Jammu schools 47-day long summer vacation starts from today

The Jammu and Kashmir Education Department has announced a 47-day summer vacation for educational institutions including schools up to Class 12.

The Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir has announced a 47-day summer vacation for educational institutions including private schools up to Class 12 in summer zone of Jammu division, starting from May 23, 2022.

Schools up to Class 8 standard will get vacation from May 23 to July 9, while for classes 9 to 12 the vacation will be from May 30 to July 9. 

The decision has been taken due to the existing hot weather conditions in the region. However, the schools in Kashmir division will get the customary 10 day summer holidays. In Jammu and Kashmir region, the summer break is longer in the Jammu Division schools and winter break is longer in the Kashmir division schools.

J&K to survey out of school children

J&K School Education Department (SED) is planning to start a survey and collect number of out of school children in J&K UT through the "TALAASH" application. The objective is to bring these children back to school.   

“The department could not identify the out-of school children in J&K UT and enable them to join mainstream schools. In view of this, the MoE asked the department to start a fresh survey to collect data in this regard,” the official said, as reported by Greater Kashmir.

J&K government has recently notified new fees rules for aided and unaided private schools in the region. It will empower the Fee Fixation and Regulation Committee (FFRC) for the private schools to fix, determine and regulate the fee to be charged by the private schools.

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