Kashmir’s leading private schools’ body, the Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK), on Sunday said the government move to ban hundreds of private schools in the valley is likely to impact over two lakh students.
“Banning private schools will put the future of more than two lakh children at stake. We appeal to the government to review the decision on humanitarian grounds,” PSAJK chairman G.N. Var said.
Chief Education Officers (CEOs) in the Valley’s 10 districts have issued orders for “closing the schools operating on state or kahcharie land”. Students have been asked to join nearby government schools. However, the court has stayed the order till the next hearing in July.
