JKSM slams Modi govt for banning NGO-run schools in IIOJK

Over 20,000 students are enrolled in hundreds of schools affiliated with Fallah-e-Aam Trust


Our Correspondent June 15, 2022
Indian paramilitary troops stand guard on the outskirts of IIOJK's Srinagar. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD:

Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Chairman Altaf Ahmed Bhat strongly condemned the crackdown on schools in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) calling it an “educational terrorism”.

The education department in IIOJK in a bid to destroy the future of Kashmiri students has ordered the banning of all Fallah-e-Aam Trust (FAT) schools while directing district and zonal education officers to seal all schools within 15 days.

More than 20,000 students are studying in the hundreds of schools affiliated with FAT in IIOJK.

Bhat said that the Modi-led BJP government is violating each and every basic human right in IIOJK, while international organisations and guarantors have turned their eyes blind to the Indian atrocities.

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From destroying economy, businesses, torturing and killing youth, now Indian government officials have started “educational terrorism” by closing schools for needy students across the occupied region.

He further said that last year Indian occupation administration stopped Kashmiri students who were pursuing professional degree programmes all over the world from continuing their education, now the IIOJK administration is closing schools to create hopelessness and destroy the future of Kashmiris.

The chairman JKSM reiterated that education is a basic human right and every Kashmiri student should get their due rights while the UN and other global organisations working for education all over the world must intervene and put pressure on New Delhi to take back its decision.

COMMENTS (1)

Abdullah Khan | 2 years ago | Reply Step by step consolidating the occupation and we are just protesting on every step. Pakistan can announce online Affiliations for all schools and colleges in Occupied J K take online exams and issue degrees. Pakistan can also announce that all state subjects of entire state of J K are eligible to apply for Pakistani passport. NADRA can create a database for all permanent residents of J K. Many other steps we can adopt
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