President Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) Shah Faesal on Sunday said that Government’s decision to terminate subject specific teachers will not only snatch livelihood of about 530 educated youth of the state but also leave around 110 schools short of qualified staff in the middle of the academic session.
In a statement Shah Faesal said that most of the incumbentsare highly qualified incumbents, some of them being Ph D in their respectivesubjects, a fact acknowledged by Mission Director SAMAGRA in his recommendationfor continuation of these teachers.
He urged that Governor S P Malik, Advisor EducationKhursheed Ahmad Ganai and Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam to take a judiciousview on the matter to avoid the impending crisis in the Education Department.
Shah Faesal said that this lot of 530 RMSA subject specificteachers was selected through a fair, transparent and merit based process bythe State government and there is no issue of salary as their entirerequirementhas been smoothly flowing in from the Centre like other SAMAGRAschemes in different states.
“Snatching these jobs abruptly at this stage would notonly affect the academic activities adversely but would also create serioussocial implications for the female teachers whose job has a bearing on theirmarriage and family life,” Shah Faesal added.