Kashmir school students protest winter schools

Srinagar: Teenage students who were seen protesting during the recent unrest in the Kashmir Valley are back on the roads — but, for a different cause this time.

The students have been gathering outside Press Enclave, where most of the media offices are located, to protest against the state government’s decision to keep schools open for secondary classes even as Kashmir reels under an intense cold wave.

“While the politicians have all the comfort at their disposal, they have taken a strange decision of keeping the schools open for winter. Let the education minister shiver in cold for one day in my classroom and then he will realise that there is no point in his decision,” said Muzamil, a ninth class student, during one such protest.