Bandipora, Aug. 7 -- A glaring imbalance in teacher deployment across government schools in Bandipora district has raised serious concerns about the state of affairs in Education Department- particularly in tribal and upper-reach areas-where students are being deprived of basic academic attention, while schools in town areas remain overstaffed, with many teachers performing clerical duties instead of teaching.

Ground reports and field visits reveal a stark contrast in how human resources are distributed across the district. In the remote Primary School Duban, which caters to 135 students-mostly from the tribal Gujjar and Bakarwal communities-only three teachers are posted. The school had four, but one was recently redeployed to High Scho...