Welcome to Jammu & Kashmir, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Smt. @khadseraksha Ji
Your visit to Srinagar for the ongoing Khelo India Water Sports Festival at Dal Lake & Kashmir University reflects the Govt.’s commitment to youth & sports promotion.
@listenshahid Infrastructure creates facilities; qualified Physical Education professionals create athletes.
We request the @dgyssjk to address the long pending #Recruitment of #PhysicalEducation professionals & provide deserving candidates a fair opportunity to serve J&K’s sporting future.
Dear @listenshahid Sir Sport infrastructure & investment are essential, but a strong sporting ecosystem also requires employment pathways for qualified Physical Education professionals.
J&K has a large pool of unemployed, highly qualified👇
Sport, Inclusion and the Foundations of Peace
A strong sporting ecosystem begins with a fundamental commitment of ensuring that every young person has a fair opportunity to participate, regardless of geography.
In Jammu & Kashmir, a geographically diverse Union Territory with remote, hilly and border communities we are taking a district-wise approach to sports infrastructure—mapping existing facilities, identifying gaps, improving utilisation and planning new investments around actual community needs. With 227 new projects involving over ₹500 crore ( 52.3 Million) the priority now is to translate investment into accessible, functional spaces where young people can play, train, compete and grow.
For me, beyond infrastructure, it's about creating pathways for young people to connect, develop discipline and confidence, discover talent and participate meaningfully in their communities.
The focus will remain on reaching underserved, remote, border and hilly areas, while strengthening the links between schools, coaches, sporting institutions and emerging athletes.
Sport can be a powerful language of inclusion and shared purpose. Our responsibility is to ensure that opportunity speaks that language everywhere.
@listenshahid Physical Education candidates, including M.P.Ed. & Ph.D. scholars, yet regular recruitment of PE teachers/lecturers has remained absent for several yrs.
If we r serious abt developing sports at the grassroots level, who will train, guide & nurture these young athletes?
@jkssbofficial@CM_JnK@OfficeOfLGJandK@sakinaitoo@satishsharmajnk Such prolonged delays create uncertainty, mental stress, financial hardship, & result in many deserving candidates becoming overage.
The Govt of J&K is requested to kindly conduct timely recruitment so that one does not have to wait for 6-7 years for a recruitment.
A recruitment process should nt take 6 yrs to conclude especially when it involves only 5 posts. The assistant PTI in HED recruitment advertised in 2020 has taken nearly 6 yrs to reach the joining stage.
@jkssbofficial@CM_JnK@OfficeOfLGJandK@sakinaitoo@satishsharmajnk
@dgyssjk@satishsharmajnk@CM_JnK@OfficeOfLGJandK We respectfully urge u to address this critical issue, as it is vital for the future of our youth and the growth of sports in J&K.
@listenshahid sir please kindly adress our genuine issue.
We, as physical education degree holders in J&K, have been waiting for employment opportunities for over a decade. Despite nearly 6k posts lying vacant in the @dgyssjk dept, no progress has been made in the last 10 years.
Dear Honorable @satishsharmajnk@CM_JnK@OfficeOfLGJandK
Congratulations @listenshahid sir on beginning this new chapter at the YSS Dept. We, the unemployed Physical Education youth of J&K, sincerely hope that under ur leadership long pending PET and Lecturer recruitments will be addressed through transparent and merit-based selection.
Today I began what I hope will be a meaningful chapter as Commissioner/Secretary, Youth Services & Sports, J&K.
My first day began on the snow slopes of Gulmarg, at the inauguration of the 6th Khelo India Winter Games, alongside Hon'ble LG Sh. Manoj Sinha and Hon'ble CM Sh. Omar Abdullah.
Over 400 athletes from 25 States raced these slopes today. Six consecutive years, Gulmarg has hosted this national event. It has earned its place as India's winter sports capital.
J&K's youth and sporting talent are extraordinary. I am here to serve them — and to learn.
This was some first day.
#KheloIndia #Gulmarg #JammuAndKashmir
@devyanidsrana I had come to you 2/3 times with the representation of Unemployed Physical Education Youth, but why u didn't ask the govt about the Unemployed PE issue in the assembly? We have high hopes frm u, Ma'am that u will definitely raise this issue in the assembly.🙏
Warm congratulations to @listenshahid Sir on his new role as Commissioner Secretary, @dgyssjk . Thousands of qualified Physical Education youth r waiting since 2013. We sincerely hope your leadership will bring timely recruitment and justice to deserving candidates.
Since 2015, not a single PET post has been advertised, while 40-50k qualified PE candidates remain unemployed. 964 posts r vacant, yet no recruitment. Instead, REKs appointment. already under court scrutiny r being pushed for permanency.
@OmarAbdullah@satishsharmajnk
@Sunil_SharmaBJP Sir, we Physical Education unemployed aspirants have been continuously demanding the Advertised of posts for PE subject ever since the JKPSC Rcrtmnt of +2 lecturers has been done. Bt neither the admin nor u listened to our voice
We rqst u tht the posts of PE has been Advertised.
Welcome to Jammu & Kashmir, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Smt. @khadseraksha Ji
Your visit to Srinagar for the ongoing Khelo India Water Sports Festival at Dal Lake & Kashmir University reflects the Govt.’s commitment to youth & sports promotion.
Madam @khadseraksha Ji, as Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sports, we the Unemployed Physical Education Aspirants urge your kind attention & immediate intervention. Kindly ensure 12+ year justice for J&K Physical Education aspirants. #12YearOfInjustice@CM_JnK@diprjk