The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has announced plans to introduce a digital attendance system in schools and fill vacant teaching positions to improve the education sector.
The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Engineer Umair Naeem Advocate on Friday. Officials discussed teacher recruitment, school monitoring and administrative reforms.
Under the plan, the Education Management Information System (EMIS) will initially install its attendance application in 50 primary schools in each district within 15 days. The government aims to extend the system to all educational institutions across AJK by March 2027.
The department has also been directed to make all 1,900 installed biometric attendance devices fully operational within seven days and install the attendance application in another 200 schools without delay.
The meeting also reviewed vacant positions for senior general line and science teachers, headmasters, computer instructors and subject specialists. Officials were directed to identify vacancies and relevant recruitment quotas before referring the posts to the Public Service Commission. Recruitment under departmental quotas will also be expedited in line with existing rules.
Meanwhile, the education minister expressed concern over Class IX examination results from the previous academic session and instructed the relevant inquiry committee to submit its recommendations promptly.
