The recent move of the government was not to root out the ReTS by making them to sit in exams, but only to know their teaching capabilities. If someone could have not qualified the exam, the government would have trained him/her for the betterment of education system in the state. There was no plan of the government to root them out, but to the give them proper teaching training.
|| WAHEED UR REHMAN
The government has succeeded in its goal by hampering the nefarious designs of the “transfer mafia” who used to take money in lieu of transfers in the education department. The department is leading to new heights under the sheer guidance of Mr. Naeem Akhtar, which is viable and visible on ground. As we all are aware that political system plays a crucial role in our education system. Every policy, program and scheme introduced with good intention but not enough change the scene, sometimes it does not work in same way as assumed to be happening. After the new government took in The Education Minister of Jammu The way, in which the reformation in the education sector is being carried out, no doubt the education scenario of the state, will change very soon. Starting from the primary education system, the government is now taking various steps to universalize the elementary education in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Various eminent personalities and educated youth have also come forward to join the revolution. By now the story is familiar, ei- ther the miss management of funds or the fraud recruitment policy of old government in this essential and basic sector has completely ruined the whole system and the challenges faced by the current government are too many.
The government has succeeded in its goal by hampering the nefarious designs of the “transfer mafia” who used to take money in lieu of trans- fers in the education department. The department is leading to new heights under the sheer guidance of Mr. Naeem Akhtar, which is viable and visible on ground. The future of the education in Kash- mir may be potted on the following: Future education will be exception- al. Role of education by 2020 will be dynamic. Focus will be on technical and professional education. Barriers in getting integrated education will be removed. Education will be based on society’s requirements. Reform in education system is the only thing which can help easily without pressurizing or putting any burden to the existing system and it will also improve the accountability in the system and when there will be accountability then surely there will be new development. At the higher educational level significant changes have taken place in the system.
The recent announcement of the Education Minister by providing employment to educated unemployed sector by providing government infrastructure will redress both the issues of quality education and unemployment in the state.
Our Education Minister Naeem Akhtar is working heart and soul to make this rotten system to work in an apple-pie order by introducing a dou- ble-mix of reforms in this system and is constantly highlighting the problems in school sector but opponents of children ‘at risk’, such as orphans, because of their influence and nature child-labourers, street children and are having vested interests and ma- victims of riots and natural disas- nipulating the general public in one ters, do not necessarily have access to or other ways. schools.
The recent move of the government The recent announcement of the was not to root out the ReTS by mak- Education Minister by providing em- ing them to sit in exams, but only to ployment to educated unemployed know their teaching capabilities. If sector by providing government in someone could have not qualified the frastructure will redress both the is exam, the government would have sues of quality education and unemtrained him/her for the betterment of ployment in the state. education system in the state. There was no plan of the government to root them out, but to the give them proper teaching training.
If we talk about the future scenario of the education of the state, it is no less encouraging. The Education Minister has motive to improve the access and quality at all levels of education and Increasing funding in higher and innovative or employment generation education. Improving the quality of education is another challenge before the government to reach at the target. Other challenges before the government are to provide education to the groups Initiatives by the Minister including New Leaf Initiative have proved a success and in future such initiatives would be introduced only to help education system of Kashmir. To raise the literacy rate, all sections of the society will have to realize the value of education and hence should come forward to improve the education system of Kashmir.
Waheed ur Rehman is Political Analyst in the Chief Minister’s Office, J&K and State Youth President, PDP.
