Jammu, Jul 24: Since the heat wave has gripped whole Jammu and Kashmir and all the three districts of Chenab valley, Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar, are the worst hit in this union territory, the education department has shown least interest in giving some relief to students.
Not a single order regarding change of school timing anywhere in Doda and Kishtwar districts has come so far whereas the education department is waiting for representations from parents in this regard.
According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), both in Jammu plains (summer zone) and in Kashmir valley, education department has given relief to students by changing the school timing from 8 am to 1 pm whereas the staff members have to be present in the school from 8 am to 2 pm.
But in two districts of Doda and Kishtwar, the education department, be it the chief education officers or the head of the institutions, who were authorized to a call regarding change in timings, is in silent mode and not even on vibration mode.
We haven’t received any representation from parents from anywhere to change the school timings in this head wave. Not even the HUIs have put forth any such demand in changing the school timing. I have been receiving dozens of calls from principals on a daily basis but none of them raised the issue with me,” Prakash Lal Thapa, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Doda told the KNO.
Some time ago, the CEO Doda, after consultation with Deputy Commissioner Doda, had changed the school timings in Doda town from 8 am to 2 pm, in soft zones of rural areas of Doda Tehsil from 9 am to 3 pm and in hard zones the timing was kept unchanged.
The DC had authorized the CEO and HUIs to take the call on changing the timing according to the head wave and their areas but the education department seems to be waiting for a bad thing to happen to wake up from the deep slumber—(KNO)
