A delegation of private schools association on Monday called on minister for school education Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali and held a detailed discussion on various issues, a spokesman of the association said in a statement.
He said the delegation, led by the association president G N Var, while welcoming the recent reforms made by the minister requested that government should also seek their opinion while devising the new education policy.
The delegation members suggested that a decision should be taken to declare March session as examination session across the state.
The minister responded that government would never bring any reform or any law which would not be people friendly.
Regarding March examination session demand, the minister said the department is looking at all the pros and cons regarding the issue.
“Due to geographical and topographical problems, a lot has to be taken into consideration before taking a call on it. Government has to think about the snowbound areas like Tanghdar, Kargil, Drass before finalizing the examination session,” the minister said.
The minister said he would allow the management of private schools to get their faculty trained at government training institutes for national as well as for international level training.
“However, it would be only done when private schools would assure that they would provide free education to a certain percentage of students coming from humble financial backgrounds,” the minister said, and asked the representatives to come up with a figure suitable for both the parties.