SRINAGAR – Indian occupied Kashmir Minister Altaf Bukhari on Saturday hitback at Army Chief General Bipin Rawat for hinting that students in theKashmir Valley were being ”radicalised” in the schools.
Attacking Rawat, Bukhari said the Army should concentrate on its own joband not meddle with the state’s education system.
“The Army Chief is a respected officer. I do not think he is aneducationist that he will give sermons on education. This being a subjecton the state list, we know how to run our education system,” Bukhari said.
The minister’s remark came a day after Army Chief General Bipin Rawat saidthe students in the schools of Jammu and Kashmir were being taught two maps- one of India and the other of J&K.
“In the schools in Jammu and Kashmir, what teachers are teaching should notbe taught. In schools, there can be seen two maps, one of India another ofJammu and Kashmir. Why do we need a separate map for the state? What doesit teach the children?” General Rawat had said in the press conference heldin New Delhi.
The minister, however, defended the presence of two maps in the classroom.
“There are two flags in the state. We have Jammu and Kashmir constitutionand India’s constitution as well. Every school has a state map as it isneeded to teach about the state,” Bukhari added.
The minister expressed displeasure, saying that everyone was trying to passcomments on the state’s education sector and this was not acceptable.