The J&K administration on Thursday renamed 18 schools after names of people killed in militant attacks. The administration has directed the School Education Department to take immediate steps, including amending the records for effecting the changes.
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Principal Secretary, said the decision to rename the schools had been taken in the Administrative Council meeting held under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on July 22. The formal order to grant the sanction was issued on Thursday.
The divisional commissioners of J&K have been asked to personally monitor the naming of the infrastructure assets in their respective divisions, the order reads.
At least 17 of these schools have been renamed after J&K policemen killed by militants. The Government Higher Secondary School at Soaf Shali in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has been named after Sarwanand Koul Premi, who was a famous Kashmiri poet. He along with his young son, Verinder, was kidnapped and executed by militants in 1990.
