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| LG orders closure of educational institutions till May 31 | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 5: Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu today chaired a high level meeting of education department to review the education scenario in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir amid COVID-19 lockdown.
Among others, the meeting was attended by Advisor K K Sharma, Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam, Principal Secretary Planning department and Information department Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary School Education Dr Asgar Samoon, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole, Secretary Higher Education Talat Parvez Rohella, Director School Education Kashmir Muhammad Younis and Director Colleges Prof Muhammad Yaseen.
The meeting discussed the overall functioning of the department and status of academic activities during the present crisis. Principal Secretary School Education informed the meeting that in the absence of normal functioning of schools due to lockdown, the students are being taught through tele-classes being conducted through local cable network Doordarshan, Radio and J&K Knowledge Network. Besides online virtual classes are being arranged for students who have access to smart phones.
Lieutenant Governor discussed the progress of making school books available to the students. He gave directions for installing TV sets in far off and tail-end schools so that they too can have access to virtual classes which would promote e-Learning in these challenging times and asked for framing broad based committee of experts for revision of academic curriculum.
Secretary School Education informed the meeting that under the MDM scheme, 22205 schools have been covered out of targeted 22214 while 882782 children out of targeted 924036 stand covered. The meeting was informed that an amount of rupees 5225.184 lacs has been allocated for distribution of two sets of uniforms to 870864 students belonging to SC, ST and BPL families.
During the meeting, LG announced that it may not be possible to reopen the schools till 31st May 2020 and during this time period the department should take up infrastructural repairs. He emphasized that before the schools and colleges are reopened, all educational institutions should be properly sanitized and fumigated.
The Chief Secretary asked the School Education Department to complete the departmental promotions at all levels to firm up the transition of SSA teachers against regular posts. He asked the department to work out a framework for having composite schools in Government sector and to undertake quality assessment of schools through Quality Council of India. |
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