Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Sept 1: In what can be termed as poor state of affairs in the Education Department, several Government Higher Secondary Schools and Education Zones in Kathua district are headless since long.
These include five Higher Secondary Schools and equal number of Education Zones where the posts of Principal and ZEO are lying vacant for the last one to two years for the reasons best known to the Education authorities at State level.
The headless Higher Secondary Schools are HSS Keriyan Kandyal, GHSS Kathua (Boys), GHSS Dhar Manpur in Basohli, HSS Barnota in Billawar and HSS Salni in Hiranagar. Incharge Vice-Principals are managing the affairs of these Higher Secondary Schools
while the power of Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) is temporarily lying with Principals of other schools.
The headless Zonal Education Offices include Barnoti, Lakhanpur, Manpur, Basohli and Mareen. As each Education Zone comprises a number of schools, the vacant positions of ZEOs are severely affecting proper inspection and management of these institutions.
Due to these vacant positions of Principals and ZEOs, studies of the students as well as normal functioning of the institutions is getting adversely affected. Despite well aware of the difficulties being faced due to the prevailing situation, the State Government, particularly the Education authorities seem least bothered about these headless institutions.
According to Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kathua Joginder Kumar Soodan, the pendency report was regularly being sent every month to the Government, which was well aware of the fact about these vacant positions.
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