Morning assemblies, which were held today at private and government schools of the Valley after 100 days of winter vacations, imparted moral lessons to boys for not indulging in stone-throwing incidents.
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As the Kashmir valley is limping back to normalcy amid fears of the return of the street violence, school teachers arranged for some counselling sessions with students.
Teachers say imparting moral “gyaan” to students is part of their job, although there aren’t any strict orders from the higher authorities for organising such sessions.
“We think it is necessary to conduct morning assemblies and give some moral lessons to students apart from academics so that no untoward incidents happen in the vicinity of schools,” said Bashir Ahmad Darzi, Principal, Sri Pratap School, Srinagar, where 3,000 boys are enrolled in the +2 level.
Darzi said although there were stray stone-throwing incidents regularly in and around the school area, students were always advised to remain away from such incidents.
SP School along with other Srinagar-based schools for boys have been under the scanner of the police for involvement of students in street protests which often lead to violence.
However, teachers play down the claims of schools having any involvement in stone-throwing and related incidents. “Boys who are involved in stone-throwing are not students. Since our schools are centrally located, there are always apprehensions of students getting caught in stone-throwing incidents. They should not be branded as stone-throwers,” Shakir Ahmad, economics teacher at SP College said.
Students of Govt Higher Secondary Boys School at Jawahar Nagar in Srinagar also went through a brief counselling session after the winter vacations.
“We were told to remain present in the school regularly and concentrate on studies.
Our school has been defamed by the police time and again by naming students in stone-throwing incidents. We urge Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to direct the police to not harass us all the time. This affects our morale,” said Shakir Syed, a Class XII student of Government Boys School, Jawahar Nagar.
Follow up:
As the Kashmir valley is limping back to normalcy amid fears of the return of the street violence, school teachers arranged for some counselling sessions with students.
Teachers say imparting moral “gyaan” to students is part of their job, although there aren’t any strict orders from the higher authorities for organising such sessions.
“We think it is necessary to conduct morning assemblies and give some moral lessons to students apart from academics so that no untoward incidents happen in the vicinity of schools,” said Bashir Ahmad Darzi, Principal, Sri Pratap School, Srinagar, where 3,000 boys are enrolled in the +2 level.
Darzi said although there were stray stone-throwing incidents regularly in and around the school area, students were always advised to remain away from such incidents.
SP School along with other Srinagar-based schools for boys have been under the scanner of the police for involvement of students in street protests which often lead to violence.
However, teachers play down the claims of schools having any involvement in stone-throwing and related incidents. “Boys who are involved in stone-throwing are not students. Since our schools are centrally located, there are always apprehensions of students getting caught in stone-throwing incidents. They should not be branded as stone-throwers,” Shakir Ahmad, economics teacher at SP College said.
Students of Govt Higher Secondary Boys School at Jawahar Nagar in Srinagar also went through a brief counselling session after the winter vacations.
“We were told to remain present in the school regularly and concentrate on studies.
Our school has been defamed by the police time and again by naming students in stone-throwing incidents. We urge Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to direct the police to not harass us all the time. This affects our morale,” said Shakir Syed, a Class XII student of Government Boys School, Jawahar Nagar.
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