EDUCATION

Much to the embarrassment of the education department, the fresh Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) report has revealed that six percent of the students enrolled in government schools across Jammu and Kashmir had no textbooks for their current grade. According to the report, only 94 percent of the students studying in government schools were having textbooks in the current grade during 2021. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), reads that among both private and government schools, a total of 95.1 percent of the students were having textbooks for their current grade that includes 94 percent among government school students and 97 percent of private schools. ASER in the recently published report fu...

To continue with its efforts on the academia-industry interface and also impart practical training to its students, the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (DJMC), Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) on Thursday held a special lecture by CNN News-18 Bureau Chief and noted broadcast, Mufti Islah on “Reporting and opportunities in television journalism”. The special lecture which was attended by both the students and research scholars of the department was a part of the department’s initiative involving academia, media students, and media industry, “DJMC Triangle: Expert Lecture Series” to facilitate industry exposure to the aspiring journalists being trained at the department. The guest speaker Mufti Islah advised students to keep learning the advanced skil...

The students who are pursuing their degree through distance mode in University of Kashmir Tuesday demanded change in exam timing of 10 am as it is very difficult for them to reach the examination centre in the bone chilling winters. Several students told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that they have been asking authorities to conduct their third semester exam since August this year but nothing has been done till now due to unknown reasons. Students said that PG is supposed to get completed in two years and being a student of 2018, three years have already passed but they have given just two semesters. “Since August we have been requesting authorities to conduct our exams online as classes were also given online but neither online nor offline exams were conducted till no...

Matter will be resolved soon: Officials The government middle school in Kralpora village of Bandipora is painting a grim picture of the education sector in Kashmir, as the school has just two classrooms for more than students. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the parents whose wards are enrolled in the school said that the school lacks the basic infrastructure, proper accommodation and playground. “Only three rooms are available among which one has been designated for official work purposes at the school while two on two rooms area to accommodate more than 100 students from 1st to 8th standard,” they said. The government has taken a building on rent but locals said the lack of infrastructure affects the smooth functioning of the school. The locals clai...

Danishwar Hamed Protests hit the Central University of Kashmir in Ganderbal on Monday morning over the death of a fellow student in a rented accommodation. Alleging that the CUK administration was forcing students to live outside by not providing hostels, the students of the university staged the protest outside the gate of the university. "We come from far-flung areas of Kashmir and the university does not provide us hostel facilities, so we have been forced to rent rooms outside," a protesting student Janib told The Kashmiriyat. A female student, who was a resident of Poonch district died by suffocation at a rented accommodation in the Saloora area of Ganderbal, while her roommate is hospitalized in a critical condition. The students from various areas of Kashmir said that...

Despite freezing cold in Kashmir valley, no examination centre for UGC NET held on Sunday had kept heating arrangements for the aspirants. Thousands of aspirants today appeared in NET exams in Srinagar centers but no centre kept heating arrangements for candidates. Although the candidates pay fees for examination and other miscellaneous expenses at the time of application, the centers along with the UGC siphon off the money without providing heating arrangements in Kashmir. Dozens of candidates told Srinagar-based news agency Kashmir Dot Com- (KDC) that no centre kept heating arrangements for them during the cold which froze their hands while writing the computer-based exam. "It was very difficult to fill the computer-based OMR sheet or write on rough papers due to the freezing...

Students of law on Saturday expressed gratitude to the Head and Dean School of Law, Kashmir University, for holding timely exams and saving precious time of thousands of students. Thanking Vice-Chancellor and Dean Academic, KU, the students of LL.B and BA.LL.B semesters, Srinagar-based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that holding of timely exams have paved way for them to appear in upcoming competitive exams.buy furosemide online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/furosemide.html no prescription “We are aware that there are some students who have performed very poorly in previous semester exams. Most of them are backlog (failure) in some of the subjects.buy viagra super force online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/vi...

The Parents Association of Private Schools of Kashmir (PAPSK) has alleged that some school managements are asking parents to pay the Annual Fee by showing them the orders of Fee and Fund Regulatory Committee (FFRC). Former Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, who is the Chairperson of FFRC in a statement, stated that since the FFRC is continuously regulating the Fee Structure of Schools, the school authorities are misleading the parents by saying that the FFRC has fixed their Annual Fee, which means that School Managements have been allowed to charge Annual Fee for the previous academic session and in some cases for the next session. He said that since the schools are still closed due to COVID-19 pandemic all schools have to abide by the orders of the Government and FFRC and had to collec...

Authorities on Wednesday said that the Term-II examination of 8th standard will be conducted on Multiple Choice Question (MCQs) based with thirty percent syllabi relaxation. In a notification issued by the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) of Jammu and Kashmir, the Term-II examination of 8th standard students will be conducted for the students of Kashmir Division and Winter Zone areas of Jammu Division that will commence from November-22. The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has leant that SCERT-JK has asked its divisional offices to set 20 MCQs of 40 marks for each subject from the prescribed syllabus for Term-II examination, out of which students shall be required to attempt 70 percent of their choice which is equivalent to 28 marks and the same shall ...

Director School Education Kashmir on Wednesday warned all private recognised schools with de-recognition and withdrawal of NOC for “compelling” parents for purchasing books or uniforms from any particular shop. “Again it has come into the notice of this Directorate that recognised Private schools are still indulging in selling books/uniforms in the school premises and even parents are being forced to purchase books from some specific private shops, besides the exercise of replacing existing books with the new one is becoming habitual on part of recognised unaided private schools which has been viewed very seriously,” DSEK said in a circular issued here. This practice, the DSEK said, was against the instructions already issued on the subject vide a series of communications issued earl...