J&K announces plan to reopen all schools
PTI
PTI
Srinagar, September 26, 2010
courtesy: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article797110.ece
A day after the Centre advised Jammu and Kashmir to open schools, State Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed announced on Sunday a comprehensive plan for restarting educational systems and holding of annual examinations in the Valley.
“We have formulated a plan to reopen all the schools in the rural as well as urban areas including Srinagar city from tomorrow,” Sayeed told reporters after chairing a meeting of the officials of the education department.
He said the department will ensure that the students of the valley do not lose a precious academic year due to the ongoing unrest.
“We will take the necessary steps. Transport facility will be provided to the staff on 11 routes in the city and identity cards of the teaching and non—teaching staff will be treated as curfew passes,” the minister said.
He said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday chaired a meeting in which he directed all security agencies to facilitate the movement of the students and staff even if curfew is in place.
Sayeed said parents should send their wards to schools as the annual examinations for all the classes including Secondary and Senior Secondary will be held in time.
“Examinations will be held in time but in case any student is not able to appear on the given date due to disturbance or violence, a re—examination will be held at a later date,” he added.
Sayeed said while the secondary school examination (10th standard) for students enrolled in schools will begin from October 25 followed by Senior Secondary (12th standard) from November 2.
More than 3.25 lakh students are registered with the JK Board of School Education for secondary and senior secondary classes and scheduled to appear in these exams.
The education department has established 1935 examination centres to conduct the annual examinations, which are held in autumn every year due to extreme cold during winter months.
The announcement of the examination schedule came a day after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram advised the Jammu and Kashmir government to open all schools.
The Centre has also sanctioned Rs 100 crore for improving the education infrastructure.
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