The Kashmir Economic Alliance (K) Chairperson and president of Kashmir traders and manufacturers federation Haji Mohammed Yasin Khan Tuesday expressed serious concern over the Kashmir University’s “half-baked” program to start evening or supplementary classes in the absence of requisite infrastructure including human resource.
In a statement issued this evening, Khan said, “it was ridiculous on the part of the authorities at the helm of top seat of learning who are trying to accomplish agenda of some forces in the previous RSS-backed government, who wanted to promote liberal night life in the name of education and to equally fleece Kashmiris of their financial resources.”
“First, as reported by a section of media, KU has no teachers and other resources to run evening classes. Second, these classes are likely to stretch till midnight. Where will our daughters and sisters go at that time? And what about our sons and brothers who could end up being targeted for their ‘fictitious movement in the dark’ by the trigger-friendly forces, as happened in the past,” Khan asked adding the KU Vice Chancellor owes explanation to the society on “playing puppet at the hands of a RSS-backed lobby”.
“Such elements are present even inside the varsity and try to give a rosy picture of this shady deal in the name of evening classes. Nothing goes unnoticed but people notice everything,” Khan maintained.
Maintaining that the KEA was not against development or revival of evening life in Kashmir, which has huge tourism potential, Khan however, said, “why use students as cannon fodders and exploit them in the name of education?”
He said the KU authorities should learn a lesson from the academicians of Jawaharlal Nehru University “who fight for the cause and of integrity students rather than exploiting them for personal gains”.
“The KU administration seems to be in a hurry to go ahead with the proposal despite the fact it has neither the infrastructure nor resources to implement the scheme. As of now, revenue generation seems to be the only motive behind the idea of having evening classes in the varsity but at the cost of career and life of our students,” Khan added.
Last week, Kashmir University came out with a proposal of starting evening or a supplementary shift in the campus.
For this, applications from students desirous of seeking admissions in these classes were invited. “But the million dollar question, as asked by the media, truly is that where is the infrastructure and staff for holding these classes?” Khan reiterated adding that the “half-baked decision would take Kashmir towards a deep rooted conspiracy”.
Meanwhile educationists are of the opinion that Kashmir University should give affiliation to private colleges to conduct PG courses so that our students have better option available at home state rather than Bhopal,Indore,Dehradun or any other city.
(Kashmie life)
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