EDUCATION

Jammu Kashmir government on Sunday said that higher educational institutions can be permitted to commence with limited in-person teaching subject to cent percent vaccination of staff and students and specific permission of concerned Deputy Commissioners. However, as per a government order, all schools including coaching centers shall continue to remain closed for onsite and in-person teaching, till further orders. The decision was taken at a detailed review of the current COVID situation in Jammu  Kashmir held by the State Executive Committee, who is the Chief Secretary JK, with the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Finance, ACS Health and Medical Education , Principal Secretary, Home, Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and other officers of Jam...

The Government on Friday decided to reduce the syllabi of private candidates of secondary and higher secondary classes of Jammu and Kashmir by forty percent following the closure of schools in view of COVID-19 pandemic. The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has learnt that the Jammu Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has said, “In view of prevailing COVID-I9 pandemic, concession shall be awarded to the students of Classes 10th to 12th of annual-private, bi-annual examination in the forthcoming examination 2020-21 Kashmir Division, winter zone areas of Jammu division and UT of Ladakh as one time measure.” According to the notification issued by the BOSE on Friday, the students appearing in these examinations shall have to attempt only 60 percent marks from the question p...

Irshad Hyderi, a postgraduate student from the Shangus area of the Anantnag district in South Kashmir has bagged the first Position in Post Graduate Arabic at Kashmir University. Irshad on Wednesday was awarded a gold medal at the annual convocation of Kashmir University. Now posted as principal of Idara Tehqiqat e Islami, He was a student of Arabic at the University in the 2016 batch. People from all walks of life are congratulating the gold medalist over his success on social media. "Proud Moment for South Kashmir especially Idara tehqiqati Islami. People of Islamabad (Anantnag)....on Principal Jenab Irshad Hydari being awarded Gold Medal on securing ist position in Arabic subject," Advocate Mujeeb u Rehman, one of the senior-most lawyers from Anantnag wrote on his face pa...

Students admitted under Prime Ministers Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in different colleges across India are facing immense problems. These students are not availing the full benefits under the Scheme as had been promised to them. Students told news agency Kashmir News Trust that they are not getting full scholarship that was promised to them at the time of their admissions. “Under PMSSS we were to get Rs one lakh for books, internet connection, hostel fee and other maintenance charges, but for the current session we are being told that you will only get Rs forty-thousand. They are justifying this claim by saying that you are studying via online mode so you don’t need any maintenance fees,” they said. They said that most of the students under PMSSS are living in Flats wher...

An 18-year-old Muslim girl named Rumana Sultana has obtained the highest marks in West Bengal Higher Secondary exams 2021. As per reports, Rumana has scored 498 out of 500 marks — 99 in Bengali, 100 in English, 100 in bioscience, 100 in chemistry, 99 in physics, and 100 in maths. Rumana wants to become a doctor and hopes to crack the medical entrance exam. Rumana, from Kandi Raja Manindra Chandra Girls’ High School from Murshidabad in West Bengal, comes from a family of teachers. Her father Rabi ul Alam is the headmaster of Gaisabad Achala Vidyamandirin Bharatpur in Murshidabad. Her Mother Sultana Parveen is also a teacher.