MLA Doda Majeed Wani said that the academic atmosphere in all the rural schools was “dismal” because of acute shortage of teachers as teachers posted in rural areas had managed to attach themselves to schools in cities, including Doda city and Bhaderwah town . He said it was strange that during the last two years a few hundred RET teachers had been appointed and under the SSA scheme. He expressed surprise over the delay in recruiting RET teachers and those under SSA scheme because both these schemes were fully funded by the centre. Javed Ahmed , a graduate, from Doda village , Richipal Singh, a postgraduate from Bhagwah and Naveen Mahajan, a graduate from Bhaderwah , said that they had applied for teachers posts under Rehbr-e-Taleem scheme two years ago and till date they have not received any appointment orders. They said some of their friends had to spend a good amount of money for persuading the concerned authorities to issue appointment letters.people of Doda district alleged that on one hand the Government had announced an ambitious scheme of opening of new educational institutions and upgrading others, on the other it has failed to provide the basic infrastructure required for ensuring smooth academic atmosphere. They suggested to the National Conference led Government to start detachment of attached teachers immediately and complete fresh recruitment of teachers under RET and SSA schemes so that students did not suffer. He said if the system was not further improved it would force the student community to enroll themselves in private schools. People of the Doda district also alleged that in Bhagwah and Thatri zone of the Doda many teachers are attached in ZEO offices where they have no work and is doing private shops and business under the nose of CEO Doda .