Situation in education department turns chaotic as key positions left vacant
Srinagar: The School Education Department in Kashmir has been left on crutches as two dozen posts of zonal education officers (ZEOs) in Kashmir region have been left vacant. The unfilled posts have exposed the non-seriousness of the department in filling the key positions which play an important role at the ground level in the department. […]
Govt facilitates exam centre for GATE aspirants in Kashmir
Srinagar: In a major relief for the engineering candidates of Kashmir aspiring to appear in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in February, the state administration is mulling to set up a separate exam centre in the Valley. It will for the first time that an exam centre will be set for GATE exams […]
Mirwaiz welcomes Shah Faesal’s ‘stand’
Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday welcomed the decision of IAS topper Shah Faesal to resign from the civil services, while saying that he (Mirwaiz) was hopeful that the outrage over killings will guide his choice in politics. “Welcome the stand to resign by @ShahFaesal to protest unabated killing of Kashmiris by […]
Faking class 10 results: Schools detain 50 percent students to get cent percent results
Srinagar: Bellying the tall claims of the school education department in bolstering the performance of the students in class 10th exams, most of the schools detained more than 50 percent students to achieve 100 percent results in the class10th exams. For instance, in Kupwara district the school heads didn’t allow all the enrolled students to […]
Er Rasheed seconds Omar over fractured mandate
Handwara: AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president and former MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday seconded Omer Abdullahs appeal to people not to throw a fractured mandate in the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “The ball is now in the people’s court and they must uproot all those forces who have diluted the […]
DSEK initiates action against non-performing teachers
Srinagar: Taking a serious note of the poor performance of the government schools in class 10th exams, the education department has initiated action against the concerned school headmasters and the teachers of these schools. To begin with, the Chief Education Officer (CEO) Srinagar on Tuesday issued suspension order of 11 teaching faculty members including three […]
Finally, ‘toffee’ comment gets an ‘apology’ wrap
Srinagar: Facing severe criticism over her ‘toffee’ and ‘milk’ remark former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday apologised for her remark, saying she was concerned for ‘her children being pushed to rallies where they got injured’. “Didn’t I have this right to tell these children in a loud voice that you were […]
JKBOSE declares class 12th results
Government school students figure in the merit list
Srinagar: The J&K Board of School Education (BOSE) on Monday declared the result of Class 12th annual examination with an overall pass percentage of 52 percent. As per JKBOSE figures, out of 69982 candidates enrolled for the examination, 36227 candidates have been declared as qualified by JKBOSE. The class 12th exams were held in October […]
Separate NEET exam for valley students
Srinagar: National Board of Examinations (NBE) on Sunday announced that it will hold separate NEET-PG 2019 examination for students facing extreme difficulties in moving from Srinagar to their designated centres. “In the wake of inclement weather conditions in J&K, National Board of Examinations (NBE) today announced that it will hold separate NEET-PG 2019 exam for […]
DSEK to provide free bags to children in govt schools
Move to distribute specially designed bags already started in Jammu
Srinagar: Aiming to encourage enrollment in the government schools, the school education department has started an initiative to distribute free school bags among the school going children at Kindergarten level. The initiative has been taken under the centrally sponsored scheme ‘SamagraShiksha’ wherein the newly enrolled students in government schools are provided with school bags by […]
