Punch
1 in 4 schools here has an issue in the government’s record
444 of 1,664 girls’ and co-ed schools
1.7× the Jammu & Kashmir average (1 in 6)
Block registry
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| Rank | Block | Schools with issuesIssues | How commonRate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Surankote | 114 | 1 in 3 |
| 02 | Sathra | 37 | 1 in 3 |
| 03 | Bafliaz | 67 | 1 in 3 |
| 04 | Mandi | 51 | 1 in 3 |
| 05 | Nangali | 35 | 1 in 3 |
| 06 | Kuniyian | 26 | 1 in 4 |
| 07 | Harni | 27 | 1 in 4 |
| 08 | Balakote | 31 | 1 in 4 |
| 09 | Mendhar | 31 | 1 in 6 |
| 10 | Poonch | 15 | 1 in 7 |
| 11 | Mankote | 10 | 1 in 15 |
“Issues” means one thing here: no girls’ toilet, or one that does not work. That is all UDISE+ 2024-25 records. A school shown with none may still have plenty.
What else these schools report
Of the 444 schools in Punch listed here, this is what their own UDISE+ 2024-25 records show. These counts describe those schools, not every school in Punch.
- 438 No accessible toilet for disabled children
- 397 No ramp for disabled children
- 379 No library
- 339 No playground
- 271 No working toilet for boys
- 250 A classroom needs major repair
- 220 Nowhere to wash hands
- 199 No female teacher
- 63 No electricity
- 43 Only one teacher for the whole school
- 1 No drinking water
Elected representatives in the area
The sitting members for the assembly seats these schools fall in. Listed because they are who to ask — not as a claim that they caused it.
- Choudhary Mohammed Akram IND Surankote · 185 of these schools Record
- Javed Ahmed Rana Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Mendhar · 99 of these schools Record
Photographs from Election Commission of India affidavits, as published by MyNeta (ADR).