New Delhi : The Centre has told the Jammu and Kashmir government to ensure security at schools and make efforts to resume studies hit for over four months due to ongoing unrest.
“The central government has asked the Mehbooba Mufti government two to three times to provide full security at schools and other educational institutions,” Home Ministry spokesperson K.S. Dhatwalia told IANS.
He said Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra met Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday and apprised him of the situation.
Efforts were on to reopen schools in the Valley, he added. Terming the incidents of school burnings “combination of madness and perversion”.