Collective accord: Muslims in Pulwama help renovate decades-old temple
'LeT Azaan and echo from temple bells be raised simultaneously'
Pulwama: People in South Kashmir have yet again set an example of brotherhood and communal harmony by renovating a decades-old temple in Pulwama district. Muslims in Pulwama district, presently considered as the epicenter of militancy have yet again sent a message of communal harmony to the world by joining hands with Pandits to renovate an […]
Avoid frequent postponement of exams: Govt tells officials
Srinagar: The advisor to J&K Governor Khursheed Ahmad Ganai on Wednesday stressed on the state university authorities to avoid frequent postponement of exams. The issue was discussed during a meeting chaired by the advisor with vice chancellor of Kashmir University (KU), IUST Awantipora and Cluster University Srinagar (CUS). Besides, director school education, college principals and […]
DSEK seeks mass transfer of teachers ahead of school reopening
‘Move likely to disturb academics in schools’
Srinagar: In a bizarre move, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has initiated the process for transfer of teachers and masters a week ahead of reopening of schools post over two month long winter vacations. The process for transfer of teaching staff in schools was scheduled to be started in December and January and […]
KU set to reintroduce annual exam system at graduate level
Srinagar: In a significant development, the authorities in Kashmir University (KU) are mulling to do away with the semester system of exams at the graduate level. An official in the varsity said the administration is deliberating on the issue and formal announcement will be made in coming days. “The university council has decided to take […]
UNSC blacklists Osama bin Laden’s son, Hamza
Saudi Arabia cancels his citizenship
United Nations: The UN Security Council has designated Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, under its sanctions list, describing the terrorist, thought to be based near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, as the “most probable successor” of the group’s current leader Aiman al-Zawahiri. The UN Security Council’s 1267 ISIS and […]
Infrastructural up gradation: Govt allots 43 Cr to education department to kick start works
Srinagar: In a significant development, the School Education Department has released an amount of Rs 43 Crore for infrastructural up gradation in government high and higher secondary schools. The development comes in the backdrop of the government’s decision to fix the infrastructural gaps in the government schools and equip the educational institutions with all basic […]
Lack of basic facilities: Education department ropes in district administration to equip government schools
Srinagar: The school education department has roped in the district administration to equip the government schools across the state with all basic facilities of electricity, toilets and drinking water. In this regard, the government has constituted district level committees headed by concerned deputy commissioners to achieve 100 percent target of saturation of all these facilities […]
Respite: GOI alters rules for conducting exams of physically challenged candidates
Srinagar: In a significant development, the ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India (GoI) has amended the guidelines for conducting written exams of candidates with bench mark disabilities. In this regard the department has shot a letter to all the universities for “strict implementation” of the guidelines as per the new amendments made […]
Let it end please, say people as tension escalates after air strikes
Srinagar: Unease and uncertainty might have become the subtext of the conflict that underscores their lives but thousands of people across Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday voiced one hope as tensions between India and Pakistan spiralled after IAF jets struck a JeM camp — let it end here please. Across the Kashmir Valley and in […]
MHRD seeks improvement in educational standards in JK
Srinagar: The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has put the school education department on radar for improving the educational scenario in the two aspirational district- Kupwara and Baramulla. The two districts in north Kashmir have been selected for aspirational districts program of NITI Aayog, launched by PMO in January 2018. The MHRD has […]