New Delhi: The Nationwide Human Rights Fee has served a discover to the Punjab authorities over a media report that college students in Kaluwara village within the state should not have entry to correct academic amenities. Taking suo motu cognizance of the media report, the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) stated the scholars, particularly the ladies in Kaluwara village, first stroll on foot in slushy banks of the river Sutlej, then board a ‘berhi’ (wood boat) and cross the river to stroll for an additional 4 kms alongside the border with Pakistan earlier than lastly reaching the Authorities Senior Secondary College in Gatti Rajoke space of Ferozpur district.
“The media report additional revealed that Kaluwara is surrounded on three sides by river water and by the border fence on the fourth. Throughout heavy rain, the river floods fields and houses, forcing the residents to spend days on roof tops. The village homes 50 households and has just one main college. A lot of the women learning within the main college drop out after class 5,” the NHRC assertion stated.
The Fee has additionally sought a report from the Punjab authorities and requested it to say what steps have been taken or proposed to offer higher and hassle-free entry to college students within the space, both by constructing a brand new college at a close-by place or by offering higher commuting amenities.
“The Fee has noticed that it turns into crucial that the state authorities makes it potential for each baby to get an entry to the training system, with out a lot hindrance or issue in order that the elemental significance of the lifetime of a person will be achieved,” the assertion added.
“The media report additional revealed that Kaluwara is surrounded on three sides by river water and by the border fence on the fourth. Throughout heavy rain, the river floods fields and houses, forcing the residents to spend days on roof tops. The village homes 50 households and has just one main college. A lot of the women learning within the main college drop out after class 5,” the NHRC assertion stated.
The Fee has additionally sought a report from the Punjab authorities and requested it to say what steps have been taken or proposed to offer higher and hassle-free entry to college students within the space, both by constructing a brand new college at a close-by place or by offering higher commuting amenities.
“The Fee has noticed that it turns into crucial that the state authorities makes it potential for each baby to get an entry to the training system, with out a lot hindrance or issue in order that the elemental significance of the lifetime of a person will be achieved,” the assertion added.
