Change in school timing: DSEK succumbs to bureaucratic pressure, puts students lives at risk
Srinagar: The government decision to revise the school timing from May 01 has evoked widespread criticism from the parents and other stakeholders. The government is accused of playing with the lives of the students to ensure hassle free movement of the bureaucrats. On Monday, the government changed the timings of Government and private schools which […]
College on a Picnic: A place which has remained virgin and unexplored
The outing proves a learning experience besides getting us to know our environs
Dr Jahangeer Ahmad Bhat A day out with the students proves to be a wonderful experience to break the ice and maintain good and healthy relations. A well-organized picnic with all the activities properly planned could help in achieving the goal of not only relaxing but exploring the unknown regions and areas that surround us. […]
Chanapora residents await upgradation of PHC to SDH
Wajahat Shabir Srinagar: The 50-bedded hospital established at Housing Colony Chanapora is waiting up-gradation from being a Primary Health Center to Sub District hospital. The foundation stone of the hospital was laid by former Minister Sham Lal Sharma on 17th of May 2012, however, the centre has not been upgraded to a hospital since then. […]
Letdown: Out of 4983 only 2863 kitchen sheds come up in schools under MDM scheme
Srinagar: The school education department continues to be lagging in completion of kitchen sheds in government schools. The department has missed several deadlines in completing the target. The department under centrally sponsored scheme- Mid-Day Meals (MDM) was supposed to construct the kitchen sheds in schools however, the lethargic approach of the concerned authorities has hit […]
Aiming higher: KU all set to start two admission sessions
Srinagar: After years of mismanagement in securing the academics back on track, authorities in the Kashmir University (KU) have decided to have two admissions in the varsity to accommodate more students in the institution of higher learning. The move will also streamline the admission session in the varsity which was derailed during the past few […]
Govt fails to provide libraries in schools, colleges
Recent survey says that 40 percent high schools do not have a library
Srinagar: The up gradation of the libraries and its culture in schools has always remained a distant dream in government educational institutions. Besides, the reading habit among the students has also failed to improve over the years. As per norms, the school education department is supposed provide proper library facilities to students at elementary level […]
NEET examination: Students pin hopes on admin to shift exam centres to valley
Wajahat Shabir Srinagar: Engrossed in her preparatory studies, Mehwish who wishes to crack the NEET entrance test is concerned about her appearing in the exams as she has been allotted an examination centre outside the state. Mehvish is among the 1500 odd students who have to travel to far off places like Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh […]
Excelling in academics, school in Sopore village fails in facilities
Srinagar: Contradicting the tall claims of the successive regimes to fill in the infrastructural gaps in the educational institutions across the state, hundreds of schools across Jammu and Kashmir are functioning without permanent buildings. Not only SSA schools, scores of state-run schools are yet to get their permanent campus since their establishment in the state. […]
Yasin Malik ill treated during confinement: JRL
Calls for shutdown today
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) called for a valley wide protest shutdown today against the ‘ill-treatment’ meted-out to the ailing and incarcerated JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik by NIA at Delhi. “NIA highhandedness has in fact forced senior resistance leader Muhammad […]
