The students of government High School Morha Bachai in Surankote area of Poonch district Thursday staged a protest against the shortage of staff.
Reports said that the protesting students raised slogansagainst the state’s education department and accused it of ruining theirfuture.
“There is a severe shortage of teaching staff at our schoolwhich is adversely affecting our studies,” a protesting student said.
He said that the matter has time and again been taken upwith the department, but so far there has not been any positive response.
The protesting students also blocked the Jammu-Poonchhighway for three hours at Dundak village of Surankote.
Later, Chief Education Officer, Poonch, and Sub-DivisionalMagistrate, Surankote, met the students and pacified them.
Pertinently, on Wednesday, students of government HigherSecondary School Kotranka in Rajouri staged a protest against staff shortage.