Srinagar: Government on Sunday asked private schools to desist from fee hike.

“In this hour of crisis, private schools across J&K to desist from any fees hikes from parents/ kids,” Principal Secretary School Education Department Dr Asgar Hassan write on Twitter on Sunday.

Samoon further said all government school teachers across Jammu and Kashmir can give two-month advance Mid Day Meal dry rations to the kids’ families in view of social distancing in the Union territory amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.

KR Desk