Srinagar, Feb. 14 -- Every academic year, hundreds of qualified teachers across Jammu and Kashmir face predictable exploitation: dismissal before winter vacations, salary denial during closure months, and forced reapplication when schools reopen. Recent advertisements from schools such as Amity International School, R.P. Schools, Kashmir Harvard Educational Institute, Delhi Public School Srinagar, Birla Open Minds, and Doon School, among a dozen others, expose a systematic assault on constitutional rights and labour dignity, enabled by governmental abdication.

Most insidiously, some institutions specifically encourage female candidates to apply under the rhetoric of "women empowerment," only to exploit them with meagre salaries, excessiv...