SRINAGAR: On September 5, when every school was busy in celebrating Teachers Day, the Government Middle School in Bowan Rajwar area of North Kashmir’s Handwara town was locked.
It has remained so for the past two months.
A local news agency, CNS, reports that the school was constructed by Education department on a privately-owned land on the condition that the son of the landlord would be employed in the department itself.
However, the owner, Ghulam Hassan Bhat, alleged that instead of providing job to his son, the Department adjusted another person allegedly in lieu of a bribe.
Bhat has since closed the school and as a result more than 100 students have been suffering badly.
“The irony is that higher authorities are mum over the issue and did not bother to persuade the landholder,” residents said.
When contacted, Chief Education Officer Handwara, R.K.Pandit said he does not have any knowledge about the matter.
“I would seek details from ZEO and would send a team to investigate the matter,” he said.
