Major structural reforms in private schools to ensure quality education to students
Major structural reforms in private schools to ensure quality education to students
Officials, private school stakeholders agree on various points
Principal Secretary education, JKBOSE chairman, DSEK, DSEJ holds daylong meeting with private school associations from Kashmir and Jammu
Srinagar, July 29: Private School stakeholders in cooperation with administration has embarked on a major structural reform program in private schools with an aim to ensure quality education to students. In this connection a high level meeting was held with Principal Secretary Education Sh Alok Kumar, Chairman JKBOSE Dr Parikshit Singh Manhas, Director Education Kashmir Tassaduq Hussain, Director Education Jammu Ashok Kumar, Secretary JKBOSE Manisha Sarin and other officers.
From private schools the meeting was attended by Vijay Dhar, President PSAJK G N Var, Chairman JKPSA Kamal Gupta, President JKPSCC Rameshwar Manhas, President JKPSA Ajay Gupta, Patron UPSCC Dr C L Vishen, President UPSCC Showkat Chowdhary, President FOURI G S Charak, President Private Schools Social Group Rajeev Slathia, Vice President JKPSCC & BDC Sanjeet Sharma, Balkaran Singh, Sanjeet Kumar, Mahi Paul Sharma, Suminder Singh.
A detailed and thoughtful discussion was held on various issues faced by private schools. The Principal Secretary attentively listened to the concerns presented, grasped the issues firsthand, and sought immediate input from subordinate officers. The Principal Secretary issued several directives on critical matters, including pollution certificates, chemical certificates, and traffic NOCs.
The meeting served as an excellent platform to address and deliberate on the challenges encountered by private schools. Specific instructions were issued to issue the minutes of the meeting. We are pleased to inform you that favorable developments are forthcoming for all private schools.
The meeting lasted several hours as the Principal Secretary insisted on listening from every private school owner. He assured ease of doing business for which appropriate reforms will be implemented strictly. He called on the private schools to provide quality education and from the government side all of their genuine issues will be resolved soon.
Both the parties agreed to work in cooperative spirit so that private schools get all possible administrative support in their working and in turn private schools will work overtime to improve quality education.
The issue of misuse of social media through which several individuals and groups try to intimidate working government and private schools. Both parties said that such malicious campaigns will be dealt with accordingly and schools will continue to function on said rules and regulations to benefit students.
There will be more such meetings till all structural reforms are implemented, a spokesperson of private schools said.
We are very thankful to the Hon’ble LG Administration and worthy Principal Secretary Education for conducting such an important meeting in a cordial atmosphere. We assure the Govt to extend our full support in implementation of the policies related to education in letter and spirit.
