Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 16: An emergent meeting of All J&K Plus Two Lecturers “Forum” was held under the chairmanship of its President Deepak Sharma through virtual mode wherein he urged Lt Governor J&K, Manoj Sinha to grant option to Work from Home in respect of whole teaching community including 10+2 Lecturers and fifty percent attendance roster for all other Govt employees of UT of Jammu and Kashmir in view of rapid surge in Corona positive cases.
Deepak Sharma said that it is not appropriate to call teachers to educational institutions when these are closed for face to face class work for students. “If online classes can be attended by students from their homes, same can be imparted by teachers online from their respective homes,” he said.
“The virus is spreading rapidly as of now. Under such circumstances, teachers should not be asked to risk their lives by physically attending school as all work can be taken care of from home,” he added.
Syed Fayaz, President Kashmir also supported the demand and said that though schools are closed for winter vacations in Kashmir and winter Zone areas of Jammu but it would be right decision to allow teachers to work from homes in Summer Zone areas of Jammu to arrest the further spread of virus.
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