Students yet to get uniforms as half of academic session is over
Srinagar: The school education department has failed to complete the distribution of the school uniforms among the school children despite the passage of seven months. The uniform was supposed to be distributed among the school children in the month of March after the reopening of schools post three month long winter vacation. Earlier, the department […]
Govt panels on reforms in education department fail to deliver
Srinagar: Despite the passage of more than one year, the much hyped panels constituted by government to revamp the education sector has failed to bring any change on the ground. In February last year, the two panels were constituted and were tasked to give recommendations on improving literacy rate in J&K state and addressing issues […]
PMKKKY scheme: Over Rs 4.90 lakh royalty collected by District Mineral Foundation Trust
KISHTWAR: District Mineral Foundation Trust Kishtwar, constituted in the run up to the launch of Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY), has collected over Rs 4.90 lakh royalty in last financial year. District Development Commissioner (DDC), Angrez Singh Rana chaired a meeting with members of DMFT to discuss the modalities for effective implementation of […]
Alarm: Government sits over safety audit of coaching institutes
DDC’s fail to submit report sought by government
DDC’s fail to submit report sought by government
Apathy: Educational consultancies make hay in absence of govt guidelines
Srinagar: Despite a widespread public outcry against consultancies for duping students under the garb of providing admissions in colleges outside J&K state, the J&K government is delaying the registration of the educational consultancies functioning across the Valley. The delay on part of the administration has encouraged the malpractice by these consultants who allegedly dupe the […]
Faux Pass: Without basic infrastructure in place govt gives nod to start 102 new colleges
Srinagar: In a bizarre move, the J&K government has made newly announced degree colleges functional from make shift arrangements in various parts of the state, exposing the laxity of authorities in providing proper infrastructure to the students. Notably, the governor led administration during the past two months has announced 102 new colleges across the states […]
MDM scheme fails to provide meals to kids on required days
Srinagar: The school education department has failed to provide Mid Day Meals (MDM) on every working day in schools across the state. As per the MHRD guidelines, the schools are supposed to provide MDM for 220 working days for both primary and upper primary level. However, the schools have served meals on 178 working days […]
Distinctive: 4K ‘nutrition gardens’ to come up in government schools
Srinagar: In a significant development, the J&K school education department is all set up establish nutrition gardens in over 4000 government-run schools during the financial year 2019-20. As of now, the department has established these gardens in 201 schools out of total 23121 schools across state. “The establishment of nutrition gardens in another 15 schools […]
