Schools directed to publish list of curriculum books
Parents free to purchase books from open market, says Director School education
Parents free to purchase books from open market, says Director School education
Gear up for winter months
This year the weather Gods have smiled on us quite early. Kashmir witnessed a phenomenon that we had forgot over the period of time. This year we had an early snowfall unlike the trend that was witnessed over the past decade or so, making us to believe that we need to prepare well in time […]
After World Bank’s help, damaged schools to witness reconstruction
Srinagar: After four years of delay, the school education department has finally initiated the process for reconstruction of school buildings that were damaged during 2014 floods. The funds for the construction of the buildings, according to officials will be provided by the World Bank. “We have identified the flood-affected buildings which need to be reconstructed […]
Exorbitant rates of books: DSEK directs officials to constitute inspection teams
Srinagar: Amid a huge outcry against the private schools for fleecing the parents, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir has directed all the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) to constitute inspection teams to put a check on the illegal profiteering of these private schools. The private schools have come under severe criticism for openly fleecing the […]
Students belittle claims of facilities in exam centres
Srinagar: The class 10th and 12th examinations have once again bogged headlines and this time also for non availability of facilities inside the exam centres. The students from various districts complained about non availability of drinking water and lighting facilities inside exam centers thus causing inconveniences to them. “Our exams start in second meeting and […]
Text books prescribed by private schools cost a fortune
Parents resent as government fails to regulate
Srinagar: The state administration has failed to put a control on the nexus between the private schools and publishers who are fleecing parents by selling textbook and notebooks at exorbitant prices. The government’s failure has resulted in massive public outrage. On an average, the textbooks of Class 6th costs Rs 2000 to Rs 3000, while […]
Four years on, polytechnic colleges await renovation
Srinagar: In what has exposed the sluggishness of the government to restore flood-hit educational institutions, the two prestigious polytechnic colleges in Kashmir are yet to be renovated by the government even after passage of over four years when floods created havoc in Kashmir. KG polytechnic college and government polytechnic college for Women Srinagar were severely […]
Kashmiri student attacked in Chandigarh
Police registers case, says action will follow
Srinagar: There seems to be no let-up in the attacks on Kashmiri students pursuing their studies in colleges and Universities located outside Jammu and Kashmir. On Friday night, a final-year engineering student Mubashir Muttoo from Kashmir was attacked by some students with knives and iron rods at his rented accommodation in Chandigarh. He was attacked […]
