Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, more than 80 percent of lecturer posts sanctioned for teaching Kashmiri in schools across the Valley, are lying vacant, the authorities informed the Kashmir Assembly.
According to Kashmir24, in a written reply to a question by Srinagar legislator Mubarak Gul, the School Education Department disclosed that against a sanctioned strength of 27 Kashmiri lecturers in higher secondary schools of the Kashmir division, only five are currently in position. The remaining 22 posts are vacant across nine districts.
The data shows that all five sanctioned posts in Kupwara district are vacant. In Baramulla, Ganderbal and Pulwama, two posts each remain unfilled. Of the four sanctioned posts each in Anantnag and Budgam, three are vacant. Bandipora and Kulgam have two vacancies each, while one post is vacant in Shopian.
The authorities further stated that Kashmiri is presently not taught as a subject in schools of the Jammu division.