Shazia Masood
Srinagar, Mar 16, : Amid growing scare of Coronavirus, Kashmir University on Monday made the attendance of employees optional and has informed them that their attendance will not be mandatory till the advisory related to Coronavirus is in force.
The Varsity issued an order, a copy of which lies with Kashmir Despatch, that reads: “Pursuant to the Advisory issued by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi and the University of Kashmir vide number I (Coronavirus) Reg/KU/20 dated 11/3/20, it is notified for the information of the bonafide research scholars in the Departments / Research Centres / Satellite Campuses that their attendance in the respective Departments / Centres shall not be mandatory, instead shall be optional during the period the Advisory remains in force.”
The circular further says that all the teachers, supervisors and scholars are also advised to strictly follow the social distancing measures in the laboratories, libraries, seminar rooms and other similar places.
Pertinent to mention here with the increase in many positive cases for coronavirus in india , administration in many districts of Jammu and Kashmir had already imposed restrictions over the gathering or more than 05 persons at any public place with immediate effect for the period of one month, while govt. Last week had ordered closure of all educational institutions including colleges and universities across Jammu and Kashmir, besides control rooms and surveillance teams have been constituted in all the districts of Union territory and also two coronavirus lab testing facilities had been made functional in SKIMS Srinagar and GMC Jammu.
