Education system in crisis, J&K ranked 3rd from bottom among States: Akhtar

As per the survey, around 79 percent of 5th class and 65 percent of 8th class students were not able to read the text of 2nd class text books. The Government on Monday admitted the education sector was in “crises” in Jammu and Kashmir, revealing that the State ranked 3rd from the bottom among all the States and Union Territories (UTs) in National Achievement Survey (NAS). Education Minister Naeem Akthar’s more than one-hour speech was mainly focused on failure of the previous Governments in taking advantage of centrally sponsored schemes…

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