EDUCATION

Keeping in view the increasing weather conditions, School Education Department Sunday amended the previous announcement for summer vacations for Pre-Primary and Primary classes of Kashmir division. Earlier on Saturday, the department has announced summer vacation upto 12th standard for all government and recognized private schools from July-01 to July-10. However, in a fresh communique, it has said that the Pre-Primary and Primary classes of Kashmir division shall observer summer vacation from June-26. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), DSEK in a fresh communique said, “In continuation to previous order and considering the consistent rise in temperature, the summer vacations for pre-primary and primary classes of all government and recognized private schools sh...

Amid heat wave, the Directorate of School Education has decided to commence with summer vacation from July—01 in winter zones of Kashmir division. As per an order issued by DSEK, of which a copy is available with The Kashmiriyat, the DSEK said, "It is hereby ordered that all the Government Educational Institutions and recognized private Schools upto higher secondary level functioning in the Kashmir Division shall observe summer vacation w.e.f 1st July 2023 to 10th July, 2023." Pertinently, the Kashmir valley is undergoing a heatwave and the temperatures have equaled an 18-year-old record of 35 degree Celsius. Parents of various children had appealed the administration to shut the school in view of the ongoing heatwave. The admin had issued several orders for the safety of children...

The prevailing heat wave in various parts of Kashmir Division may pose a risk at times to the health of the school-going Students, the directorate of school education has said in its latest circular. Therefore, to combat the ill effects of the heat wave, the heads of all Educational Institutions (Government as well as Private) are advised to adhere to certain guidelines which include conducting of the a "brief" morning assembly at a spot where students are not exposed to direct sunlight. "Morning assembly should be brief and conducted in such an area (or in classrooms) where students are not exposed to direct sunlight. Sports and other outdoor activities be adjusted in early hours," DSEK said in a notification, of which a copy is available with The Kashmiriyat. The DSEK has asked ...

The administration has taken over a religious seminary, Jamiat-ul-Salehat, where more than 300 female students are studying, in Ashia Nagar area of Bhatindi in Jammu, reported ETV Bharat. As per the report, the seminary (Madrassa) building has been handed over to the School Education Department by the state government. The building has been handed over to Government Higher Secondary School Sunjwa and police personnel have been deployed at the gate of the building, while government employees have also been deployed at the madrassa. At present, the administration has asked the current management of the madrasa to continue the Islamic education of girls studying in the madrasa. Police and revenue department personnel have been deployed at the madrasa building. Talking to ETV Bh...

Some Polytechnic Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir are on the radar of the government after the faculty of these colleges have failed to show better results. Polytechnic colleges in Jammu and Kashmir offer technical education and vocational training in specialized fields. These colleges aid in the self-employment of the youth, however, the data reveals that most of these colleges have shown poor results, much to the chagrin of the government. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar recently took a detailed analysis of the Polytechnic Colleges. Sources added that Advisor Bhatnagar took strong notice of the poor results of some of these institutes and asked the Principal Secretary Skill Development Department (SDD), ...

The Jammu Kashmir Board of school education on Monday declared the result of Class 10th, session annual (regular) 2022 of Kashmir. You can check the results here. The board has declared the results on its official website. JKBOSE took to its official twitter handle announcing that the results had been decalted for class 10th. https://twitter.com/jkboseofficial/status/1670728637325402114 The JKBOSE class 10 exams 2023 were held from April 8 to May 9, 2023.

The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) is all set to announce class 10th results today. Top officials informed the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the annual regular results of class 10th will be available on official website shortly. “In few hours, the results will be declared and we have almost finished all the formalities,” they said—(KNO)

Danishwar Hameed Several students of a government run school were hospitalized due to suspected fever in the Kulgam district of south Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday, 27 students from Eklavya model residential School (EMRS) in Kulgam's Aharbal were hospitalized due acute respiratory infection. Initially, it was said that the students had suffered food poisoning, however, the Block Medical officer of the area denied food poisoning as the cause of the hospitalization and said, "A team of health workers has been sent to the team to investigate the actual cause of the infection, however, they have not suffered any food poisoning." EMRS started in the year 1997-98 to impart quality education to Scheduled Tribes children in remote areas in order to enable t...

Both the Kashmir and Jammu chapters of the Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir have expressed their reservations and concern over the reported order of the Central Ministry of Education making it mandatory for every school in Jammu Kashmir to get affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). J&K Private Schools Association, Jammu, J&K Private Schools Coordination Committee, Jammu, Private Schools Association JK in an appeal to Lieutenant Governor (LG) of J-K, Manoj Sinha, and Chief Secretary Dr. A. K. Mehta, the Private Schools Associations, have urged the UT Administration to allow the existing norms and procedures of affiliation and recognition of schools in J&K to continue in accordance with the law and regulations in force. According to...

Authorities in Kupwara district have asked the parents of those wards seeking admission in government schools to submit an affidavit that their wards area not involved in any drug related activities. According to a circular, a copy of which lies with the news agency Kashmir News Observer, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kupwara warned that the concerned authorities will cancel admission of such students if found involved in any sort of drug related activities. “Since the admission process has been started for classes 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th standard, the HOls of HS and HSS are directed to get an affidavit from the parents to the effect that ‘their ward is not involved in any drug related activities,” the CEO said in a circular. It also said, “In case the student is found in any typ...