<span style="color: #222222;">J&K Government has introduced major reforms in school education sector with landmark decisions to ensure quality, equity, accessibility, accountability and affordability in the system besides improving teaching and learning standards in schools of the UT.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that About 700 construction works under Samagra Shiksha, UT CAPEX budget and JKIDFC besides major works were completed including 5 Girls Hostels and 5 KGBVs.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Also, 15 major projects were e-inaugurated by the LG this month. The major initiatives in pipeline are finalization of RTE rules for ensuring "Quality Education" at "doorsteps" to all school children, 626 vocational Labs being established in approved schools after prevailing COVID-19 lockdown, 3rd party evaluation of learning teaching outcomes shall be conducted in 500 schools through Quality Council of India.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Besides, PFMS platform shall be used to bring about transparency in utilization of funds released under MDM and Samagra Shiksha and 19 new Model Schools shall be developed on the pattern of KVs during the next three years. In order to strengthen Human Resource Management, the government regularized about 38, 000 RETs.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The government, in its endeavor to ensure gender equity in schools, 88 KGBVs and 88 Girls Hostels  (Residential Schools) for 1,54,000 girls being made functional in far-flung areas to reduce gender gap and girl child dropout rate.</span><br />''