Jammu, 19 December 2024 | Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad has submitted a memorandum to Shri Suresh Kumar Gupta, Administrative Secretary, School Education, highlighting the pressing concern of vacancies for Bhartiya languages, including Hindi, Sanskrit, Dogri, and Punjabi, in lecturer posts in the school education department.
The memorandum emphasizes that despite numerous students completing their postgraduate and doctoral studies in Hindi and Sanskrit from esteemed universities, the absence of vacancies for these subjects has left their future uncertain. Specifically, the JKPSC notification does not include vacancies for Hindi, despite 47 contractual teachers working in higher secondary schools. Similarly, there are no vacancies for Sanskrit lecturers, despite 26 vacant positions in higher secondary schools.
The ABVP demands that the school education department fill the vacant posts for Hindi, Sanskrit, Dogri, and Punjabi lecturers at the earliest, introduce these languages in higher secondary schools as envisioned by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and address the acute shortage of staff in higher secondary schools in far-flung areas. ABVP State Secretary Akshi Billowria emphasized that addressing these concerns is imperative to ensure students have access to quality education and to promote Indian languages and cultural heritage.
State Secretary Akshi Billowria stated, “The school education department must address the concerns regarding vacancies for Bhartiya languages, including Hindi, Sanskrit, Dogri, and Punjabi, in lecturer posts. The absence of vacancies for these subjects has left the future of numerous students uncertain, despite their completion of postgraduate and doctoral studies from esteemed universities. We demand that the department fill the vacant posts at the earliest, introduce these languages in higher secondary schools as envisioned by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and address the acute shortage of staff in higher secondary schools in far-flung areas. This is crucial to ensure students have access to quality education and to promote Indian languages and cultural heritage.”
State Joint Secretary Sannak Shrivats, State Media Incharge Ramnik Sharma, State Office Secretary Sudershan Dogra, Punjabi Scholar Aman, and Hindi Student Ravi were also present in the delegation.
