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  • Shortage of Textbooks Hits Uri Schools, Parents Aghast

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    Zaffer Iqbal

    Uri, May 6 (GNS): Most of the students enrolled across various schools in Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district are suffering for the want of text-books for over a month now, which has expectedly affected the education scenario in the frontier town.

    A delegation of parents told GNS that despite the fact that the classes have started well before a month, still most of the students have not been provided with the textbooks by the respective schools.

    A parent, part of delegation, told his son is reading in class 5th but EVS, Mathematics and Kashmiri books have not been provided to him as of now.

    Another parent with a somewhat similar claim said his ward, reading in Class 2, is yet to receive his Urdu book.

    Expressing their resentment, the delegation said the lackadaisical approach by the schools in the area have reduced free education to merely a joke.

    “If this remains the situation, how well will our wards learn?”, another delegation member said.

    “We appeal Director School Education Kashmir to take necessary action and provide complete books to their children as soon as possible so that the education of their wards is not affected anymore”, they said.

    When contacted, a School Education Department official admitted they have lack of availability of several books. “We have taken up the matter with higher-ups and hope that all the books required are made available at an earliest”, the official told GNS. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

  • Ajas Residents Aghast Over ‘Casual Approach of Employees’ At Local J&K Bank Unit

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    Babar Rather

    Srinagar, Mar 15 (GNS): Residents of Ajas in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district are aghast over alleged lackadaisical approach of employees towards account-holders at locally setup branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank.

    A delegation of aggrieved account holders told GNS that the staff has been taking them on a ride and playing down their genuine issues.

    “The bank staff is acting indifferent towards our genuine issues, be it regarding cash transactions, sanctioning of loan or any other trivial matter”, they alleged adding the bank has been instead entertaining cases of a selected group of people who act as sort of touts and thereby put the commoners into jeopardy.

    Despite moving multiple representations before the authorities, we are yet to see any respite, they further said.

    Despite repeated attempts, Zonal Head (Sopore) didn’t attend to any of the calls.

    When contacted, PRO J&K Bank Ajaz Zargar told GNS that the people from the area should come with a formal representation to them. “We assure the grievances would be done away with at an earliest”, the official said. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )