Degree College Doru Shahabad sans facilities

Doru (Anantnag), June 22: Established in April 2005, the government degree college Doru Shahabad lacks basic facilities like water, electricity and transport making the students difficult to study under such environment.

The college building constructed lacks all the basic facilities. “The non availability of basic facilities makes education difficult here said Feroz Ahmad, a student of this college.

He said “Every morning we have to walk at least 3 km from Doru market to reach the college campus, which add to our agonies, as weather is hot and this makes us tired to attend the classes”.

Even drinking water is not available and one has to carry water bottles with him otherwise will have to beg for a pint of water, he added.

“How a thirsty can and tired student concentrate in classroom, thus making our performance weak”, another student Shafiq Malik questioned.

With no electricity, water and transport, the students have to face the problems and the sanitation is very far off question in this college “the non availability of water has made the bathrooms non functional and has to go in open fields but the girl students face humiliation while preferring to go in open field.

Not only this the college according to the students is running short of faculty members as only two teachers are permanent while rest of the staff is on contractual basis who are least bothered about the future of students.

“What they will teach us as are always in Anantnag or Srinagar for pursuing their studies and their regularization cases in civil secretariat”, a retired school teacher told NAK adding gone the days when teachers were sincere in their duties.

The college staff also admits the problems and said not only students but they too suffer in absence of basic facilities. “Crores were spent for the building but the necessary arrangements are being ignored” said one of the teachers on condition of anonymity.

“We too have problems like of the students but are forced to face them” said Mir Altaf, a lecturer.

While talking to NAK, the principal of the college Nasreen Jan, admits the problems faced by the students and staff.

''We have brought our grievances into the notice of main bosses of our educational department but they never listen to us''. However she is optimistic that these problems will overcome in near future. (NAK)