Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, Sept 5: Students of Government Girls Higher Secondary School Banihal staged a protest on Monday and blocked the Srinagar -Jammu National Highway passing through Banihal town for some time against the recent transfer order of subject-specific Lecturers by the School Education Department.
They said six Lecturers posted in Government Girls Higher Secondary School Banihal were transferred and no Lecturer was appointed in replacement for filling the vacant posts due to which the studies are suffering.
The protesting students said 537 female students are enrolled in Government Girls Higher Secondary School Banihal and out of 14 sanctioned Lecturer posts, only six were appointed to impart education to the students and were transferred without appointing a substitute.
They said Lecturers of Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Math and Economics were transferred and no replacement was made for filling the vacant posts. They lamented that instead of filling the vacant posts, position lecturers were also transferred and relieved from the School.
They were demanding the appointment of subject-specified Lecturers and revoking recently issued transfer orders of subject-specified Lecturers in their respective Higher Secondary Schools.
District Development Chairperson Ramban, Dr Samshada Shan said all the Government Schools of Ramban district are facing a dearth of teaching staff, and lecturers She said 114 position lecturers were transferred, 24 were sent outside the district and no one was appointed in the replacement. She threatened stir if the transfer order was not revoked or vacant posts of lecturers were not filled by the School Education Department.
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