Srinagar, Jan 20: The students in summer zones of Jammu and Chenab region have demanded syllabus relaxation in their upcoming JK Board of School Education (BOSE) examination.
Greater Kashmir received distressed email from the students who urged the government to provide syllabus relaxation in their JKBOSE exams.
“The current academic session has been seriously affected due to war-like situations and unfavourable weather conditions. Due to these situations, the number of working days has been significantly reduced which made it extremely difficult for students to complete the prescribed syllabus within the available time,” one of the students said.
The students demanded that at least 15 percent syllabus relaxation must be announced to ensure fairness and to reduce academic pressure on students.
“Such a step would help maintain educational balance and prevent Summer Zone students from being placed at an unfair disadvantage,” the students said.
The Private Schools Association J&K (PSAJK) also extended its support to the student demand for relaxation in syllabus for their upcoming examination in Jammu division.
In a statement issued here, president PSAJK Nazrul Islam Baba reiterated the demand for syllabus relaxation for students of the Jammu Division, particularly in Chinab Valley and Poonch saying that the learning time was significantly compromised in the region.
“Parity in education is not negotiable. If learning loss was the yardstick for granting syllabus relaxation in the Kashmir Division, then denying the same relief to Jammu Division students would be discriminatory and academically unethical,” Nazrul Islam Baba in a statement said.
He further said that students cannot be punished for regional and situational disadvantages beyond their control.
“Any deviation from uniform academic relief will only deepen regional disparity and undermine the credibility of the evaluation system,” Baba said.
He said that PSAJK fully supports the legitimate demands raised by the students from Chenab Valley and Poonch.
He urged the Chairman JKBOSE and the Education Minister Sakina Itoo to intervene decisively.
