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Gh. Rasool Mir
Government Boys Higher Secondary School Soura Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Email id: ghrasoolmir@gmail.com

Abstract

This school is unique in terms of its diverse student population belonging to all socio-economic
groups, however, majority are from economically low income groups or lower middle class and
children of families living below poverty line. The diversity is also in terms of multilingual groups
of students who speak Urdu, Gojri, Pahari, Balti, Punjabi and Dogri. There are students from the
community of Bakerwaals (nomads). Student absenteeism was the biggest challenge- main reason
being its location amidst socio-political disturbance. The school head and team conducted regular
parent teacher meetings to update regarding student progress, attendance and academics. The
school worked towards community mobilization and involvement for peace, feedback, absenteeism
and helping students keep away from stone pelting during 2016 unrest. They assigned counsellors
to each student who saw to the fact that the student attended the school. The school conducted
capacity building programmes for teachers for ICT integrated teaching-learning methodology. The
school has initiated multi-lingual magazine (English, Urdu, Kashmiri and Hindi).

SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND

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Government boy‘s Higher Secondary School Soura Srinagar provides Education to Classes 9 , 10 , 11
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and 12 and the streams taught are commerce, Science and Humanities. The school has a diverse socio-
economic profile. Being a Government school, students from varied backgrounds attend the school,
majority of which are economically low income groups or lower middle class and students of the families
living below poverty line. Also, there are some students from privileged backgrounds and well to do
families or middle class or upper middle class. It would not be wrong that many of our students are
especially able children. There are good number of children from educationally as well as economically
backward classes and areas. Some students are with single parent (mother is the caretaker due to the
current situation/turmoil) and some are orphans.Students with different cultural background

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