The Government will
be releasing a one time grant of Rs. 20 crore to Kashmir University.
This information was given by Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Minister
for Human Resource Development (HRD), in a meeting with Shri Mufti
Mohammad Syed, here today. This money has been requisitioned for
urgent inputs required in the University. Dr. Joshi also stated
that an exhibition showcasing the government’s various schemes
and steps towards improving literacy and also the general levels
of education in the country would be put up in Kashmir in the
near future.
Dr. Joshi assured
the J&K Chief Minister that the Union HRD Ministry would begin,
right away, efforts to set up two residential schools in the Kashmir
Valley, and one in Jammu. A new scheme could be mooted for these
schools to be set up, and it could help in combating tendencies
of separatism by bringing children into the mainstream through
education in these schools. These schools would be of the standard
of Kendriya Vidyalayas. Shri Mufti Mohammad Syed, informed Dr.
Joshi that land for one such school had already been made available
in Anantnag in Kashmir.
The J&K Chief
Minister, lauding the Government’s initiative, the Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan, stated that universalisation of Elementary Education
would be implemented at the quickest possible pace in J&K.
This would help in creating employment opportunities in thousands
when teachers are recruited for the programme, besides fulfilling
the urgent and important task of imparting literacy to children.
