Functioning of Pahari hostels for girls, boys in Baramulla, Kupwara reviewed

Baramulla/ Kupwara, May 28: Secretary J&K Advisory Board for Development of Pahari Speaking People, Sapna Kotwal undertook an intensive tour of north Kashmir’s Baramulla and Kupwara districts to review the functioning of boys' and girls' Pahari hostels there.

An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that during the inspection at Baramulla, Kotwal expressed her satisfaction with the hostel’s operations, which she said were being administered and monitored properly.

The staff there provided a detailed insight into the hostel’s functioning.

Students are receiving healthy nutrition and have access to various recreational facilities provided by the J&K PSP Board.

Kotwal said that the students were not only intellectually capable but also well-versed in basic education, benefiting from a healthy and conducive environment.

She encouraged the adoption of innovative methods to make the students more dynamic.

The Secretary distributed lunch boxes among the inmates of the hostel.

During inspection of Boys Hostel Kupwara, it was found that inmates were very happy there, and thankful to the government for providing such facilities.

The inmates received lunch boxes distributed by Kotwal.

During the inspection of Girls Hostel Kupwara, the inmates of the hostel interacted with Kotwal and thanked them for the arrangement and facilities being provided by the J&K PSP Board.

All the Pahari hostels in Baramulla and Kupwara districts were found well maintained and ably administered, where students were being given healthy nutrition and uniforms and other playway facilities by the J&K PSP Board.

She said students were quite brainy and well-equipped with the basics of education and were being provided a healthy environment for their overall development.

Kotwal also suggested and directed all the concerned wardens to use innovative methods to make the students more dynamic.

Further Secretary J&K PSP committed to fulfilling some demands of inmates and staff working in these hostels and assured them that the matter would be taken up with the Administrative Department on a priority basis.