NTA shocker for Kashmiri students
Asks them to appear in NET exams in far off states
Asks them to appear in NET exams in far off states
DSEK tightens noose around private coaching centres
Calls for applications from underprivileged students to get enrolled for coaching
Srinagar: Tightening its noose against the private coaching centres, the government has taken over control of these institutes to accommodate the students belonging to BPL category and other destitutes, under the 10 percent reserved quota for them. On Tuesday, the directorate of school education Kashmir (DSEK) issued a notification inviting applications from the under-privileged candidates […]
Panchayat Polls: Voting at 2179 polling booths for Phase-II today
4014 candidates in the fray
JAMMU: Polling for Phase-II of Panchayat Polls-2018 will be held today at 2179 polling stations across the state, including 828 in Kashmir and 1351 in Jammu Division. The timing for polling is from 8 am to 2 pm. According to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Shaleen Kabra,4014 candidates are in the fray for 281Sarpanch and […]
KU pulls up college teachers for lax approach over evaluation of answer sheets
Srinagar: After facing criticism over declaring flawed results, the Kashmir University (KU) authorities have pulled up the college principals for taking evaluation of answers papers lightly. The controller examination on Monday issued a circular to all the college principals regarding the matter and directed them to take the evaluation process seriously. As per the circular, […]
Students decry delay in exams, say KU tarnishing their career
Srinagar: The authorities in Kashmir University (KU) have this year again failed to streamline the conduct of semester wise exams of the undergraduate students enrolled in degree colleges across Kashmir. The students who were enrolled in the colleges this year (2018 batch) have so far completed the first semester exams due to the delay by […]
Reform: DIET’s to be merged with SCERT’s in JK
Move aimed to establish research institutes at district level
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to have its full-fledged State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) in Kashmir. In this regard, the advisor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai has asked the school education department to merge the District Institute of Education and Trainings (DIETs) with the SCERT for smooth functioning of these […]
Real leader knows when to take timely U-turns: PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said a leader who does not take timely “U-turns” is not a “real leader”. During an interaction with journalists at the PM House, Khan cited an example from his cricket days when he led Pakistan’s national team said, “We used to make a strategy and then step out […]
Six months after his funeral, man returns home in Poonch
DC orders exhumation, constitution of doctors’ team for DNA profiling
Poonch: It may sound bizarre but that is exactly what has happened in Mendhar area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. A youth presumed dead nearly six months ago walked back home on Friday. Muhammad Muzamil went missing from his home in Qasab village in Mendhar area six months ago. Soon there was an […]
Bar to skip work in courts today
Srinagar: Kashmir High Court Bar Association on Friday supported the Joint Resistance Leadership’s call for a valley wide shutdown on November 17 as nine-phased election to Panchayats in the state commences. According to a statement the lawyers body said that in view o the general strike call given by the JRL, the bar association has […]
Schools in rural areas face neglect, official apathy
Srinagar: The tall claims of the School Education Department notwithstanding, the rural schools in Kashmir continue to face official neglect thereby telling upon the overall academic standards of the students enrolled in these schools. Government Middle School (GMS) TakiyaKhurhama in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district is a case in place. The school depicts a grim picture […]
