Recent article in Greater Kashmir

This recent article in Greater Kashmir was one of the best examples of how a person can ridicule himself without even understanding it. The education minister called for 20% reservations in the missionary schools which vindicates nothing but the fact that they have hands down accepted their own public institutions as complete failures. Why does the Education minister not talk about upgrading the public school system? I personally hold a firm belief that the schools in which the minister is asking for reservations are hyped and parents enroll their wards looking more at a status symbol than a dedicated search for better education. At the same time these institutions maintain an unwritten policy of catering to the affluent class. We have many schools in Kashmir that are doing a great job at education and at the same time upholding the cultural and ethical values of the society (a fact where these schools miserably fail). Iqbal Memorial, New Era etc. are a few to name here. Instead of looking for reservations, we should have a setup of education that beats these missionary schools by parsecs and then automatically these schools will be less sought after and we will reach our goals of a better education system upholding our social values accessible to all economic classes of the society. This is where organizations like KEI® are indispensable and gives us even more reasons to get up and make a difference. Ridiculous as they are, the statements like the ones made by the education minister will at that time be nothing but redundant.