Schools in Kashmir functioning only on strike relaxation days

Srinagar, Nov 29 : Educational institutions remain closed for the past more than four months in the Kashmir valley, where students are attending their classes on Saturday and Sundays when there is full day relaxation in separatist strike.
However, Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) conducted 10th and 12th grade annual examinations in the Kashmir valley, where government had ordered mass promotion from Ist to 9th and 11th classes. Interestingly, the separatists had also not opposed holding of examinations but had demanded their postponement till March.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the students for their participation in the examinations and said Kashmiri youths opted for development.