<span style="color: #222222;">Higher Education department, J&K has ordered that class work of all educational institutions will remain closed till May 30th 2020.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports that in the interest of administration, the offices of Vice Chancellors including Head of Departments and Principals of Government Degree Colleges of Higher Education Department and Principals of Polytechnic Colleges and Technical Education Department across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir had start functioning from Wednesday with minimum 30% staff strength on rotation basis.<br />''<br />''Besides, Principals of respective Institutions shall draw duty roster of teaching staff to start pending work.<br />''<br />''Similarly, duty roster of non-teaching staff on rotation basis has also be drawn to start routine official work as assigned by the controlling officer of the institution.<br />''<br />''Research Scholars are also permitted to start their activities while observing social distancing protocols and other precautionary SOPs in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.</span><br />