Winter vacations in kashmir from ist week of December.. ! Schools in Valley shut from 1st week of Dec. Bismah MalikTribune News ServiceSrinagar, October 31Nirmal Sharma, Secretary, School Education Department, said the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state would not shorten the academic session in Kashmir schools.She said winter vacations in Valley schools would begin from the first week of December as per schedule.“We have already lost over a month of academic session due to the floods. We cannot afford to announce winter vacations earlier. There may be some schools which will function as polling booths, but that will not interrupt our class work,” she added.However, she said due to huge infrastructure damage to schools, it would be a difficult task ahead for students and teachers to attend classes.Sharma said 1,096 schools in the Valley, which had suffered damage in the floods, were functioning frommakeshift places and routine classes were going on.After the J&K High Court issued notices to the School Education Department in response to a PIL seeking cancellation of march exam orders, Sharma said Marchexams might not be a regular feature, though for this session, the state board Classes X and XII exams would be conducted in March.“Some stakeholders expressed that March examinations will not be a viable option because of long winter vacations. We were compelled to conduct exams in March due to the prevailing flood situation,” she added.Private schools on the other hand have objected to the delay in the examinations and instead opted for mass promotions till Class VII.“The government has unreasonably delayed the exams,which will cost the students a precious academic year. If the government doesn’t allow us to opt for mass promotions, we will go to court,” spokesperson of the Private Schools United Front said.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:26:39 +0000
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