Srinagar: With the state authorities announcing the re-opening of the schools on Monday despite the scorching heat conditions, the temperatures gave tough time to the school going kids with the reports about children fainting in various areas of the summer capital.
As schools reopened on Monday after a 15-day summer break across Kashmir several students fainted due to the heat wave prevailing in the valley.
Parents across have slammed the authorities over undermining the prevailing heat conditions stating that the step taken by the school education department vindicates the little care being shown by the helmsmen about the little kids.
This is outrageous that the situation has turned this much turbulent and the authorities didnt pay any heed to end the crisis. Ether the government should have the proper arrangement in the schools and if they dont have the same, the health of kids must be taken into consideration before making any announcement public, said Mohammad Shafi Lone.
The decisions the state authorities take are anarchic in nature. They dont see the conditions on ground. They sit in the air conditioned offices and take decision of opening of the schools, caring little what it means to remain in the intense heat conditions, said Mukhtar Ahmad, whose kid studies in 1st standard at a private institution.
However, the state authorities when contacted maintained that the syllabus of the kids is yet incomplete and if the vacations continue it would have direct affect upon the academic session.
But parents contested the claim of school education department, stating that the health of their children is most important. They cannot take our children for a ride. They have to take appropriate step, parents said.
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