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  • Edu Dept Limits School Bag Weight, KG Class Exempt from Bags

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    SRINAGAR: The School Education Department announced on Friday that students up to preschool will not be allowed to carry bags, and the weight of school bags for students of classes I and II shall not exceed 1.5 KGs.

    As per the news agency KNO, the Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) stated, “The weight of the school bags as per the policy should be 1.5Kg for students of Classes I and II, 3Kg for Classes III and IV.”

    According to the circular issued by the DSEK, the weight of school bags for classes VI and VII should be 4Kgs, and 5KGs for classes VIII and IX, followed by 5.5 KGs for class X.

    The circular also adds that no homework should be assigned to students up to the 2nd standard and that no formal books should be prescribed at Nursery, LKG, and UKG levels. The circular further stated that pre-primary students should not carry any bags except for a light carrier for a lunch box.

    DSEK emphasized that schools should not prescribe any other subjects except for Language and Arithmetic for class 1st and 2nd, Language, Environmental Science (EVS), and Arithmetic for class 3rd to 5th, and Language, Social Science, Mathematics, and Science for class 6th and 7th, or as prescribed by the affiliating authority.

    Furthermore, the circular stated that students should not be asked to bring additional books and extra material to school. Schools violating the provisions of rule 8A may face cancellation of affiliation and recognition by the government. (KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • PSAJK Urges Admin to Exempt Schools from Property Tax

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    Says Schools already under financial stress due to situation during past 3 years; Any new tax will derail upgradation of schools under NEP, burden parents

    Srinagar, Feb 28 (GNS): Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has urged the LG led administration to exempt educational institutes from the ambit of property tax.

    In a statement issued to GNS, the Association said that the schools have suffered a lot during the last few years and this has plunged the majority of educational institutes into a financially precarious situation. “Our schools are under huge debt. The inflation has broken the back of our institutes. We cannot go for a major fee hike as we have to consider the financial situation of the parents too. In such conditions when our hands are tied, the imposition of property tax will further burden us”, reads the statement.

    The Association said that the imposition of any tax ultimately has to be borne by the end consumer and in case of schools it is the parents. “There are two ways where schools can absorb the shock of any more taxes. In the first case the parents have to bear the burden as the tax component will directly reflect in the fee of children. Secondly if parents are not in a position to pay more, then the school will have to go for cost cutting exercise. Schools will downsize or remove facilities aiming to provide quality education to children,” the spokesperson said. “In all cases it is the society that will suffer.”

    The Association said that under the New Education Policy (NEP) schools have to upgrade their facilities. “We have to meet the standards of NEP and for that we need to upgrade. But when we are financially unstable how can we provide quality education to children,” said the Spokesperson.

    The Association appealed to the government to reconsider their decision to impose property tax on educational institutes keeping in view its impact on the schools and parents. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )