Srinagar, May 10 -- With tension between India and Pakistan forcing the closure of educational institutions in Kashmir, several schools have switched to an online mode of classes to ensure that students do not lose precious academic time.

As the schools have remained closed since May 7 following India's missile strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan, leading private schools in the valley started online classes for their students on Friday.

"My kids have started to receive online education from today as it is not safe to venture out of homes, especially after what happened along the borders over the past three days," Saba Bhat, a mother of two, said

Saba's two sons are students at a leading private school in Pampore area of Pulwam...