Srinagar: In Jammu and Kashmir, at least 61 per cent of government-run schools are without electricity facilities, raising questions about basic infrastructural facilities for the students.
Besides, at least 45 percent of private schools in Jammu and Kashmir sans electricity facilities for the students enrolled in those educational institutes.
The official figures reveal that out of the total number of government schools, at least 14,240 institutions were lacking electricity facilities.
It reveals that only 39 percent of educational institutions that amount to 8933 government schools were availing the electricity facility.
Similarly, out of the total of 5526 private schools of Jammu and Kashmir, only 2468 institutes were having electricity facilities available while as students of 3058 private schools were deprived of the facility.
The official figures further states that only 50 percent of aided schools functioning in the regions have electricity facilities.
“In general, among all schools of Jammu and Kashmir, at least 27 percent of the institutions lack the electricity facility,” it reads.
At least 14,929 government-run schools in Jammu and Kashmir are without libraries.
Among the total of 23,173 government-run schools in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 14,929 schools amount to nearly 64 per cent of the institutes were without books in the respective institutions.
(KNO)
