TWO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN TRAL, QAZIGUND ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS
TWO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN TRAL, QAZIGUND ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS
Anantnag , Mar 22 , 2021 :
Teachers of both schools donate part of salary, purchase, hire vans
An attempt to motivate the parents to admit their children in government run schools, teachers of two government schools in southern Anantnag and Pulwama districts have arranged transportation for the students enrolled in their respective schools.
These schools include Middle school Panzath in zone Qazigund and middle school Saimoo in zone Tral.
The transportation has been arranged by the teachers of both these schools out of their own pockets.
Teachers posted at middle school Panzath during the recent enrollment drive registered at least 23 fresh admissions in the school.
According to a teacher posted in the school they motivated the parents to send their children to the government assuring them good education and proper care.
" After the parents reposed trust in us we decided to arrange the transportation for the lower primary classes.
We hired a local van which picks and drops these kids. Students dont have to pay for this facility as we have decided to donate a part of our salary for the purpose," a teacher posted in the school told Media.
For the ongoing month, he said, they have already donated three thousand rupees each. The school with 62 students on roll has six teachers.
Teachers of another government run school, middle school Saimoo in educational zone Tral have purchased a van for the school for transportation of students.
The promise to provide transport facility to the children had been made by the teachers during the enrollment drive carried out by the education department a couple of months ago.
Days before the reopening of schools after a year, teachers of the school in order to keep their word with the parents who had agreed to admit their kids in the school purchased a van.
Zonal education officer, Tral, Mohammad Javed Ahmad said that the head of the school, Sunil Kumar donated 70000 rupees for the purchase of the van and rest of the amount was donated by other nine teachers.
ZEO said that teachers have opened a joint account in the name of school in which they collect 1000 rupees per month from their salaries.
" This donated part of their salary on monthly basis is used for fuel and salary of the driver," the officer told Kashmir Times.
School, according to the officer has 96 students on roll.
Nearly 32 of these students enrolled in the school were admitted during the recent enrollment drive carried out by the teachers.
