Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Baramulla, Javid Hassan Baig, on Sunday, expressed concern over the disproportionate Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in government schools and said that a school in Baramulla has 12 teachers for 16 students. He said there was a lack of accountability in the system, and the schools were suffering due to irrational teacher deployment in the Baramulla district. He was speaking at a seminar on the anti-drug campaign, Nasha Mukht Abhiyan, organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) at Dak Bungalow, Baramulla. MLA Javid Hassan Baig said there were schools in the district with more teachers than students, while many institutions elsewhere remained understaffed.
