EDUCATION

Following the killing of two migrant teachers, the School Education Department has directed the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of Kashmir division to post non—Muslim employees of the department at their desirous and safe places. Sources in the department informed the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) “Authorities have directed the CEOs to place non—Muslim employees at the places of their choice and safe zones.” Pertinently, in past few weeks, Kashmir has witnessed series of attacks over non—Muslims employees posted here—(KNO)

The survey conducted by GMC Srinagar has found that 65 percent parents in Jammu and Kashmir don't prefer online applications for education of their children, while 20 percent parents do. "An online survey was conducted to study the screen time in children during COVID-19. The online Google Forms were shared through various social media sites and parents were asked to fill out the forms. A total of 307 responses were received and analysed," the survey document states, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). "The age of the children ranged from 0 to 18 years. The maximum number of children belonged to the age group of 6-10 years (37.5%), followed by age group of 10-18 years (31.6%), followed by 0-5 years (18.3%). The use of devices or any other electronic gadgets increased with...

A scuffle broke out at the Kashmir University's law Department, leaving one student injured. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, a student of the 7th-semester of BALLB said that students of the 10th semester of the Law Department entered the classroom and dragged one of the 7th-semester students out of the class. He said that the students entered the classroom when a teacher was present inside the class, however, despite the presence of the teacher, they (10 sem students) thrashed his classmates causing injuries to one student. "They were carrying sharp objects including knives that they used to attack our classmates," the student alleged. The injured student had to be rushed to the hospital. One of the students involved in the assault is already under suspension for such behavior, they ...

The University of Kashmir on Monday said that the request made by CBSE candidates who intend to apply for BA LLB entrance Examination at KU is under consideration of the University authorities. "Some CBSE students have approached the University authorities that they intend to apply for BA LLB Entrance Examination of the University of Kashmir, but are unable to submit their applications due to pending CBSE result of their qualifying Examination. It is pertinent to mention here that it is one of the basic and mandatory requirements/eligibility criteria for appearing in the Entrance Examination that the candidate must have passed the Qualifying Course/Examination, and any deviation in this leads to litigations etc.," a spokesperson of the University said in a statement issued to GNS, addin...

The number of Muslim candidates who qualified for the All India Civil Services exam has further declined to a little over three percent. Not even a single candidate figures in the top hundred, the dispatch reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated those who have qualified and reached out with empathy to those who could not make it to the elite civil services list. “Congratulations to all those who have cleared the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2021. My best wishes to these youngsters who are embarking on their administrative careers at an important time of India’s development journey, when we are marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, said the Prime Minister on microblogging site twitter. The UPSC on Monday morning declared 685 candidates successful in the Civil Se...

Jammu & Kashmir Students Movement expressed resentment over the Kashmir University's failure to complete the admission formalities for Ph.D. candidates including one-year LLM of Law department despite the passage of over five months. The entrance test for Ph.D. admission in the law department was conducted on December 26, 2021, followed by an interview on January 17 this year. The selection list was not issued as one senior professor showed some 'dissent' for not allowing one year LLM students to pursue Ph.D. despite two scholars who are doing Ph.D. in the department having one year LLM. Also, faculty members with one-year LLM are teaching in the department. Reportedly the matter was resolved after Dean Academics formed a committee in which the majority of the members gave ...

The University of Kashmir and Indian Institute of Sustainability, Gujarat University, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate with each other for advancement of sustainable development and to help promote innovations, entrepreneurship and action-oriented research in several key areas. The MoU was signed by Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Nilofer Khan and Prof Himanshu A Pandya, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat University and Chairperson, Indian Institute of Sustainability, at a ceremony held at the University of Kashmir. The MoU is intended to build mutual cooperation between the IIS and University of Kashmir to learn, assimilate and develop further on core strengthens, experiences and institutional objectives of the two premier institutions in the public ...

1500 girl students from degree colleges across Jammu and Kashmir will be awarded scholarships to help them undertake high-quality and tech-driven online skilling programmes in cutting edge technologies like Digital Marketing and Data Science with Artificial Intelligence. A proposal to this effect was jointly agreed upon by the Higher Education Department J&K and the upGrad Foundation – the philanthropic and not-for-profit division of Edtech company upGrad. The upGrad Foundation will be supporting this initiative through its 100 per cent fee waiver for tech driven programmes to help deserving and shortlisted female learners through its social impact initiative – Vidya Shakti Scholarships. However, the initiative will not be confined only to online courses and scholarships but will ai...

The School Education Department on Wednesday said that the weight of school bags for KG students from classes I and II shall not have more than 1.6 KGs to 2.2 KGs According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has said, “The weight of the school bags as per the policy, should be 1.6 to 2.2 kg for students of Classes I and II, 1.7 to 2.5 kg for Classes Ill, IV and V.” It also reads that only 2 to 3 kg for Classes VI and VIl, 2.5 to 4 kg for Class VIII, 2.5 to 4.5 kg for Classes IX and X and 3.5 to 5 kg for Classes XI and XI1 shall be allowed—(KNO)