Schools In Shuttered Valley Re-Open But Parents Fearful, Kids Stay Away

On Monday, The Indian Express visited 13 schools in Srinagar – all in the city’s relatively peaceful Civil Lines area. Of these, 11 schools were locked while security guards at the two remaining schools said neither students nor the staff had arrived. As primary schools re-opened in the Valley for the first time in over a fortnight since Jammu and Kashmir was placed under an unprecedented security blanket, teachers reported to work across Kashmir as restrictions were eased Monday, but classrooms were empty with most students staying away.