Srinagar, July 19: The Jammu and Kashmir today put a ban on use of mobile phones in all government-run educational institutions across the state.
The decision was taken to prevent interference in the teaching-learning activities, state Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed said.
“The ban will be strictly imposed henceforth and stern action would be taken against the violators,” he said during a community mobilisation programme for promotion of education under National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL) at Bider-Kokernag, 60 kms from here.
Underscoring importance of girl education in contemporary world, he said for holistic development of the society, women folk have to be brought at par with men. “How can we talk of equality of status when more than half of our women are illiterate?” he asked.
–PTI