India-Pakistan tensions: Schools reopen in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab

Students arrive as schools reopen. Pic/PTI

Educational institutions in the border districts of Kashmir Valley, except those in close proximity to the Line of Control, reopened on Wednesday.

Schools in the border districts of Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora have reopened after a week of closure in the wake of hostilities between India and Pakistan. Schools elsewhere in the Valley had reopened on Tuesday.

Talib Dar, a student in Baramulla, said, "We are meeting our friends and teachers. We are very happy that there is a ceasefire and we can restart our studies. We will now focus on our regular classes." Zahoor Ahmad, who teaches at a government school, said peace is vital for making progress.

Meanwhile, schools in five Punjab districts bordering Pakistan also reopened on Wednesday, six days after they were ordered to be closed in view of the military standoff between India and Pakistan, officials said.

The state government on May 8 ordered the closure of academic institutions for three days as a military standoff between India and Pakistan soared. While schools in most districts reopened on Monday, they remained shut in the six border districts.

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