SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (J&K BOSE) has put the affiliation of 4 schools under suspension following confirmation of reports about the adoption of non-J&K BOSE-prescribed textbooks in their institutions.
These schools are being issued show-cause notices as to why their affiliation cannot be cancelled for open defiance of the terms and conditions of affiliation and violation of the J&K BOSE Act.
In a press note issued here today, J&K BOSE, while giving details, revealed that affiliation of Radiant Public School, Anantnag, Solace International School, Pulwama, Holy Mission School, Narbal, Budgam and Pioneer Educational Institute, Hanjiwara, Pattan, Baramulla, was put under suspension and their Board-related facilities were withheld forthwith.
The schools which were imposed fines include Candid Higher Secondary School, Nowgam, Fayaz Educational Institute, Chanapora, Nowgam, Al-Fajr Institute, Chanapora, Nowgam, Al-Huda Public School, Pattan, Baramulla, Shamas Memorial School, Khansahib, Budgam, Hanfia High School, Frisal, Kulgam, Future Vision School, Bandipora and Linton Hall School, Rajbagh, Srinagar.
The institutions were directed to deposit the penalty amount within a week; in default of which, disaffiliation proceedings will be initiated.
Meanwhile, the Board has issued stern instructions to private schools to ensure adoption of the prescribed curriculum, including textbooks, which it said are aligned with NEP-2020, involving age-appropriate content of NCERT.
The textbooks, BOSE said, are affordable and cost-effective, with a focus on competency-based learning in sync with the physical and mental development of children. Adoption of these books ensures academic growth without bringing mental pressure to the children in their formative stages of development, it added.
