State should take over Adarsh Schools: Jakhar
Sunday, 03/08/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140803/punjab.htm#6
Chandigarh : Leader of Opposition, Sunil Jakhar, has demanded that the state government take over the management of Adarsh Schools as private managements/companies running various Adarsh Schools, were allegedly indulging in malpractices and exploiting teaching as well as non-teaching staff working there.
In a statement issued here, Jakhar said these Adarsh Schools were set up to improve the standard of education in rural areas, but due to the commercial approach of the organisations running these, the concept of Adarsh schools had been badly compromised.
As per guidelines of Union HRD Ministry, the staff in Adarsh Schools must be paid on the lines of employees working in Kendriya Vidyalayas, but the ground reality is entirely different. He said the staff was being allegedly exploited by private players, who want to make money and not improve the education system.
He said that recently a representation of teaching and non-teaching staff of Adarsh Schools had met him and apprised him of their grievances.
Instead of trying to set up Adarsh Schools at other places, the Akali-BJP government must concentrate on improving the already commissioned schools, he added.
