Riyaz Bhat
Srinagar, Jul 20: In Jammu and Kashmir, authorities have claimed that the student enrolment in the ongoing academic year has increased by more than 1.2 Lakh students in government-run-schools.
A top government official said that during the academic year 2021-22, the total enrolment in government schools was approximately 12 Lakhs.
The official informed that “In the year 2022-23, AAO School Chalein Campaign, was launched and there was a notable increase of 17 percent, resulting in a total enrolment of around 14.18 Lakhs.”
It also said that in 2023-24, again the enrollment witnessed, increasing trend, after deletion of duplicate entries and substantial increase in the pre-primary category, has been noticed over the years. 0.71 Lakhs (2021) to 1.57 Lakhs (2022-23) and now 1.80 Lakhs in 2023-24.
“During the academic year 2023- 24, the enrolment data of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) and Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) has been excluded from the total enrolment figures of government schools by MoE, which earlier remained a part of enrolment in the previous figures. As a result, the total enrolment in government schools stood at 13.84 Lakhs,” the official said.
Stating the stats of current academic year, the official said that the proactive enrolment drives and campaigns have successfully increased enrolment in government schools, with new admission 64,500 children in Jammu division and 55,869 children in Kashmir division.
“This brings the total enrolment in government schools to an impressive addition of 1.20 Lakh Children, raising the overall enrolment at considerable level, which reflects a significant increase in the number of students choosing government schools,” the official said.
