Three killed as rains, fresh snowfall wreck havoc across Valley
Houses damaged, trees uprooted due to bad weather conditions
Houses damaged, trees uprooted due to bad weather conditions
Govt will shield JK Bank, assures CS
‘Wait for three months and you will see results flowing out of J-K Bank’
‘Wait for three months and you will see results flowing out of J-K Bank’
To improve academic excellence, teaching experience IUST joins hands with Iran University
Srinagar: In an endeavour to improve the academic excellence and provide better exposure to the students, the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Islamic Denominations Iran. The MoU is likely to play a pivotal role in the teacher exchange programmes as well. […]
Old city schools fail to get proper accommodation
Srinagar: Puncturing the tall claims of the state government to plug in the infrastructural gaps, four schools operating in old city continue to function under one roof in the building that houses the ‘National High School’ Srinagar. The schools according to officials were shifted to the building of National school Srinagar after September 2014 floods […]
Gimmick: Decision to set up new colleges doing more harm than good
Srinagar: The government’s announcement of approving new 50 degree colleges for the state has contradicted the state’s own report about the dwindling trend of student enrolment in the colleges. The state administration has claimed that the new 50 colleges were announced on public demand as many areas were ‘unserved’ by the higher education department. However, […]
Educational grants to over 22, 000 schools released by School Edu Dept
Srinagar: In a bid to improve the infrastructural standards in government schools, the school education department has released school grants to 22,570 educational institutions under centrally sponsored scheme- Samagra Shiksha. The move is likely to bring reforms in the educational institutions in terms of maintenance of electricity, libraries and laboratories in the government-run educational institutions. […]
Lackadaisical: DIET’s, SIE’s yet to see posting of teaching faculty
Srinagar: Despite the passage of half of the academic session in valley schools, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has failed to streamline the posting of teaching faculty in District Institute of Education and Training (DIETs) and State Institute of education (SIE) Kashmir. The much hyped initiative for posting promising staff in these institutes […]
Despite years of wait undergraduate SSA teachers facing dark future
Srinagar: The state government seems to have shelved the process for regularisation of undergraduate SSA teachers. This is despite the government order issued in December last year. The teachers accused the state administration of delaying the regularisation despite clear directions from government to clear all the cases within three months from the time when the […]
Indifference: SCERT still remains a dream as officials display lack of interest
Srinagar: Bellying the tall claims of J&K government to revolutionise the education sector in J&K state, the authorities in school education department have failed to make SECRT functional in the state. The department has failed to set up the institute here despite the funds sanctioned by the (MHRD). An official said the government was supposed […]
