Srinagar, Jan 10: Stakeholders have expressed serious concern over the Jammu and Kashmir government’s delay in appointing a chairman for the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE), which has been vacant for over a year.
The prolonged inaction has drawn sharp criticism, with parents and teachers warning that the absence of a full-time head has pushed students into uncertainty, particularly at a time when examination results are due.
A group of parents questioned the government’s decision to announce result dates without ensuring functional leadership at the Board. “The government should not have made announcements about the result declaration if it was not in a position to appoint a chairman. Surprisingly, even an additional charge arrangement has not been put in place,” they said.
The teaching community has echoed similar concerns. Provincial President of the Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum, Javed Ahmad Bhat, said the delay was adversely affecting the education system as a whole.
“For nearly a year, JKBOSE functioned under an interim arrangement. However, for the past 10 days, the Board has been completely headless,” he told Greater Kashmir. He added that students are anxiously awaiting their results, which were scheduled to be declared in the first week of January.
Bhat emphasised the need for an immediate interim arrangement until a full-time chairman is appointed to ensure that the Board’s functioning is not compromised.
Greater Kashmir has earlier reported extensively on the issue, highlighting how the delay in appointing a chairman has stalled the declaration of Class 10 results, despite official announcements by Board authorities.
As already reported, the results of Class 10, 11 and 12 examinations can be declared only after approval by the Result Declaration Committee, which is headed by the JKBOSE chairman. In the absence of a chairman, the declaration of Class 10 results has been delayed.
A JKBOSE official said that, apart from Class 10 results, the evaluation process for Class 12 examinations is also at a final stage. “It will take just a few days to complete the process,” an official from the secrecy department told Greater Kashmir.
Meanwhile, a senior official from the School Education Department said the process to assign an additional charge of the JKBOSE chairman’s post to a senior official has been initiated. “The order is expected in the coming week,” the official said.
According to official figures, 94,783 students registered for the Class 10 JKBOSE examinations this year, including 68,804 from Kashmir, 25,224 from winter zone areas of Jammu division, 660 from Kargil and 95 from Leh.
The Class 11 and Class 12 examinations were scheduled from November 19 and November 8, 2025, respectively. Around 81,622 students registered for the Class 11 examination—64,001 from Jammu and 17,621 from winter zone areas of Jammu—while 70,117 students registered for the Class 12 examination, including 56,423 from Kashmir and 13,694 from winter zone areas of Jammu.
