Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) onWednesday said that AICTE directive asking students from Jammu and Kashmir notto take admission in educational institutes in Pakistan Administered Kashmir(PaK) negates the basic principle of SAARC cooperation.
“India is part of SAARC group and all educational institutesin all the countries should be treated at par. One cannot pick and chooseeducational institutes in a particular region,” chairman PSAJK G N Var said ina press release.
The association said that besides impacting education tohundreds of students it will also have serious ramification in larger run.
“The SAARC group and all associated agreements have beenhonoured through many decades and hostile conditions including war and suddenlybarring PaK educational institutes in PaK is beyond comprehension,” it said.
The association also called on the government to keepeducations out of ambit of politics.
“Education should be a neutral zone and no politics shouldbe played on it. We have already lost a lot due to mixing of politics andeducation here,” it said.
The association said that PaK has some good professionalinstitutes and it is choice of students to take admission wherever he likes.
“One should not force political decisions on students. Sucha direction will mar the career of hundreds of students. It is high timeeducational institutes are kept apolitical for the betterment of our futuregenerations,” it said.