KU fails to deliver on its promise of ensuring two admission per session
Srinagar: Negating the tall claims of Kashmir University (KU) administration to have two admission sessions in the current academic year, the classes of students who qualified the post gradation (PG) entrance test are yet to be started. Notably, the students qualified the entrance test conducted for admission in PG courses more than two months ago. […]
Drivers withdraw cabs on vital Mitrigam-Pulwama road over ‘minor scuffle’, locals suffer
Services will resume on Wednesday: ARTO
Services will resume on Wednesday: ARTO
Govt announces new colleges but fails to arrange faculty
‘Teachers from existing colleges to be deputed in new colleges’
‘Teachers from existing colleges to be deputed in new colleges’
Students put up a dismal show in bi-annual class 11th exams
Srinagar: The students who appeared in the private bi-annual exams of class 11th have performed poorly in the examination, the result of which was declared by JK Board of School Education (BOSE) on Saturday. As per the JKBOSE figures around 14647 students including 8618 boys and 6029 girls had appeared in the exams in Kashmir […]
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 […]