Education caught between ‘devil and the deep sea’ in Kashmir
Srinagar: The functioning of educational institution in Kashmir has become a challenging job for the authorities given the political uncertainty prevailing in Valley. On Thursday, educational institutions in most of the districts were closed in wake of the gun fight that broke between militants and government forces in Shatgund village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. […]
Funds diversion deprives teachers of their salaries
Srinagar: Authorities in the School Education Department have released the monthly salary to the non-SSA schools out of the Samagra Shiksha funds, a move that has been approved in clear violation of the already announced rules. The release of funds has been made in violation of set rules under the Samagra Shiksha, a senior official […]
For promoting literacy, open schooling introduced in JK
Jammu gives a far better response than Kashmir division, say officials
Srinagar: The J&K School Education Department has started state open schooling (SoS) to arrest the school dropout rate and also enroll those adults who have left schools after class 8th. The initiative was launched few years ago and the first batch was enrolled in years 2014 in Jammu as well as Kashmir region. “At earlier […]
Mismanagement at KU’s examination wing mars future of students
Students who have been declared unsuccessful actually passing their qualifying exams
Students who have been declared unsuccessful actually passing their qualifying exams
Deserter SPO’s cousin, close friend among three join militants
Shopian: Days after a Special Police Officer (SPO) joined the militant ranks after decamping with the weapons from a PDP MLA’s official residence, three more local youth have reportedly joined the militants while two among them are believed to be a cousin and a close friend of the deserter SPO. SPO identified as Aadil Bashir […]
On teacher-pupil ratio, DSEK fails yet again
School in Dangiwacha area has 4 teachers for 12 students
Srinagar: At a time when maintaining the student-pupil ratio is being stressed in Government schools, Middle School Anwarabad in Dangiwacha zone of Baramulla district is portraying a different story altogether. The school has posted four teachers for 12 students who stand enrolled in the institution. A group of ‘influential teachers’ visit the school to have […]
ULB polls: Police arrest dozens in southern districts
Pulwama/Shopian: Ahead of the scheduled Urban Local Bodies polls in the state, over three dozen youth have been arrested by the forces from the twin districts of South Kashmir including Pulwama and Shopian. Locals from the area said the forces have been conducting nocturnal raids and as many as forty youth have been arrested from […]
Mishandling of Kashmir by India has alienated Kashmir, says Guv Malik
Srinagar: India has made mistakes, and its mistakes have, in the process, alienated itself from the people of the Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said in an interview. Malik said his priority is to “create an environment of trust” in which the Centre can initiate talks with mainstream parties and even the […]
‘Upgradations’ in healthcare infra ‘appear’ only on paper
Facilities upgraded, created in 2002 still lack manpower
Srinagar: The state governments ‘giant leap’ in 2002 to bring about a transition in the healthcare infrastructure has failed to bear fruits as the move failed to speed up the healthcare delivery and improve the various facilities in this sector. The government and the health department did not meet any success in providing the adequate […]
GDC Srinagar set to accommodate more for PG courses
12 member expert panel to submit inspection report
Srinagar: With Dental Council of India (DCI) completing its two day inspection of Government Dental College (GDC) Srinagar, the college is all set to have an increased capacity for different PG courses that are offered at the college, the move which will pave way for more BDS doctors to go for Post Graduation well within […]
