The people of village Dhergarh, falling under Samba block, held demonstration against the Education Department for callous attitude towards the functioning of school in their area. PDP leader Sunny Sangral led the protest. The villagers, including students, raised slogans against the Government holding it responsible for the prevailing mess. Expressing anguish, village Panch Parshotam Singh said Government opened Primary School in their Dhergarh and deputed two ReT teachers to teach the students. But, one of the two teachers Surinder Singh has got relieved himself from Dhergarh and enjoying attachment in the office of District Development Commissioner for the last six years. He said, Surinder, who actually resides at Bari Brahmana, had requested the village people in 2002 to refer his case for ReT recruitment as his family had links with Dhergarh.
“He had promised to serve the far-flung village but he backtracked as soon as he was regularized as General Line Teacher after completing five years of service. In the absence of one teacher, the second teacher is feeling helpless to run the school as he has to run move several time for official work, owing to which school opens merely for two days a week,” the Panch added.He demanded from the Government to either call back Surinder Singh or send his replacement for smooth functioning of the school, in the absence of which the poor students were suffering badly on account of studies.Addressing people, Sunny Sangral flayed the state government for ignoring the far-flung areas of Samba district. He warned the Education Department for dire consequences if proper deployment of teachers was not made within a short time. He also demanded proper infrastructure in the village schools. Among others who joined the protest included Jankar Singh, Jagdev Singh, Maan Singh, Kewal Singh and Swarn Singh.