JAMMU, July 14 -- Alleging collapse of educational edifice in J&K, Harsh Dev Singh, Chairman-JKNPP & former Minister said that a deep rooted culture of corruption had become all pervasive in the Department and infected the system like bubonic plague. Seeking indulgence of Lt. Governor, Singh called for complete overhauling of the Department to save it from ruin and devastation at the hands of certain reckless, irresponsible functionaries. He was addressing a press conference in Jammu today.

Speaking on the occasion, Harsh Dev Singh said that during the visits of JKNPP leaders to various rural and remote areas, it was observed that majority of schools faced acute deficiency of teaching staff with several of them having become virtually defu...