EDUCATION

Undeniably many government institutions and non - government literary organizations are ardently active to preserve the Kashmiri language and literature,yet apprehensions are being expressed that the Kashmiri language is facing an existential threat. Literary organizations and writers believe that English medium schools in Kashmir are responsible to a great extent to eradicate Kashmiri language because children enrolled in most of the English medium schools are not allowed to speak in their mother tongue. However, writers believe that learning a mother tongue can help better understand one's own identity. “It is seen in the society that our new generation either talk in Urdu or in English instead of speaking in their mother tongue, for which they are encouraged at every level”, sa...

Two Kashmiri research scholars have been awarded the Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) for the year 2022-23 & 2023-24. Identified as Zeeshan Majeed Nadroo, working on 'Determinants of consumer shopping behaviour, a study of North India ’under the supervision of Dr Mohammad Asif Naqashbandi at the Department of Management Studies and Umer Iqbal working on 'Media Initiatives of Digital India and Social Change in Jammu  Kashmir' under the supervision of Dr Monisa Qadiri at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at from the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) Awantipora, the duo has been selected for the prestigious fellowship. The fellowship is a testament to the high- quality research bei...

Parents complained that Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson higher secondary school have abruptly increased the annual fee for the current academic session (April 2023 to March 2024) without taking them on board. They said that this has been done even without the formal approval from the competent authority. “In this era when the business in Kashmir valley has shuddered, Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson higher secondary school enhanced the annual fee by over Rs 2000 without approval from the school fee fixation committee constituted to regulate the fee structure of the private schools,” parents claimed. A group of parents told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that the hike is arbitrary just to fleece the parents. “We are afraid that the school will be encouraged and will keep on increasing...

Two Ph.D. scholars of the Department of Physics from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar have been selected for a prestigious internship at the University of Free State (UFS), South Africa for the period of 1 year. Research Scholars including Irfan Ayoub and Umar Mushtaq have been selected for the position of Research Assistant at the University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa, according to a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat. They will work with Prof. Hendrik C. Swart. Prof. Swart holds Research Chair in Solid State Luminescent and Advanced Materials. He is an NRF B1-rated researcher and is an internationally acclaimed researcher. Prof. Swart's group's ongoing activities are closely related to their Ph.D. thesis. They will work on the synthesis and spe...

In the absence of any regulating authority, Private Coaching Centres in Kashmir Valley especially Srinagar city are out to loot parents at sweet will. Middle-class families are finding it hard to get their wards admitted to private coaching centres. News Agency Kashmir News Trust has been receiving a plethora of texts from parents requesting to highlight the issue and the loot that is going on in Srinagar coaching centres in the name of education. “Asalamu Alaikum! Sir I request you to post about the hike in the fees in coaching centers in Parraypora Srinagar and others as well, as the fee has been raised abruptly from 40K to 80K and even more. And you might be knowing that it's not everyone's cup of tea We as members of middle-class families cannot afford such a huge amount with ...

The Government Fee Fixation Committee for Private Schools (FFRC) Friday said that Presentation Convent Higher Secondary School Rajbagh was violating its orders by charging excessive transportation fee from the the students. In this regard, the Chairperson of the committee, Justice (Retd) Sunil Hali has given one last opportunity to the school to appear before FFRC to explain their position by or before May-02. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Hali in an communique to the school has said that in pursuance to the complaint filed by the parent, notices were issued to the School Management. “The main grievance of the complainant was that School was charging Rs 1480 per month from the students as bus fee,” Hali said. It also said that the committee in Octobe...

At a time when most of the government schools are performing well, a government school in Kokernag area of Anantnag district has performed below par where just a single student among 25 has passed 8th class examination. A single student out of 25 students of Govt Middle School Khokarpora Adhal Vailoo in Kokernag has passed the 8th class examination. The poor performance of the school has evoked strong resentment from the people. Locals told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the government has employed six teachers for imparting education to 25 students and of them only one has cleared the board exams and this matter needs to be investigated. They alleged that teachers come to school only for passing time rather than imparting education to the children. They said ...

Tabasum Shaikh, who was a victim of Hijab controversy raised by right wing hindutva men in Karnataka has secured the second rank in the Karnataka PUC exam. Last year, Karnataka was marred by riots over the hijab after some students in rural Karnataka expressed concern over students wearing Hijab to the college. The Muslim students protested demanding that they should be allowed to wear Hijab to the classes. Later, the Karnataka High Court ruled that hijab and burqa are not required in educational institutions and the dress code of the educational institution is sufficient. Many female students protested in the streets wearing burqa and hijab. Tabassum also secured 100 out of 100 marks in Hindi, Psychology and Sociology.