Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the deployment of paramilitary forces in Kashmir is a compulsion and they will be sent back to the barracks as soon as the situation returns to normal. She said that the examination of the State Board of School Education (BOSE) will be held on time to save the academic year of the students.
Mehbooba said that security forces are deployed for security of the people who want to live normal life. “Deployment of CRPF is not done out of pleasure but due to security apprehensions of the people who want to carry on with normal lives,” she told reporters.
She said that once the situation normalizes the security forces deployment will decrease. “In one such incident, a girl was killed at Parimpora in the city. Once there is improvement in situation, the vandalism decreases, the role of security forces will decrease. They will go back to their barracks,” she said.
The Chief Minister appealed to the parents to help the Government in normalising the situation keeping in mind the future of their children.
On the protests over holding of board examinations by some students, Mehbooba said the exams will be held in time to avoid loss of academic time of students. She said that Education Minister Naeem Akhtar’s decision will be final on the matter. “His decision will be the decision of Government.”
Chief Minister said: “The students will have more options as they have not been able to complete the studies due to situation in Kashmir. We will also make arrangements for tuitions for students in government schools wherever possible so that they can prepare for examinations. We will also consider reducing the syllabus but examinations will be held on time.”
Mehbooba said measures have been taken by Government for betterment of the women and girl students in the State. “We have started separate buses, police stations and launched Ladli scheme for the women. My Government’s focus has been to provide more facilities to the women and girls. That is why we kept provision of scooty scheme in the budget for those girls who cannot afford autorickshaws.
“We are giving 50 per cent subsidy for these girl students for buying scooty. It will help in education of girl child coming from economically weaker sections,” she said.
The Chief Minister said the Government has launched this scheme in Jammu and more scooties will be handed out to girl students in coming days. “However, we have not been able to do it in Kashmir yet due to the ongoing situation. It is good that poor girls are demanding this facility here also,” she said.
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