Empowering Youth of Jammu and Kashmir

A knowledge-centered Jammu & Kashmir is one which values its traditional strengths, while leveraging state-of-the-art 21st century global best practices, to empower its youth to become the key engines for driving social stability, good governance and economic growth within the state. This document is intended as a blueprint for transformation. It identifies and prioritises the key objectives in the knowledge sector and provides a broad roadmap to achieve these objectives in the next decade. The vision document has been put together with the objective of developing confident, creative, self-motivated learners and thinkers who are well-connected to their roots and values, yet have the ability to respect global differences and diversity. It aims to encourage a whole new generation of problem-solvers, analytical thinkers and risk-takers, who are willing to experiment and innovate. In order to realize the goals for 2028, the document looks at transformative and innovative approaches, which would be required across all stages of education. This document includes best practices and initiatives to empower Jammu and Kashmir’s youth and proposes policies, guidelines and schemes, while also looking at practical, actionable steps for immediate impact, through an optimal use of existing infrastructure and human resources and also creation of new and state-of-the-art infrastructure.