SRINAGAR: In a vibrant ceremony held at the Govt Degree College Auditorium in Poonch, the Private Schools' Association Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) celebrated the achievements of the top 30 students in the class 12 examinations.
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SRINAGAR: After staying on-line with vintage internet speed, students of classes 9 to 12 resumed physical mode of education on March 1. This time the resumption came with new norms, dictated by the invisible virus – masks, sanitisers, physical distancing.
Entry to schools is subject to a welcome temperature check. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
The school re-opening is a first after August 5 2019, with a brief opening in February 2020, and a quick closure in wake of the pandemic dictated lock-down. The schools were shut on March 9, more than a week before the first positive case was detected in Srinagar, on March 18. As the cases surged across the country, the detection was followed by a nationwide pandemic lockdown on March 25. The lockdown compelled education to go virtual.