Srinagar, Jan. 1 -- Waking up to the academic loss of the students, Jammu and Kashmir government has started winter camps in all the districts of the valley to make up for 2019 education shortfalls.

Post August 5, students lost more than 150 days of classwork in the academic calendar. There are 250 days in the academic calendar in Kashmir. Of which 100 days of classwork have been lost due to the prevailing situation

To mitigate educational deficiencies, government has started winter tutorials for students in collaboration with Delhi based NGO Pratham Education Foundation in all zones.

"Ten winter camps have been started in each zone of a district for 3rd standard to 7th standard," said an official of the Education Department.

He however...