Srinagar, Feb 11: Minister for Training, Well being and Social Welfare Sakina Itoo on Wednesday described well being, training and social welfare as a “single lifeline” interconnected with each family, whereas defending budgetary grants for the three departments within the Meeting.
Talking through the dialogue on grants, Itoo stated the allocations will not be merely monetary provisions however commitments linked to the well-being of households throughout Jammu and Kashmir.
“It’s in regards to the mom who desires her youngster to get up wholesome, the instructor who desires a classroom the place each youngster can dream freely, the aged father who desires dignity in his ultimate years, and the younger one who desires hope—not guarantees,” she stated.
Calling the three sectors interdependent, she added, “When well being is weak, training suffers. When training fails, poverty grows. When social welfare collapses, dignity is misplaced.”
The Minister thanked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for what she termed “extraordinary funds provisions” for these sectors regardless of monetary constraints. She stated the allocations would assist enhance high quality of training, healthcare companies and welfare outreach.
Turning to training reforms, Itoo stated the sector had “suffered from frequent experiments with out session” between 2014 and 2024. “Academics had been overburdened, and college students paid the worth,” she stated.
She famous that the Council of Ministers, in its first assembly, restored the educational session from March to November, calling it a long-pending demand of oldsters and college students.
Highlighting administrative measures, the Minister stated the choice course of for 954 lecturer posts referred to the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Fee (JKPSC) is in its ultimate stage. Moreover, 727 non-teaching posts and 43 MTS posts below the direct recruitment quota will quickly be referred to the recruiting company.
She knowledgeable the Home that 58 principals had been promoted as in-charge Chief Training Officers (CEOs) and DIET principals final 12 months. Between January 2025 and 2026, 258 senior lecturers had been positioned as in-charge principals, whereas 58 masters and academics had been designated as in-charge lecturers in varied topics. Thirty-one in-charge lecturers have been regularised.
The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) has really helpful regularisation of 289 in-charge lecturers. Additional, 5,051 PG masters/academics had been positioned as in-charge headmasters, with 16 regularised through the previous 12 months.
Itoo stated the seniority checklist of 4,564 PG masters in numerous topics from 2005 to January 2026 below the gazetted cadre has been issued. A tentative seniority checklist of 1,028 PG masters is being finalised. Below the non-gazetted cadre, 1,553 academics have been elevated as masters.
On capability constructing, she stated over 37,000 academics had been educated final 12 months. Infrastructure upgrades are deliberate for 1,734 kindergartens in 82 excessive and secondary colleges. KG lessons have been established in 15,550 authorities colleges, with AAYA helpers engaged for help.
The Minister added that 53 ladies’ hostels and 28 Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalayas (KGBVs) are being accomplished and upgraded. Throughout the present monetary 12 months, the federal government has proposed the development of 329 further school rooms in excessive colleges and 400 in senior secondary colleges.
Reiterating that well being, training and social welfare type the muse of a progressive society,Itoo stated the federal government stays dedicated to instructor empowerment, institutional strengthening and making certain that “poverty doesn’t decide high quality.”
