Valley schools reject JK Police’s proposal for concession and reservation

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Schools

By Irshad Khan

Srinagar, Mar 29: Private schools in Kashmir have turned down the police’s “request” for concession in fees and reservation to their children.
Police recently sought “30 per cent fee concession and 20 per cent seat reservation” for the wards of its personnel, “so that they can avail better quality of education” from as many as 35 private schools in the state.
These include 10 in the Valley, viz Burn Hall, Presentation Convent Higher Secondary, Green Valley Educational Institute, Tyndale Biscoe, Salfia Muslim Institute, Mallinson Girls School, Woodlands House School, Delhi Public School Srinagar, Iqra International School, and New Era Public School.
Earlier, the police had said that they had constituted a committee to seek perks for their wards in the schools “in lieu of which police shall offer to provide necessary practice/ training to the children…on important National/ School functions”.
The 10 Valley-based institutions would not provide any reservation to the police personnel’s wards, Chairman Private Schools Association Kashmir (PSAK), G N Var said.
While caste-based and gender-based reservation was “acceptable to the government and us as well” Var said, “reservation on the basis of profession is unheard of”.
“How can such a reservation be provided? We are very much clear on this,” he added.
Principal Tyndale Biscoe School, Parvez Kaul, said, “No ways the institution would provide any reservation to the wards of the police personnel.”
While the police personnel had sought a profession-based reservation for their wards, Kaul said, “Then what about other professionals like doctors, engineers and others.”
An official from the Delhi Public School Srinagar said the police “shall improve their own police schools”.
“Let them have their own schools. Why shall they come to the private schools at all?” he asked.
Ruling out any reservation for the wards of the police personnel, Chairman Green Valley Educational Institute, Mohammad Yousuf Wani said, “We would not provide any reservation. How is it possible? All the children are equal to us.
Regional Manager Iqra International School at Bagh-i-Mehtab, Dr Suhail, told The Kashmir Monitor that they would “follow the stance taken by the Private Schools Association. We will not take any individual decision”.
Principal Woodlands House School, Viki Singh said that Chairman PSAK, G N Var “is the boss. Whatever he says is the final thing.”
Director General of Police, S P Vaid, said the police had only made “a request” to the private schools.
“We cannot force anybody. It is not in the law,” he said.

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