SRINAGAR: In Jammu and Kashmir several teachers at government-run schools teaching at different levels ‘possess below secondary level qualification’, according to the details shared by the Ministry of Education (MoE).
The official figures reveal there were a total of ‘328 government teachers in Jammu and Kashmir’ who had the academic qualifications of below secondary level. At least ‘236 teachers in the department with below secondary level qualification were teaching students at the Primary level from classes Ist to 5th.
Similarly, at the Upper Primary level from classes 7th to 8th, at least ‘79 teachers were not possessing the requisite qualifications to teach the students.
Likewise at the Secondary level at least 10 government teachers teaching classes 9 to 10th were having below secondary level qualification.’
The official figures also state that at the Higher Secondary level, there were 3 such teachers who were possessing below secondary level qualification and were teaching classes 11th and 12th.
Principal Secretary School Education Department Alok Kumar and Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Tassaduq Hussain Mir were unavailable to discuss the matter. (KNO)
