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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board has issued guidelines for schools under its jurisdiction to implement reformative measures in accordance with the National Education Policy 2020. The Board has stated that there will be no homework for students up to class 2 and no school bags for nursery and UKG students.

According to a circular issued by the Waqf Board, schools are instructed to follow a daily, monthly, and annual timetable and schedule of activities. The daily timetable is to have six periods, each lasting 30 minutes, for teaching subjects. Five periods are to be reserved for compulsory subjects, such as English, Maths, Science, Social Science, and Urdu, and the sixth period is to be utilized for teaching optional subjects, such as Computers, Kashmiri, Arabic, Islamiyat, and Sufi Saints Literature, on a rotational basis.

The circular further states that schools must reserve one hour every day for Extra-curricular Activities, which should be split into two parts of 30 minutes each in the first and second half of the day.

The guidelines state that a house system should be established in every school for intra-school co-curricular and sports competitions. To promote a sense of belongingness and healthy competition among students, school heads are instructed to divide students into four houses: senior boys, senior girls, junior boys, and junior girls. The houses should be named after famous Sufi Saints Hazrat Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (R.A), Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (R.A), Hazrat Sheikh Hamzah Makhdoom (R.A), and Hazrat Shah-e-Hamadan (R.A).

The sports calendar for the year should include competitions in sports activities, and competitions should also be held throughout the year in co-curricular activities. Three days every month should be reserved solely for sports and co-curricular competitions, with no academic activities to be carried out on those days.

School authorities must allocate at least one period of thirty minutes per month for house meetings, so that house committee members can interact, motivate, and plan house activities under the guidance of their respective house masters.

In September and October, Inter Waqf School Competitions will be held and the winners rewarded. Morning assembly will consist of news headlines, a thought for the day, a brief talent show of individual or group students, amazing facts, personality of the day, volunteer for a minute, and other exciting stuff, after brief prayers. Lectures by teachers during morning assembly will be avoided.

Additionally, there will be no school bag for classes nursery to UKG and no homework for classes from nursery to 2nd. The school bag policy and NEP-2020 guidelines in this regard will be strictly followed. An orientation program for school heads regarding the execution of proposed changes will be held separately. (KNO)