Overview

• District teams with police and nearby school principals visited campuses across 10 districts on Saturday to assume administrative control and verify records.
• Government Order 578-JK(Edu) directs district magistrates and deputy commissioners to run the schools and propose new managing committees after verification.
• Education Minister Sakina Itoo says the order was modified without her consent and argues cluster principals should temporarily oversee the schools.
• The administration says teaching will continue under National Education Policy norms, with reports citing more than 51,000 students affected and figures in some accounts nearing 60,000.
• MHA notifications from 2019 and 2024 that proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami are cited as the legal basis, drawing political criticism from opposition leaders even as officials report a peaceful rollout.