Sir,
It has reference to the news item “Despite showing good performance, Govt gives raw deal to camp schools’ published in Daily Excelsior May 22,2014.
The reporter has logically highlighted the achievements as well as problems being faced by these schools. The main handicaps faced by the camp schools are the absence of lecturers and requisite accommodation.
There is acute shortage of lecturers particularly in Commerce and Arts streams. The reality can be gauged from the fact that most of these schools are without lecturers in English, Commerce, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, EVS, Computer Science etc. Ignoring the reality, the promotee lecturers amongst the migrants in 2013 were posted outside camp schools in far flung areas and anyone adjusted in camp schools was against consideration. The issue can be addressed easily by adjusting promotee and prospective promotee migrant lecturers in camp schools and repatriating those adjusted outside these camp schools. As far as accommodation is concerned, there are reports that there was a proposal to construct accommodation for Bantalab camp school at adjacent JDA land but no headway was made. A few years back, then Minister for Relief & Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla announced at camp school Roop Nagar to establish a Girls High School and Play Ground at the site vacated by demolition of Igloo type quarters and same was given publicity through print and electronic media. But the announcement was never translated into reality. It speaks revolumes about insensitivity of the administration towards these “symbols of hope” for the hapless exiled community. The Government should identify Government land in close vicinity of these camp schools to provide Government accomodation to add to the accomodation. Better late than never.
Yours etc…
S M Pandit
Jammu
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