Omar is committed for upliftment of education standard in rural areas: - Saroori

School students today held a demonstration and stopped the convoy of Former Minister and Congress MLA Inderwal G M Saroori in protest against shortage of teaching staff in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Students of High School and Middle School, Tagod, in Kishtwar district staged the protest when Saroori's convoy was on its way to Chatroo to attend a function.

The agitating students joined by village sarpanch and local people blocked Kishtwar-Srinagar national highway at Dadpath and shouted slogans against the Education department.

Later, the Saroori interacted with the students who told him that only four teachers are posted in the high school and the middle school in Tagod for nearly 350 students.

The students said that among the four teachers posted in both school, only two or three teachers attended the school on alternative basis.

Sarpanch Panchayat Halqa of Tagod Sewa Ram told the MLA that the irrigation department is using sub-standard material for construction of water reservior at Tagod and demanded action against the department and the contractor executing the work.

Saroori assured the students that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is committed for upliftment of education standard in rural areas and assured them that he will submit a detailed report pertaining to shortage of teaching staff at Tagod school to government.