Government on Monday appointed 63 in-charge Principals across Government Degree Colleges which were lying headless for a long time. The move of the government marks a significant administrative response to a long-standing leadership crisis in the Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education Department.
Vide order No 508-(JK) of 2025 dated 29-12-2025, the government alongwith transfer and posting of 18 regular Principals have order postings of 63 faculty members as In-charge Principals for GDCs which were headless for considerable length of time.
The move comes in the wake of publication of a news article titled ‘Academic Anarchy in J&K UT: Headless Govt Colleges Caught in Governance Failure’ on Sunday by our news portal highlighting functioning of 45 GDCs without Principals, a gap that had severely affected academic governance, institutional planning and day-to-day functioning of colleges across the J&K Union Territory.
The government’s order appointing in-charge Principals has brought immediate relief at the institutional level. However, many stakeholders believe that though these “look after” appointments signal administrative acknowledgment of the problem but still attribute much belated government move as SoS treatment to a burgeoning crisis.
They strongly press for early selection and posting of regular Principals to ensure stability, long-term planning and academic excellence in J&K’s government degree colleges.
