Srinagar, July 30 -- The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department (SED) is facing mounting criticism over a controversial directive that deploys teaching staff to administrative duties, despite an existing government order explicitly prohibiting such attachments.

At the center of the issue is a glaring contradiction between two government directives. The first, Government Order No. 1691-JK(EDU) of 2021, issued a sweeping ban on the attachment of teachers to non-teaching roles. It directed all teaching staff to return to their substantive school postings, warning of disciplinary action for non-compliance.

However, in an apparent disregard of this standing order, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) on July 26, 2025, au...