EDUCATION

T2 exams of 8th, 9th standard to be conducted at school level for current session The government has said that term-end board examinations of 8th and 9th standard shall be conducted at school level for the current session in face-to-face offline mode. Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), Tassaduq Hussain Mir said that the examination for these classes would be conducted by the concerned schools and they shall follow the same pattern of preious academic years to assess the students accordingly. In an official communiqué of DSEK said, “DSEK received a communication last year from Director State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) wherein it was stated that the T2 examination of Class 8th and 9th shall be conducted at school level for the session in face-to-fac...

The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has issued an order with regard to change in school timings. As per an order issued by the DSEK in this regard, all government and recognised private schools within Srinagar Municipal limits would operate from 10 am to 3 pm from Monday while those located outside Srinagar municipal limits will remain functional from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. “The order shall be adhered to strictly by all the concerned government and private schools. Any deviation in this regard will be viewed very seriously,” the order reads.

Aadil Salaam Under the banner of the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) Iconic week festival on Sheikh ul Aalam 'RA' was celebrated at Alamdar Nursing College Charari Sharief here on Sunday. Patrons of the program were Prof Mehmooda Regu and Mr Tabashir Bashir. Prof A. H Moon, Dean Academic Affairs IUST was the chief guest on the occasion. The program was lightened by various scholars and experts on Sheikh ul Aalam Studies including, Prof H. Naik special guest, Prof Hameed Naseem Rafiabadi, Mr GN Adfar, expert and researcher of Sheikh ul Aalam Studies and Mr Aijaz Ashraf, Regional director (MANU). On the occasion, Prof Moon said, "You have to be the ambassadors of Sheikh ul Aalam, a big responsibility for you people to carry his mission and serve people." ...

At least nine scientists from the University of Kashmir have figured in the research database of the Stanford University that ranks top 2 percent of scientists worldwide. The scientists are ranked on the basis of some key indices, including publications and citations. The KU scientists figuring in the list include Prof Shakil A Romshoo and Prof Ghulam Jeelani from the Department of Earth Sciences, and Prof F A Masoodi, Dr. Adil Gani and Dr. Idrees Ahmed Wani from the Department of Food Science and Technology, a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said. Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Dr. Shabir Ahmad Parrah, Dr. Ikhlaq Hussain, and Dr. Rouf Ahmad Rather (Research Assistant) from the departments of Zoology, Electronics & Instrumentation, Institute of Technology Za...

Government has issued fresh covid-19 guidelines, among others mandating “consent by parents or legal guardians” for students of 10th and 12th class for taking examinations in Jammu and Kashmir. Offline Board Examinations for 12th and 10th classes have been permitted to be held in a staggered manner keeping in view all the social distancing norms and Covid Appropriate Behaviour. All the concerned institutions have been asked to ensure that all the students coming to the examinations venue shall carry consent for each examination duly signed by their parents/legal guardians. “The sanitization of the examination hall, furniture and toilets should be carried out daily before and after the exams,” read the fresh guidelines, issued by Chief Secretary (Chairperson, State Executive Commit...

The Directorate of School Education Kashmir has yet again ignored the High Court directions by restricting the coaching centres from recruiting government teachers for tuitions, teachers associations said on Saturday. The fresh order issued by the Director School Education had asked the private coaching centres to ensure that no government employee is imparting teaching in their coaching centres and warned the owners of strict action if they failed to follow the dictate. The order, according to teachers, is the clear violation of the high court orders that has already allowed the government teachers to undertake tuitions with the rider that they shall not undertake the tuitions two hours before the opening of the schools and two hours after the closure of the schools. The order wa...

Sahil Gulzar Kashmir University postponed all UG examinations scheduled to be held on Saturday amid inclement weather. “In view of inclement weather, all UG examinations of the University of Kashmir scheduled today on 23-10-2021 are hereby postponed,” Officials in KU told The Kashmiriyat. Controller of Examinations Prof Irshad A Nawchoo told The Kashmiriyat that fresh dates for the deferred examinations will be notified separately later.

The School Education Department on Wednesday said the registration of private coaching centers of Kashmir division has already expired and have suggested the parents not to enroll their wards in such institutions. In this regard, the communiqué was issued by the Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). “The validity in registration of private coaching and tuition centres has already expired, DSEK has issued an advisory for information of the general public in November 2017 followed by a series of advisories to the general public not to enroll their wards in un-registered coaching or tuition centres,” it reads. DSEK said that in order to follow up the registration process of private coaching and tuition cent...

Kashmir University, the highest hub of education in the valley has always been in the news for many reasons especially having failed to streamline the conduct of semester-wise exams of the undergraduate students enrolled in degree colleges across Kashmir. This time again, end-semester students enrolled for various courses at different colleges affiliated with Kashmir University are aghast over the alleged delay in the conduct of terminal semester exams as the varsity is yet to take a call on it. A delegation of aggrieved students told GNS that they had taken admission in 2018. “Our degrees were supposed to be completed in 2020 but frequent delays from the varsity have jeopardized our careers. We are already one year late,” they said. Though the stipulated period has elapsed but st...