Srinagar, Jan 05 : The School Education Department has said that Post Graduate degrees obtained through distance mode by RRT teachers in Scienee Stream would not be considered valid for seniority and promotion purposes.

An official document accessed by the news agency reads the PG degrees through distance mode cannot be considered valid.

DSEK said this while responding to application of an RRT teacher seeking permission for pursuing PG in Environmental Science through IGNOU.

“In this context, it is to inform that the Administrative Department has conveyed that the degrees obtained through distance mode in Scienee Stream (Environmental Science) cannot be considered valid for the purposes of seniority and promotion,” reads the document—(KNO)