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India’s University Grants Commission declares MPhil degree invalid

The MPhil degree has been deemed invalid by the University Grants Commission (UGC), accompanied by a warning to universities to cease MPhil admissions in accordance with Clause 14 of the Commission. Secretary Manish Joshi issued a notification addressing concerns about some universities soliciting fresh applications for the M.Phil. (Master of Philosophy) program. The notification underscores […]

‘Private schools must abstain from conducting interviews, screening at admission time’, DSEK orders

Ahead of admission session in educational institutes of Kashmir, School Education Department Saturday warned recognized private schools from conducting screening procedures or interviews of children and charging capitation fee. Besides, the department also said that the private recognized schools of Kashmir division shall desist from charging the admission fee and other non-notified fees. According to […]

Winter vacations announced for degree colleges in Jammu Kashmir in phased manner from Dec-27

Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education Department Thursday announced winter vacations for all degree college of Jammu and Kashmir Division in a phased manner from December-27-2023 to February-14-2024 in Kashmir division. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Alok Kumar said that government Degree Colleges of Kashmir region shall observe […]

Schools in Anantnag warned against conducting tuitions during winter break

Amidst the winter break, a concerning trend has emerged among certain private schools and coaching centers. Despite the holiday period, these institutions have been persisting with tuition classes, pressuring students to attend and disregarding the mandated break, as per the education department officals’s order accessed by The Kashmiriyat. Taking note of this issue, authorities have […]

DSEJ announces winter vacation in phased manner from Dec-11

Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) Friday announced winter vacations in winter zones in a phased manner from December-11 to February-29. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), DSEJ in an order said that all government schools and recognised private schools upto Higher Secondary Level of winter zone of Jammu Division shall observe winter […]

All degree colleges in Kashmir to commence online classes from Dec-01

With the early onset of winters, Jammu  Kashmir Higher Education Department Thursday ordered that it will conduct online classes in all government degree colleges of Kashmir region from Dec-01-2023. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) Special Secretary to the government Dr Ravi Shanker Sharma in a communique said, “Due to early onset of […]

Education woes: 150 government schools in south Kashmir operate from rented spaces

One hundred and fifty (150) government Schools in the four district of south Kashmir operate from rented spaces, official figures revealed. Official figures, quoted by local news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), suggest that there are total 3622 schools in the entire South Kashmir range in which Anantnag district holds the highest number of schools […]

Winter vacation announced for schools in Kashmir

The Jammu Kashmir administration has announced winter vacation for schools in the Kashmir valley amid the growing cold. In a notification, the Jammu Kashmir admin announced that upto class 8th, the schools will remain shut from 28 November, 2023 till late February. For classes upto 12th, the administration has announced winter vacations from 11th December, […]