Srinagar: The Ministry of Education (MoE) of India has asked the Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department to reassess the ‘previously approved education labs’ that were permitted years before the Samagra Shiksha scheme.
Besides, the ministry further directed to develop a list of proposed new roles that could be created in accordance with the requirements.
According to the official documents available with the news agency Kashmir News Observer, MoE while reviewing the skill education said, “It was observed that a total of 1315 skill education labs were approved to the UT, out of which 553 are functional and762 are pending in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir including the pre-Samagra Shiksha years.”
Further, the MoE emphasised that the National Education Policy 2020 underscores the importance of skill education for all students, especially those in the secondary stage of schooling.
“States and UTs are urged to reassess these previous approvals in light of the changing job roles and develop a list of proposed new roles that could be created in accordance with the requirements,” it reads.
In the meantime, MoE said that displaying photographs of teachers is one of the priority areas of the 3rd Chief Secretaries Conference for addressing the issue of proxy teachers and teacher absenteeism.
“It was underlined that this is a continuous process and the photographs of teachers should be displayed in a public area in the school premises. Moreover, provision should be there in the schools where the photographs are displayed for changing the photographs in case of transfer or retirement of a teacher,” MoE said.
