Jammu&Kashmir: The Jammu government on Thursday announced one-month summer vacations beginning June 5 in all its degree colleges falling in summer zones of Jammu and Kashmir. An order issued by Talat Parvez Rohella, Secretary Higher Education Department, read: “All government degree colleges of the Union Territory of J&K (in summer zone) shall observe summer vacations with effect from June 5 to July 5” On Wednesday evening, Director Colleges in the UT’s Higher Education Department asked to have “wider consultations” at their respective institutional level with students, parents and other stakeholders on the reopening of colleges and submit a report with their recommendation with the respective nodal principals latest by June 5. “The respective nodal principals shall, on the basis of reports received from the Principals of their respective divisions, prepare a brief one-page report for submission to this office within June 6 for further consolidation and onward presentation to the Administrative Department,” it added, pointing out that the Ministry of Home Affairs has given a week’s time to the states and UTs for taking a final decision about the opening of educational institutions after wider consultations at an institutional level with parents and other stakeholders.
