JK According to the education minister, the original plan was never meant to take over schools connected to JeI and FAT.

August 23, Srinagar: On Saturday, Education Minister Sakina Itoo stated that the initial plan was for cluster principals, not deputy commissioners, to oversee the 215 schools connected to the outlawed Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), just hours after the government of Jammu and Kashmir ordered their seizure. In contrast to the directive from the School Education Department Secretary, an IAS officer who answers to the LG, the minister claimed that the draft she endorsed said that the cluster principals would oversee these schools.The JeI and its associate Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT) were in charge of the schools until the Secretary issued an order late Friday night to take control of them. According to the decision, district magistrates or deputy commissioners would assume control of these schools' management and then suggest a new management committee. Hours later, though, the Education Minister explained that the order did not state the department's initial suggestion. "Unfortunately, there are rumors going around that the Education Department has taken over the FAT schools," Itoo stated in a video message.

According to her, the management committees of these 215 schools were left in the dark because they had gotten negative CID verification six to eight years prior. "People and students used to frequently come to us because they were having trouble during board exams. They were rejected by the J&K Board of School Education. "There are more than 51,000 students enrolled in these schools, and the Education Department decided that the closest cluster principals would oversee them," she explained. The minister went on to say, "Students, teachers, and structures would remain as such; only the closest principals would look after them until new management committees were formed." According to her, the choice was made in order to protect the pupils' futures in these schools.