Share your story and shine at JK Monitor!š Welcome to JK Monitor, where every story matters and every achievement is celebrated! We invite you to share the remarkable journey of your life and showcase your accomplishments to the world. Join our exclusive interviews that honor exceptional individuals just like you. LADAKH: The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) Ladakh Unit, led by its President Mohd Hasnain Rocky, on Saturday met senior parliamentarians including Rajya Sabha MP and senior leader Sanjay Raut, Member of Parliament Neeraj Shekhar, Sanjay Yadav and other prominent leaders in Kargil, as part of the Associationās continued outreach and engagement with members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
During the interaction, Hasnain highlighted several pressing issues concerning the students and youth of Ladakh, particularly those from Kargil district. The discussions focused on challenges related to education, unemployment, student welfare, inadequate infrastructure, lack of professional opportunities, and the growing need for higher educational and skill development institutions in the region.
The delegation urged the parliamentarians to raise these concerns at the national level and sought their intervention to ensure that the aspirations and voices of the youth of Ladakh are effectively represented before the Government of India and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
Hasnain submitted a detailed memorandum highlighting several long-pending issues affecting students and youth in Ladakh. During the meeting, Rocky raised key concerns regarding student safety, reservation policy, rising unemployment among the youth of Kargil and Ladakh, and the challenges being faced by students studying in higher secondary institutions across the region. He strongly advocated for the upgradation of Degree College Sankoo into a full-fledged institution equipped with adequate infrastructure, faculty, hostel facilities, and modern academic resources to cater to the educational needs of students from remote and far-flung areas.
The delegation also highlighted the long-pending issue of the non-functional Engineering College in Kargil and stressed the urgent need to make the institution fully operational so that students from Ladakh can access quality technical and professional education within the Union Territory itself. Several other student-centric concerns, including shortage of teaching staff, inadequate educational infrastructure, limited employment opportunities, delays in recruitment processes, and the need for greater government intervention in strengthening the education sector of Ladakh, were also discussed in detail.
The memorandum submitted by the Association sought the establishment of a full-fledged Degree College at Sankoo, immediate functionalization of the Engineering College at Kargil, early Gazette notification and recruitment for vacant government posts in educational institutions and other departments, continuation of admission opportunities for Ladakh students in the University of Jammu and University of Kashmir under ST quota or special seats until a full-fledged university is established in Ladakh, establishment of a Kendriya Vidyalaya at Sodh in Kargil, introduction of Commerce, Medical and full Arts streams in higher secondary schools where such streams are unavailable, and provision of admission opportunities for students of Ladakh in Paramedical Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir under reserved or special quota until adequate institutions are established within Ladakh.
The Association expressed hope that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs would take serious note of these pressing concerns and recommend appropriate policy measures for the welfare, empowerment, and educational advancement of students and youth in Ladakh. The Association stated that these demands are aimed at ensuring educational development, equal opportunities, institutional strengthening, and the overall welfare of students and youth in the region.
