Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 6: Two awareness cum orientation sessions were organised today by the J&K State Open School (JKSOS) Units of Academics Wing of J&K Board of School Education simultaneously at Samba and Shopian.
The programs aimed at bringing the Head of the Institutions (both Govt and Private) and School Management Development Committee members abreast of the features of the JKSOS, which has immense potential to provide opportunity to students/ dropouts/ failures/ non-formal school dropouts/ never enrolled/unemployed/partly employed adults/SC/STs and disadvantaged groups to complete their Secondary and Senior Secondary education by enrolling themselves in JKSOS as per the recommendations and guidelines of NEP-2020.
Besides, JKBOSE has again extended the dates for admission in JKSOS class 10th &12th till 13th of November so that maximum number of needy students can apply. JKBOSE shall soon release Academic Calendar for the current session of JKSOS.
During the awareness programmes, various strategies were discussed for spreading awareness about the J&K State Open School.
Prof Parikshat Singh Manhas, Chairman, JKBOSE in his message conveyed that Open Schooling System for Secondary and Senior Secondary education will augment opportunities for further education, democratize education and make it a lifelong process thereby helping tens of thousands of students/unemployed youth/adults etc who have dropped out of the formal system or those who cannot attend a regular institutions.
Manisha Sarin, Secretary JKBOSE, also applauded the efforts of the team for effectively rolling out sensitization programs on JKSOS in the UT of J&K.
Director Academics/JKSOS of JKBOSE Prof Sudhir Singh inaugurated the programme and emphasised the role of teachers in spreading awareness and connecting the drop outs, children of disadvantaged and marginalised communities and working people with the immensely beneficial initiative of JKBOSE in the domain of Open Schooling System.
At Jammu the session was organised at Arvind Gosh Higher Secondary School, Vijaypur, Samba, led by Dr Yasir Hamid Sirwal, Deputy Director Academics, JKBOSE, JD. The program was coordinated by Syed Kashif Hashmi, Academic Officer and Dilraj Kour, Academic Assistant.
Another parallel session was organised at Govt Degree College, Shopian Kashmir by the team of JKBOSE Academics Division led by Dr Arif Jan, Dy Director, Academics KD. Principal, GDC Shopian, Principal, DIET Shopian, CEO/DY CEO, Shopian also attended the programme. Iftikar Imran and Zubair Saklani, Academic Officers of JKBOSE KD, coordinated the program.
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