Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 4: A meeting of executive members of Central body of Private Schools Association along with district presidents and general secretaries was held here today under the chairmanship of Prof J L Kotwal, Chairman PSA J&K.
Ajay Gupta, general secretary of the Association, briefed about the meeting agenda, which included proposal of Principal Secretary Higher Education J & K to start +3 classes in addition to +2 in Higher Secondary Schools having eight kanal of land, non implementation of Government order no. 385 Edu of 2016 dt. 05/10/16 having less formalities for granting recognition / permission upto class 8th, adaptation of new precedent by JKBOSE with regard to inspection fee Rs 3500/- yearly for first three years in addition to full inspection fee in the 4th year for the further extension in affiliation of private schools by the JKBOSE, promotion of dummy schools and no check by the State Government on tutorials, coaching and tuition centers.
Members, while speaking in the meeting, showed their anguish toward the notification issued by JKBOSE in which private schools, which are already recognized for five years are forced to follow new precedent of depositing annual inspection fee. They demanded immediate withdrawal of this vague notification which has no relevance as none has consulted any of the stakeholders while fixing of new criteria of inspection fee.
The meet demanded stern action against those running dummy classes by allowing the students of their schools to continue their regular tutorial classes in school hours.
Kamal Gupta, president of the Association, expressed reservations over new proposal of Government to start college classes at school level and said that with out any clear cut policy, private schools will never indulge in such hypothetical presumptions .He appealed to the Government for fixing the parameters of BOSE or University while granting affiliation/ recognition to the schools willing to start +3 classes in addition to +2 classes.
Those who attended the meeting, included Rameshwar Mengi , Sat Paul Mansotra, Vishwa Mohan Sharma , Raj Dev Singh, Ajay Singh Kotwal , Prithvi Raj Khokhar, Mohd Farooq, Pardeep Singh, Ram Paul Sharma, Usha Jamwal, Kiran Raina and others.
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