Srinagar, Jan 18: Despite the closing of hundreds of public schools owing to low or zero student enrolment, at least 119 government-run schools are still functioning with zero student enrolment—thus raising a question on the functioning of the department.
The updated official figures reveal that in Jammu and Kashmir, 119 schools were functioning in the region with no students enrolled in the institution.
At least 238 teachers were posted or deployed in the schools wherein no student was enrolled.
The official data further states that Jammu and Kashmir has Pupil Teacher Ratio of 1:16 against the prescribed norms of 1:30.
It also states that on average at least seven teachers were posted or deployed in schools in Jammu and Kashmir.
Despite repeated attempts, the Project Director of Jammu and Kashmir Samagra Shiksha was not available to comment on the issue.
An official had said that the count of overall public schools in Jammu and Kashmir reduced because “There were some government schools that were having zero or extremely low student enrollment. Those schools were merged with the nearby public schools.”