EDUCATION

The Jammu Kashmir higher education department has invoked Civil Service Rule 30 to 'censure' college principals over misconduct. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Higher Education Department (HED) has reprimanded the college Principal and issued a strict warning against the Principal of Government Degree College (GDC) Pattan Prof Tariq Ashai under Rule 30 (i) "censure" of the civil service (classification, Control, and Appeal) Rules 1956.” As already reported by KNO, the JK HED had attached the in-charge Principal Government Degree College (GDC) Pattan over serious allegations leveled against him for his misbehavior at Cluster University Srinagar (CUS). The attachment order was issued by HED after a written complaint was submitted by the dean of Academi...

The School Education Department has said that Post Graduate degrees obtained through distance mode by RRT teachers in Scienee Stream would not be considered valid for seniority and promotion purposes. An official document accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reads the PG degrees through distance mode cannot be considered valid. DSEK said this while responding to application of an RRT teacher seeking permission for pursuing PG in Environmental Science through IGNOU. “In this context, it is to inform that the Administrative Department has conveyed that the degrees obtained through distance mode in Scienee Stream (Environmental Science) cannot be considered valid for the purposes of seniority and promotion,” reads the document—(KNO)

Shabir Khan Scores of students of Sopore's Government Degree College (GDC) hit the roads to protest against Kashmir University (KU) over what “unfair” evaluation of examination papers. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that students of 6th semester at GDC Sopore on Wednesday morning hit the streets of Sopore's main town in north Kashmir raising slogans against the KU authorities. One of the protesting students said that Kashmir University was playing with their careers. "This is not the first time that KU has done an unfair evaluation of the examination papers," a student alleged. Raising questions over the quick results, The students alleged that the papers were evaluated within a short span of time. "How it is possible that our papers would be evaluated within 3 days," they a...

Mounds of waste around Government Degree College at Levdora area of Qazigund is causing inconvenience to people, especially students. The college was established in March 2019 with about 600 students on the roll. A fourth-semester student from the college told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that heaps of garbage are piled up near the wall of the college. “This has caused health issues for several students. We have been pleading to the concerned authorities to remove the garbage as a foul smell emanates from the site. But nothing is being done to get it removed," the student said. The student said they requested Block Development Officer (BDO) Qazigund to place bins outside the college and clear unattended garbage. The locals claimed that the workers from Block Qazigu...

Jammu Kashmir Board of Secondary Education (JKBOSE) will close the application window for the Class 10 and Class 12 exams (Jammu Kashmir Board Exam 2023) today. Students who have not submitted their application forms now can submit their application form for the academic session 2023 by visiting the official website jkbose.nic.in. Earlier, the last date for submission of the application form for the 10th, and 12th exams (JKBOSE 10th, 12th Exam 2023) was 19th December but it was extended to 27th December 2023. Class 10, 11, 12 students can deposit exam fee with late fee of Rs 700 in addition to normal fee till January 6, 2023. The last date for submission of exam form with late fee of Rs 1,800 is January 16, 2023. Any student misses to submit the application form then he/she ...

The University of Kashmir (KU) Friday announced winter vacations from January 02 to February 15. The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has learned that the Assistant Registrar of KU in a notification has said “It is notified for the information of all concerned that the teaching faculty of the main and satellite campuses shall observe winter vacation from January-02 February-15.” The notification further reads that “However, the Heads of the Departments shall ensure that the examinations and implementation of extramurally funded research projects, etc. does not get affected.” “The remedial classes, if any, shall be conducted in offline or online mode during vacations,” the Assistant Registrar said—(KNO)

Authorities have decided to prepare results of 5th and 8th standard mainly on the basis of academic performance of the student throughout the year from next academic session 2023-24. Besides, the governing authority has further decided that the uniform question papers will be prescribed by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) for year-end assessment for Classes 5th and 8th. The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has learnt that SCERT has said this in a notification pertaining to ‘Student Assessment and Evaluation Scheme’ upto Class 8th for government and government recognized Schools of Jammu Kashmir. Stating the framework and Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) of the scheme, JKSCERT said that the Head of Schools or complex heads has to ensure that...

The Bhagavad Geeta is mentioned in the NCERT textbooks for classes VI and VII, while its shlokas will be included in the textbooks for classes XI and XII of Sanskrit, according to information provided to the Lok Sabha on Monday, Muslim Mirror reported. In a written response, the Minister of State for Education, Annapurna Devi, stated that the ministry had established the Indian Knowledge System (IKS) Division in the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in 2020 with a vision to promote interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research on all aspects of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), preserve, and disseminate IKS knowledge for further research and societal applications. She said that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has started the develop...

The infrastructural promises in government schools fall flat as at least 3093 public institutions in Jammu Kashmir are without toilet facilities for female students. The official figures reveal that among the total government-run schools in Jammu Kashmir, at least 3093 government schools which amount to nearly 20 percent of the institutes are without toilet facilities for female students. The news agency KNO has learned that only 12,265 government schools were availing of the facilities. The case of toilet facilities for female students in private schools in Jammu Kashmir is worse than the government schools as the official figures reveal that at least 45 percent of functional private schools in Jammu  Kashmir san toilet facilities for their female students. It reveals that out...

After five months, candidates who appeared in the Jammu Kashmir State Eligibility Test (JKSET) are waiting for results. Several candidates told KNO that delay in declaring results is taking a toll on their mental health while authorities pay no heed in this regard. "Due to unknown reasons, the candidates have to wait together for results which shows the seriousness of the administration towards education,” said Junaid Ahmad, a JKSET candidate, told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Normally, he said results were declared a month after exams but this time about five months have passed but there is news about the results. "First exams were delayed and now results are being delayed and it is taking a toll on the mental health of candidates,” said Asif Hussain, another candi...