JKBOSE attempts to cut through physical barriers

Launches Jammu Kashmir Knowledge Network Hub for online interaction

Launches Jammu Kashmir Knowledge Network Hub for online interaction

Lack of toilets in girls’ schools increasing dropout rates, says MHRD

Srinagar: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has stated that lack of toilets in girl’s educational institutions was a reason for increasing dropout rate at the upper primary levels. In a meeting convened with the school education department, MHRD has asked the deputy commissioner Kupwara and Baraamulla to ensure that all girls’ and co-education […]

33 percent of schools covered under MDM are without kitchen sheds

DSEK says MHRD has been approached, issue will be resolved

Srinagar: The school education department has failed to construct the kitchen sheds for the schools which forms the major component of the centrally sponsored scheme- Mid-Day Meals (MDM). As per the official figures, around over 33 percent of schools in valley, covered under the MDM scheme are without kitchen facilities which has affected the distribution […]

Official apathy, lack of interest killing cross LoC trade

Srinagar: Once termed as ‘Mother of all CBM’s’ the cross LoC trade is finally dying a slow death. From witnessing a substantial reduction in the approved tradable items to a cumbersome barter trading system, the Cross-LoC trade is showing signs of stagnation arousing concerns among the traders community involved in the trade from both sides […]

Art paints miseries of Kashmiris affected by strife

Kochi: The misery of thousands of people from two communities, caught in the ethnic strife in Kashmir three decades ago, has found portrayal at the Kochi Muziris Biennale in this coastal city. A Srinagar Biennale pavilion is part of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale here, the subcontinent’s biggest art festival of its kind. It is one […]

23 colleges functioning from makeshift buildings in JK

Govt fails to provide permanent campuses for these institutions

Govt fails to provide permanent campuses for these institutions

Shutdown of SKIMS PET scan: Internal bickering, lack of professional work culture led to crisis

Srinagar: While SKIMS produced dozens of qualified professionals in Nuclear Medicine, it is, at present, struggling to have one in order to keep its PET scan that was installed there in January this year, functional. The sorry state of affairs is reflected on ground as not even one person is qualified enough as per the […]

DSEK fails to introduce vocational courses in high schools

Scheme though approved failed to equip students with technical skills

Srinagar: The government initiative to introduce vocational courses in the government high schools has fallen flat owing to the poor implementation of the scheme by the school education department over the past years. The courses were introduced under erstwhile centrally sponsored scheme-RashtriyaMadhyamikShikshaAbhiyan (RSMA) scheme in 2012. The component was revived by the then education minister […]