While not having to go to school and being able to stay in front of the TV for hours may seem fun and tempting to the students in Kashmir and Jammu it’s something they dread everyday. Missing even a single day of school for any reason can make any student fall behind but these students are having to miss weeks or even months of school at a time.These students have missed out on their education not only as individuals but as a whole region.
Mehak Javid Bhat, an 18-year-old high school student, has around 4 months until her big test for med-school but she can’t prepare properly because of her school being closed. As a result she can’t go and ask her teachers for help, she can’t phone a friend and have them help her because their phones don’t work, and she can’t even look up what she doesn't understand because she can’t get onto the internet. Her story is similar to many other kids who can’t go to school not because of their own fears but because their parents fear risking their children’s lives for an education when a future to use it in isn't guaranteed. Some teachers have taken it into their own hands and started going door to door delivering work to students so they can hopefully study for the upcoming exams.
This is very saddening to me and I think it is very unfair to the students of India. The act of the students leaving their house in an attempt to attend school is too dangerous to risk the journey so many parents do not allow it. Their lives are on the line in this hostile time. Many Kashmiri children do not see an end to this madness and fear they will not be able to graduate and hold decent jobs in the future.
After the government stripped statehood away from Jammu and Kashmir, the threat of another war with Pakistan is looming in the near future. However, these kids want to be in school so bad that they are not as scared as you would think. School is a safe place for them, a shelter from the madness of the world. I hope that, for the student’s sake, India will soon be safe and they will be able to resume their education.
This is very saddening to me and I think it is very unfair to the students of India. The act of the students leaving their house in an attempt to attend school is too dangerous to risk the journey so many parents do not allow it. Their lives are on the line in this hostile time. Many Kashmiri children do not see an end to this madness and fear they will not be able to graduate and hold decent jobs in the future.
After the government stripped statehood away from Jammu and Kashmir, the threat of another war with Pakistan is looming in the near future. However, these kids want to be in school so bad that they are not as scared as you would think. School is a safe place for them, a shelter from the madness of the world. I hope that, for the student’s sake, India will soon be safe and they will be able to resume their education.
This is very saddening to me and I think it is very unfair to the students of India. The act of the students leaving their house in an attempt to attend school is too dangerous to risk the journey so many parents do not allow it. Their lives are on the line in this hostile time. Many Kashmiri children do not see an end to this madness and fear they will not be able to graduate and hold decent jobs in the future.
After the government stripped statehood away from Jammu and Kashmir, the threat of another war with Pakistan is looming in the near future. However, these kids want to be in school so bad that they are not as scared as you would think. School is a safe place for them, a shelter from the madness of the world. I hope that, for the student’s sake, India will soon be safe and they will be able to resume their education.