594 Lecturer posts in 27 disciplines referred to JKPSC: Sakeena Itoo
367 Lecturer posts in different disciplines vacant in Doda
20/03/2025
Jammu, March 20 (KIP)-Minister for School Education and Higher Education, Sakeena Itoo, today informed the House that 594 posts of 10+2 Lecturers in 27 disciplines have been referred to the J&K Public Service Commission recently for recruitment to cope up with the constraints of subject specific teachers in higher secondary schools across Jammu and Kashmir.
The Minister stated this in reply to a question raised by Mehraj Malik.
She informed that 367 posts of lecturers in different disciplines are lying vacant in various Higher Secondary Schools of Doda district.
The Minister further informed that during the academic session 2024-25, 140 Cluster Resource Coordinators (CRCs) had been hired on a temporary basis in Doda district to teach specific subjects. She added that after the expiry of their term, fresh hiring process shall be initiated in consultation with Samagra Shiksha, subject to the availability of grants from the Ministry of Education, GoI.
She added that for increase of Lecturers in Higher Secondary Schools of Doda district, rationalization process has been initiated to identify the understaffed schools and ensure the availability of surplus staff for deployment in these schools.
Govt has no proposal for establishing Institute of Hotel Management at Pahalgam: Education Minister
Minister for Higher Education and School Education, Sakeena Itoo, today informed the House that there is no proposal at present to establish Institute of Hotel Management at Pahalgam.
The Minister said this while replying to a question raised by Altaf Ahmad Wani.
The Minister informed that Hotel Management is not offered as a degree program in colleges, adding that it is a professional qualification that requires a distinct academic structure, different from the four-year degree programme currently offered in colleges of the Higher Education Department.
Regarding establishment of Government Degree College at Aishmuqam, the Minister informed the House that Government Degree College with the nomenclature of Pahalgam-Siligam/Aishmuqam was sanctioned in February 2019 and same was established in a makeshift accommodation at Government Boys High School, Aishmuqam.
She added that the district administration had also identified a patch of land for the purpose at Village Akad opposite Akad park. She informed that, due to dispute between the residents of two villages of Siligam and Aishmuqam over the location of the College, the matter resulted in a court case and the High Court has passed stay orders.
The Minister further informed that the academic session 2020-21 had also been started but that came to halt and the enrolled male students were shifted to GDC Boys Anantnag while female students were relocated to GDC for Women, Anantnag. She added that the department is vigorously following the case in the High Court and as soon as case is disposed off, the College shall be made functional within the shortest possible time.
No case of up-gradation of schools pending in Rajpora Constituency: Education Minister
Minister for School Education and Higher Education, Sakeena Itoo, today informed the House that there is no case of taking up up-gradation of schools to different levels pending in the Rajpora Constituency.
The Minister stated this in a reply to a question raised by Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Mir.
During the reply, the Minister informed that the government is presently focusing on consolidation of existing infrastructure as well as rationalisation of staff for smooth functioning of schools in the region.
The Minister further informed that there is a set criteria being adopted for up-gradation of schools, adding that for promotion from Primary to Middle School, there should be a distance of 3 km from the nearest Middle School, besides 02 feeding Primary Schools and top class enrollment should not be less than 20. Likewise, for up-gradation from Middle to High School, there should be a distance of 5 km from the nearest High School and intake capacity for single section must be 20 while it should be 50 for double section, she added.
The Minister further informed that for up-gradation from High to Higher Secondary School, there should be a distance of 7-10 km from the nearest Higher Secondary School and intake capacity for up-gradation must be more than 50. She added that the proposal for up-gradation of schools to their next higher level may be considered by the government strictly as per the feasibility report, existing norms and urgent requirement, wherever required.
Jamabandies of 6839 Revenue villages computerized in JK: Sakeena Itoo
Minister for Health and Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo, today said that the digitization of Jamabandies of 6839 Revenue villages has been completed in Jammu and Kashmir, under the computerization of Land Records undertaken through Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme.
The Minister was replying on behalf of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, to a question raised by Ranbir Singh Pathania in the Legislative Assembly.
The Minister said that various steps have been taken up for digitization of Jamabandis to make it error-free as per applicable rules and norms regarding the land records. She said that, among other steps, updation of latest Jamabandies, quality check of data entry of Jamabandies by inter Tehsil teams constituted by the DCs, vetting and certification of data by the concerned Tehsildar, digitization of revenue records by the concerned Patwari/Data Entry Operator/other Revenue Officials, quality check of digitized data by the concerned Girdawar/Naib Tehsildar/ Tehsildar and freezing of digitized Jamabandies jointly by the office of Deputy Commissioners and Regional Director Survey and Land Records has been taken to make the records error-free .
The Minister said that web-based application has been developed for verification of digitized land records under URL "jkrevenue.nic.in/ revenue plus" which has four modules including verification of scanned documents, verification of digitized Jamabandies, QC of digitized Jamabandies and verification of Vectorized (digitized) maps
She said that all the field functionaries from (Patwari to Deputy Commissioner) have been given access to verify the record, in order to ensure that digitized Jamabandi verbatim copy of physical Jamabandi. She added that all the Deputy Commissioners have been authorized to address errors in the digitized Jamabandies like typographical errors and incomplete data entry.
The Minister further said that the digitized Jamabandies have not been finally frozen yet as the same is subject to the authenticity of the Jamabandies by the Deputy Commissioners, who have to read these Jamabandies in the concerned village and certify the correctness of the same.
PHC Sonamarg does not meet criteria for full scale upgradation as per IPHS-2022 norms: Health Minister
Facilities at PHC Sonamarg augmented during Shri Amarnath Yatra
Minister for Health and Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo, today said that PHC Sonamarg does not meet the criteria for full-scale upgradation as per IPHS-2022 norms, however, its capacity was enhanced during the annual Shri Amarnath Yatra.
This was stated by Minister in response to a question raised by Mian Mehar Ali regarding upgradation of PHC Sonamarg.
The Minister highlighted that during the peak periods as well as during the Amarnath Yatra, the facilities at PHC Sonamarg are being augmented through temporary reinforcement of manpower and infrastructure to manage the surge in demand. She highlighted that PHC Sonamarg is a 10-bedded facility with minor OT, general ward, labour room, lab section and is an en-route healthcare facility to Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra catering to healthcare requirements of general masses.
She informed that Sonamarg is a major tourist destination and Baltal is the base camp for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra, adding that a semi-permanent 100-bedded hospital has also been developed at Baltal under CSR.
The Minister said that the department has developed a robust mechanism in terms of deployment of additional manpower, facilitation of advanced machinery/equipment, drug consumables to ensure round-the-clock healthcare access to the tourists and local populace during the yatra period.