Under the initiative “Padega Kargil, Badega Kargil”, the District Administration Kargil successfully conducted a third-party assessment of school children across the district on December 11. The examinations were held at 81 centres throughout Kargil.

The assessment aimed to evaluate the overall development and subject comprehension of students. A total of 91.46 percent of students—out of 8,169—appeared for the examination, marking a notably high turnout driven by enthusiastic student participation and strong support from teachers and parents.

Sensitive examination materials were dispatched from the strong rooms in Kargil and Zanskar, escorted by designated sectoral magistrates. At the zonal level, the materials were further distributed from SDM offices to the respective centre superintendents.

Magistrates were deployed across all zones, with separate officials assigned to remote areas such as Itchoo and Sharchay to ensure smooth conduct of the examination.
The assessments covered Classes 1 to 9, excluding Class 8. The exam consisted of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Students from Classes 1 to 4 marked their answers directly on the question paper, while those from Classes 5 to 9 used OMR sheets. The initiative also provided students with valuable firsthand experience in MCQ- and OMR-based examinations.

The results of this assessment will be used for rationalisation and for implementing the newly framed, fair, and transparent teachers' transfer policy. The public, especially the teaching community in Kargil, has expressed optimism about its implementation, which was recently adopted by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil.