DSEK fails to depute officers at Zonal level

Many ZEO posts lying vacant since past many months now
Many ZEO posts lying vacant since past many months now
Dilapidated Awantipora-Pampore road giving tough time to commuters
Awantipora: The dilapidated old highway from Awantipora to Lethpora and Galandar to Sempora is giving tough time to the commuters in the area. Locals said that the dilapidated road had become nuisance for them locals as well as the thousands of people who travel along the road on a daily basis daily. The big potholes […]
40 students, 14 teachers crammed in shabby four rooms in a middle school

Srinagar: Bellying the tall claims of the education department to fill in the infrastructural gaps in educational institutions, the Government Middle School (GMS) S K Colony continues to function from three shabby rooms of a rented building at Qamarwari. The school is located at a distance of one kilometer from the main highway but has […]
Concern: Govt ignoring stakeholders while implementing new education policy, say NISA

Srinagar: The National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA) of India on Wednesday accused the government of India for implementing the new education policy without taking major stakeholders on board. Addressing a press conference here, President NISA Dr Kulbushan Sharma along with president Private Schools’ Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) said the government of India was […]
Maths adding up woes of students: Govt failed to simplify the subject to check dropout rate

Srinagar: The government decision to simplify the mathematics subject in order to control the dropout rate of school children has taken a back seat as the department of education is yet to issue formal orders on modification of the syllabus despite holding several meetings. An official said the issue has been shelved at civil secretariat […]
Overweight school bags: No respite for kids as govt ignores panel recommendations

Srinagar: Despite the passage of over two years, the school education department has shelved the MHRD guidelines for reducing the heavy weight of school bags carried by children. The two committees constituted by the state government have submitted their report to the education department over a year ago but the implementation of the recommendations has […]
Teaching staff at loggerheads with Registrar KU

Says all initiatives failed under his command
Says all initiatives failed under his command
Scam: Tourism dept outsources ‘prized’ Zabarwan Park in lieu for ‘peanuts’

Srinagar: Without any auction and “in violation of norms”, the Directorate of Tourism Kashmir has allotted the management of the prized Zabarwan Park on the Boulevard allegedly to a “blue eyed” person even as the department maintains there were no takers for the project. As per official documents accessed by ‘Kashmir Vision’, Director Tourism Kashmir […]
India rejects Pak report claim on talks

Says take verifiable action against terrorism
Says take verifiable action against terrorism
DSEK fails to issue guidelines on sale of books in private schools

Srinagar: The school education department seems to have shelved the complaints received against sale of textbooks at exorbitant prices by private schools in the State. On November 08 last year the advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai had instructed the director school education department to examine the complaints and issue guidelines to regulate prices of […]