Schools in Jammu and Kashmir will soon have a uniform academic calendar in sync with the rest of India.
The School Education Department (SED) has constituted a panel to chalk out modalities for having a uniform academic calendar in schools in the Union Territory.
The move comes in wake of the directions issued by the J&K Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta on April 7 to discuss the action taken and progress achieved under New Education Policy (NEP-2020) and the implementation of its key initiatives during the current academic session.
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Headed by the Chairperson JK Board of School Education (BOSE) as its chairman, the other members of the committee include Director J&K SCERT, Director School Education Jammu and Kashmir division. Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kupwara and Kishtwar are also members of the committee.
Earlier in the meeting, the J&K Chief Secretary had directed the SED to prepare a uniform academic calendar for both divisions of J&K which should be in sync with the Higher Education Department and the rest of the country.
Meanwhile, the committee has been asked to hold deliberations and submit a detailed report along with an action plan in light of the directions taken in the meeting held on April 7 under the Chairmanship of J&K Chief Secretary regarding NEP-2020.
“It is further ordered that the committee shall submit its report within 10 days from the issuance of the order,” the order reads.
The order was issued by SED on April 30 but the committee has not convened any meeting till date in this regard.
The HED and SED are on toes to finalize the policies for implementation of the NEP-2020 from the current academic session for which the J&K government has already decided to shift the academic session to July month from the current academic session for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs).
The SED has been also asked to formulate an action plan to shift the examination session to March month as well.
A committee has been already constituted to formulate a uniform academic calendar for all the J&K universities which will be in sync with the National academic calendar.
The committee has already started its work on it and some recommendations have been already put forward by the concerned dean of academic affairs of the Universities in Kashmir division to the director colleges. The recommendations will be incorporated with the inputs given by the VCs and the Deans of the Universities in the Jammu division before it is submitted to the government.
