tenth class college students in limbo as JK board rejects examination kinds for personal colleges utilizing ‘state land’

The academic prospects of quite a few college students in Jammu and Kashmir dangle in limbo, with the Jammu and Kashmir Board of College Schooling (BOSE) declining to simply accept examination kinds from class tenth college students enrolled in personal colleges located on state-owned land, reported Larger Kashmir.

This choice has sparked apprehensions and raised considerations over the board’s actions, because it seems to defy a keep order issued by the J&Ok Excessive Courtroom towards a authorities directive from the earlier yr.

The predicament originated in 2022 when the J&Ok authorities amended guidelines below the Schooling Act 2002, introducing new tips for the usage of land and constructing constructions by personal colleges within the area.

These amendments have been executed by the J&Ok Lieutenant Governor within the Jammu and Kashmir College Schooling Guidelines, 2010, exercising powers conferred by part 29 of the Jammu and Kashmir College Schooling Act, 2002.

Following these modifications, the J&Ok authorities directed the rapid closure of personal colleges established on state land, instructing them to subject faculty leaving certificates to enrolled college students. These college students have been to be accommodated in close by authorities colleges, contingent on parental consent.

Nevertheless, personal faculty proprietors collectively sought reduction from the J&Ok Excessive Courtroom, securing a keep on the federal government’s order. Regardless of this authorized intervention, the refusal by JKBOSE to simply accept examination kinds from class tenth college students in these personal colleges has jeopardized the educational aspirations of 1000’s.

Ghulam Nabi Var, President of the Personal Colleges Affiliation Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK), expressed shock on the board’s actions and questioned why JKBOSE was not accepting kinds when the Excessive Courtroom had issued a keep on the federal government order. Var highlighted that roughly 2 lakh college students, together with orphans and underprivileged youngsters, are enrolled in these colleges on state land.

Emphasizing the matter’s sub judice nature, Var urged the federal government to permit college students from these colleges to take part within the annual board exams, warning that the way forward for these college students is at stake.

The submission of examination kinds for sophistication tenth college students started on November 29, 2023, however JKBOSE’s refusal to simply accept them has left college students and oldsters in a state of uncertainty. A JKBOSE official acknowledged the matter’s authorized standing and indicated that they weren’t accepting examination kinds from college students in personal colleges on state land. The official recommended extending the deadline for type submission however famous {that a} choice lies with the federal government.

An official on the Directorate of College Schooling Kashmir (DSEK) confirmed the J&Ok Excessive Courtroom’s keep on the federal government order however talked about a scarcity of communication on the matter from the Administrative Division.

Former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti has critisized the board for its choice. Taking to Twitter, she wrote, “Deeply troubled by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of College Schooling’s refusal to simply accept class tenth examination kinds from college students in personal colleges established on state land. Disregarding a Excessive Courtroom keep order raises severe questions on equity & their motives. It appears intentional to jeopardise the way forward for numerous college students.”