Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 6: Authorities today said that the annual exams for classes 1-9 in Kashmir valley will most likely be held in March and that, in this connection, a final decision will be taken soon.
Director School Education, Kashmir (DSEK), Tasaduq Hussain said that the Directorate has submitted a proposal to the Government and that a final call will be taken in a few days.
“We have changed the session and under that, up to class 9, the exams will be held in March, and in this regard, we have already submitted a proposal to the Government and within one or two days, the decision will be taken,” he said.
He said that there is a likelihood that the annual exams for all the classes across Kashmir will be held in March and that the continuous assessment of the lower classes has already been completed. “The assessment of the students of lower classes has already been completed. T2, the final exams are yet to be held and that will be conducted in March,” he said.
Concerning the winter vacations in the schools, DSEK said that they are currently working under a plan where it is being ensured that the learning gaps that crept in due to the closure of schools are fulfilled. At the same time, he noted that the announcement of vacations will be subject to weather conditions in Kashmir.
“The winter vacations depend on the weather conditions; if the weather conditions permit us and the temperature does not go into minus, then we will continue up to the last week of December,” he said.
He said that the schools were reopened after a gap of 2 years and there were a lot of learning gaps. To fulfill those gaps, he said, the DSEK is carrying out remedial teaching in the schools.
“To fill the learning gaps, we have already formulated a plan, and nearly 80 percent of learning gaps have been fulfilled, 20 percent is remaining and we will be doing our best to accomplish that and fulfill the target that we have set,” he said.
He said that these ongoing remedial classes across Kashmir are being regularly monitored and that the DSEK will ensure that all the gaps are fulfilled before announcing winter vacations in Kashmir.
“We have a plan in place; we have ensured the education standards and the remedial teaching is being monitored on the cluster level across Kashmir. I think, if weather permits, we will keep the schools open for the December month too,” he said.
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