Srinagar, Aug 13: The School Education Department (SED) has ordered the transfer and posting of 55 lecturers across various Higher Secondary Schools (HSS) and Government Higher Secondary Schools (GHSS) in Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect. The reshuffle, issued under Government Order No. 561-JK(Edu) of 2025, was announced today by the Civil Secretariat, J&K.
The order covers lecturers from diverse disciplines including Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Commerce, Physics, English, IT, Geography, Political Science, EVS, Sociology, Psychology, Hindi, Urdu, Stenography, Education and Islamic Studies. Those affected have been moved between institutions in districts spanning Pulwama, Budgam, Srinagar, Kupwara, Kulgam, Anantnag, Baramulla, Doda, Jammu and others.
Among the transfers, Mir Javid Iqbal has been moved from HSS Nehama to HSS Zoohama, while Mohd. Ashraf Najar will switch from HSS Zoohama to HSS Nehama, effectively exchanging positions. Mohd Maqbool Reshi from HSS Waterhail has been posted to BHSS Nagam, and Dr. Zubair Ahmad Dar from BHSS Nagam will now serve at HSS Waterhail. In the field of Chemistry, Chanmeet Kour Dutta has been posted from BHSS Soura to GHSS Aishmuqam, and Sumaira from DIET Pulwama to BHSS Soura.
Commerce lecturers Mir Khalid Masroor and Showkat Hussain will take charge at GHSS Khonmoh and S.P. HSS Srinagar respectively, while Zoology lecturer Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh moves from HSS Warapora to BHSS Shalimar. English postings include Shazia Gul from BHSS Ganderbal to GHSS Rajbagh, and Shabir Ahmad Baba from GHSS Rajbagh to BHSS Ganderbal. Physics lecturer Asadullah Wani will shift from HSS Aragam to HSS Mirgund, and Gowhar Nazir from HSS Dalwan to GHSS Chare-e-Sharief.
Notable administrative exchanges also involve IT lecturers Parvaiz Ahmad Parvaiz and Raof Ahmad moving between HSS Surasyar and HSS KB Pora, Kulgam. In Botany, postings include Nida Khidah Khan to HSS Chadoora, Gh. Hassan Sheikh to BHSS Nagam, and Syed Viqar Ahmad Bukhari to HSS Qammer. Urdu lecturer Yasmeen Malik will join HSS (Girls) Kishtwar from GHSS Thathri Doda, while Hindi lecturer Asha Kumari has been moved from Model HSS Sunjwan to HSS Channi Himmat, Jammu.
The order also transfers lecturers in Education such as Aijaz Ahmad Dhobi to GHSS Devsar Kulgam, and Zubaida Qureshi to GHSS Budgam. Psychology postings include Hamidullah Shah to HSS Damhall, Mohd Latif Bhat to DIET Anantnag, and Masooda Rasheed retained at GHSS Chanapora Srinagar. In EVS, Nesar Ahmad Lone is now posted at HSS Tarhama, Jenifer Nasim Faridi at BHSS Rawalpora, and Afsha Zehra at GHSS Nawakadal.
In Zoology, Rifat Bashir and Fida Ahmad Bhat have been posted to BHSS Anantnag from GHSS Arwani and BHSS Anantnag respectively, while Farooq Ahmad Shah in Islamic Studies will move from HSS Sheikhpora Baramulla to DIET Kupwara. Mohammad Shafi Bhat in Chemistry will serve at HSS Nehalpora Pattan, Bindia Balwal in Commerce will join GHSS Sarwal Jammu, and English lecturers Mohsina Nabi and Muzzaffar Ahmad Mir will exchange postings between HSS Nagam and HSS Gund Hassi Bhat.
According to the order signed by Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, the officials shall be deemed relieved from their current positions with immediate effect.
