190 primary schools in Srinagar (Srinagar District) that remained shut for two weeks following scraping of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, reopened on August 19, reports Daily Excelsior. Director School Education, Yunis Malik said that compared to students, a far larger proportion of school staff had come to work, ranging up to 70 per cent in some parts of the Valley. “The presence of staff is an encouraging sign for us, hopefully in coming days the attendance (of students) will improve,” he said.
Separately, Director School Education, Yunis Malik said that in Shopian (Shopian District) of Jammu and Kashmir a dozen schools were open on August 19, but attendance was zero, reports Daily Excelsior. He said that authorities planned to open middle-schools in the Valley on August 21.
Meanwhile, most of the educational institutions in five districts of Jammu Division – Rajouri, Poonch, Ramban, Doda and parts of Kishtwar - reopened on August 19 with “full attendance”. Earlier on August 10, the educational institutions in five other districts of the region — Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur and Reasi — had reopened after authorities announced lifting of prohibitory orders.