Results Prepared but Undeclared
Results Ready, JKBOSE Chairman Appointment Deadlock Holding Up Declaration
Government likely to opt additional charge to any officer; “Will make some arrangement next week, keeping in view the timely declaration of the results” Education Minister told Greater Kashmir
Srinagar, Jan 3 (GK): The appointment of the Chairman for Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has been caught in official wrangles, days after the Omar Abdullah-led Cabinet approved the name of the candidate for the post.
As already reported by this newspaper, the post of the JKBOSE Chairman has been lying vacant for more than a year following the expiry of the tenure of the then chairman, Prof Parikshat Singh Manhas.
Following the expiry of his tenure, the J&K government in December 2024 reconstituted a Search Committee to recommend a panel of names for the post of JKBOSE Chairman, while the charge of the post was given to the then Principal Secretary, School Education Department (SED).
Whilst there was no headway in the appointment of the JKBOSE chairman, the officer holding the additional charge of the post was shifted from Jammu and Kashmir. Subsequently, the charge was given to another IAS officer who attained superannuation on December 31, 2025.
In the meantime, the panel of candidates recommended by the Search Committee was not processed further by the J&K government until it expired after the passage of six months.
In the wake of this, the government started another exercise at the administrative department level for the post of the JKBOSE Chairman.
After the passage of a few months, the Omar Abdullah-led Cabinet approved the name of a candidate for the post.
However, the process, according to top officials, has been caught in official wrangles for “some reasons.”
The process has been halted at a time when JKBOSE is readying for the declaration of the results of Class 10th, 11th, and 12th examinations.
A top official in the School Education Department told Greater Kashmir that the final appointment of the candidate has been halted at some level due to “various reasons.”
“These days, it is not an easy job to get an appointment done so easily. We have to get clearance from different quarters,” the official said.
“As of now, the process is stuck, and there is no clarity yet about the appointment of the candidate as chairman of JKBOSE,” he added.
Minister for Education Sakina Itoo, when contacted, did not divulge any details about the process. She, however, said the government will make some arrangement keeping in view the timely declaration of the results. “We are aware that results are almost ready and cannot be declared unless they are approved by the JKBOSE Chairman. We will make some arrangements in the coming week,” she said.
Earlier, Greater Kashmir reported that there was no clarity about the declaration of results of Class 10th to 12th examinations as JKBOSE was rendered headless by the government.
As per the policy in vogue, the results cannot be declared without holding a meeting of the Result Declaration Committee, headed by the JKBOSE Chairman.
“Before declaring the result, a meeting of the result declaration committee is convened to finalise the result and resolve any issues about it. But JKBOSE is without a chairman, due to which there is no clarity about the declaration of the result,” an official told Greater Kashmir.
The annual regular-2025 examination of Class 10th to 12th students commenced in November 2025.
As per official figures, 94,783 students 68,804 from Kashmir and 25,224 from winter zone areas of Jammu division, besides 660 from Kargil and 95 from Leh district registered for the Class 10th JKBOSE examination this year.
The examination for Class 11th and 12th students was scheduled from November 19 to November 8, 2025, respectively.
Approximately 81,622 students 64,001 from Kashmir and 17,621 from winter zone areas of Jammu registered for the Class 11th examination, whilst 70,117 students 56,423 from Kashmir and 13,694 from winter zone areas of Jammu registered for the Class 12th examination. (Greater Kashmir)
Except Heading The story has been filed by Greater Kashmir Correspondent
