Riyaz Bhat
Srinagar, Oct 11: In Jammu and Kashmir, at least 61 teachers in are posted or deployed in those schools having zero enrolments—thus raising a question on managing the human resources and quality of education.
Besides, the official data reveals that Jammu and Kashmir has at least 146 such schools wherein no student is enrolled.
According to the official figures mentioned in Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE Plus) 2024-25, Jammu and Kashmir as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has 61 teachers in those schools having zero enrolments and 146 schools with zero enrolments.
In September, KNO reported that Jammu and Kashmir has at least 1371 schools wherein single teachers have been posted or deployed.
The figures reveal that there is an enrolment of 32,303 students enrolled in those schools where only single teachers are posted or deployed.
Pertinently, in a previous report, the official figures have revealed that in Jammu and Kashmir more than 31,054 students were enrolled in those schools that were functioning with a single teacher.
In the previous report, there were only 1330 schools that were functioning with only a single teacher. However, the recent report suggests that the numbers have increased by at least 41 schools.
Last year, KNO first broke the news of closure of over 4400 government run schools owing to ‘zero or extremely low’ enrolment of students.
In July-2024, the news agency reported that there were a total of 23,117 government run schools in Jammu and Kashmir out of which 4394 have been deleted from the UDISE data.
Despite repeated calls, Secretary, School Education Department and Jammu and Kashmir Samagra Shiksha Project Director were not available to comment on the matter. (KNO)
