JAMMU: A representative delegation of the Jammu Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) called on Cabinet Minister for Education Shamim Firdous and Director of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) Dr Naseem Javaid, submitting an exhaustive memorandum of demands seeking urgent resolution of long-pending administrative issues, stalled promotions, and cadre stagnation plaguing the school education department.
The delegation was jointly spearheaded by JKTF Senior Vice Chairman J.A. Agah, UT President Bharat Bhushan Sharma, and Provincial President Kuldeep Singh Bandral, who apprised the Minister of escalating professional grievances arising from delays in administrative career progression and acute staffing vacuums in government educational institutions.
Minister Shamim Firdous gave a patient hearing to the teachers’ representatives, reassuring the delegation that all legitimate professional demands would be systematically reviewed and resolved within defined timeframes in consultation with administrative finance and personnel departments.
Following their ministerial interface, the JKTF leadership convened a formal meeting with DSEJ Dr Naseem Javaid and Personnel Officer Manisha Angral at the Directorate headquarters. The leaders strongly advocated for convening long-overdue Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) for teachers to masters, masters to headmasters, and master cadre educators to school lecturers across all major academic streams.
The Forum also highlighted the operational crisis caused by hundreds of unfilled headmaster, principal, and non-teaching administrative vacancies in high schools and higher secondary institutions across rural and border belts, which directly impairs academic supervision and institutional leadership.
Director School Education Dr Naseem Javaid assured the forum that promotion files and cadre clearance exercises are being expedited on high priority to restore career mobility and strengthen school leadership.
Prominent educators attending the delegation included Rashpaul Choudhary (District President Kathua), Gurmeet Singh, Subash Sharma, Rakesh Singh, Mohinder Singh, Ramandeep Sharma, Bishan Lal, Deepak Sharma, and Anees Ahmad Wani.
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