Riddled with infrastructure deficit, 64 percent government owned schools in Jammu and Kashmir are without electricity.
According to official data compiled by the Union Human Resources Ministry, just 36 percent of the government schools in Jammu and Kashmir have electricity connections, while the remaining craving for this facility.
The figures reveal that J&K is far behind the national average of electrified schools, which is 63 percent.
Even the backward states such as Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarkhand and neighbouring Himachal Pradesh have higher rate of schools having electricity connections.
In Bihar, 46 percent schools have electricity connections. In Uttarkhand the rate is 75 percent, Jharkhand 48 percent and Himachal Pradesh 92 percent.
