Overview

• Classwork in all government and private schools across the Kashmir Division will resume on Monday, September 8, under an order from the Directorate of School Education Kashmir.
• Jammu’s Directorate of School Education directed schools to reopen on September 10, with heads of institutions and staff reporting on September 8 to conduct comprehensive security and safety audits.
• The Kashmir order makes cleanliness and sanitisation of classrooms and premises mandatory to ensure a safe return to in‑person learning.
• A separate directive keeps class work in government degree colleges across J&K suspended through Saturday, with a restart set for Monday, subject to conditions.
• An Inter‑Ministerial Central Team assessed damages in Udhampur as local officials reported 38 relief camps sheltering over 2,000 people and extensive road damage, with key routes still facing closures.