Shiv Bal Niketan Academy
| School Name | Shiv Bal Niketan Academy |
| Address | Preya, Plakh, Basholi, Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir |
| Location | Plakh |
| City | Kathua |
| District | Kathua |
| State | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Pincode | 184201 |
| Category | Primary School |
| Block | Basholi |
Shiv Bal Niketan Academy is located in Preya, Plakh, Basholi, Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir and was established 26 years ago. This school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Private Unaided (Recognized). It is located in Basholi assembly constituency. This is primarily English medium school.
| Pre Primary | 12 Kids |
| Class I to V | 13 Students |
| Total Students | 25 Students |
| Total Teachers | 4 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 6:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 13:1 |
This school has strength of around one hundred students and has 4 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 6 students per teacher. Two teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest two are appointed on Contract basis. All of the teachers are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate, one is Graduate and rest one is Post Graduate. None of the teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 13:1, means on an average thirteen students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 12 kids in pre primary and 13 students in class I to V.
The school is in a private building and it has no boundary walls. The school has total two clasrooms and one other room. There are one girls toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.