to Anand Nagar Bohri after a lot of struggle by the Association also sans basic facilities. The school is functioning in a rented accommodation and Relief Organization at that time had assured to pay the monthly rent to the owner of building in case the Education Department gives NOC to shifting of School. Though we obtained the NOC from Education Department, till date the owner of the building has not been paid the rent, he added.
He said the School got a good response from the local population of the area and this year a lot of rush has started for admission to class 11th and 12th and over 60 students have already taken the forms for admission, he added while the present roll is over 100 students in class 8th, 9th and 10th.
The roll in other schools has considerably increased while the Bantalab School has over 400 students on its roll, the Camp School Muthi has 325 students on its roll, said Raina.
He demanded that Satwari Camp School be shifted to Gangyal area as majority of migrants have shifted to that area by constructing their own houses in various colonies.
Maintaining that some mixed schools face shortage of commerce teachers, he demanded that the newly appointed teachers in commerce subjects among the community be posted in camp schools.
Expressing concern over 12 to 14 hour power cut in Jagti camp, Raina demanded that the camp schools be provided electricity during day time as students are sweating in the scorching heat.
He also demanded that the migrant teachers may not be posted in Valley on their promotion and adjusted in camp schools to overcome the shortage of teachers there.
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