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Prolonged internet shutdown hits Kashmir students who qualified MHRD’s scholarship test

Srinagar: Nearly three hundred students who qualified scholarship test for the National Merit-cum Means Scholarship (NMMS) are facing delay in submitting their credentials due...

KU seals Rumi gate, official cites ‘technical snag’

SRINAGAR: Authorities at the University of Kashmir have sealed the varsity’s Rumi gate for traffic “due to technical snag” causing inconvenience to visitors. The Rumi...

Lack of funds delay construction of 9 polytechnic colleges in J&K

SRINAGAR: Construction of nine new polytechnic colleges in Jammu and Kashmir has remained pending since the government of India established them six years ago. In...

Internet restored at KU

Srinagar: In a major relief to thousands of students and job aspirants, authorities at the University of Kashmir, have restored the varsity’s internet facility,...

JK Bank aspirants rue delay in selection list

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Bank has put career of thousands of job aspirants at stake as it has withheld selection list of some...

Closure of hostels at KU leave students in quandary

Srinagar: The continuous closure of hostels at Kashmir University by administration has left hundreds of student hailing from far-flung areas in a difficult situation. The...

Post snowfall Kashmir University issues advisory to departments in Naseem Bagh area

Srinagar: Authorities at the University of Kashmir have issued advisory to the departments located at Naseem Bagh area of the campus after the recent...

4 years on, government yet to clear additional land for CUK

Srinagar: The Central University of Kashmir (CUK) is awaiting allotment of 1,000 kanals additional land promised to it by the Jammu and Kashmir government...

At KU’s law dept, students left to shiver in cold on exam day

SRINAGAR: Scores of students at the Kashmir University’s Law department were left to shiver in the chilling cold inside their examination centres on Wednesday...

Listed for conservation, educationist Ashai’s 19th century house still dilapidated

Srinagar: At Ashai Kocha, a narrow elevated lane few hundred metres from Fateh Kadal in Srinagar, dozens of students and staff at a government...

Architecture school to be moved to another makeshift accommodation

Srinagar: Kashmir’s lone School of Architecture, which is running from a government college in Srinagar, is set to be shifted to another makeshift accommodation,...

Two years on, Kashmir education dept fails to outsource Mid Day meal scheme

Srinagar: The school education department has failed to outsource Mid Day Meals (MDM) scheme at schools in Kashmir to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In 2017, the...

Internet blackout leaves universities in Kashmir high and dry

Srinagar: Internet blockade in Kashmir for the past three months has badly impacted the work of students, researchers and administration at the universities in...

KU cancels proposed mid-session admissions after delay in undergrad exams

Srinagar: The University of Kashmir (KU) has cancelled its proposed second phase of admissions for the current year after examinations of outgoing undergraduates was...

45,000 students appear in class 12 exams

Srinagar: Amid a complete shutdown in the Valley, more than 45,000 students appeared in the first paper of class 12 annual examinations on Wednesday,...

Student misses board exam as school withholds admit card for pending dues

Srinagar: A class 10 student from Srinagar was unable to write the first paper of his annual exams on Tuesday after his school allegedly...

Amid shutdown, students walk on foot to appear in exams

Srinagar: Ali Mohammad, a lean man in his late fifties with a knee ailment had to walk almost 10 kilometres to accompany his two...

KU Education students demand postponing exams

Srinagar: With hostels and libraries at the University of Kashmir remaining shut for over two months after the abrogation of J&K special status on...

Progress on power connections but water, toilets still missing at schools

Srinagar: The School Education department has failed to carry out the proposed absolute saturation of basic minimum facilities at schools in J&K within the...

Two years after takeover by govt, National School staffers yet to be regularised

Srinagar Oct 21: Nearly two years after taking over the historic National School and merging it with a government school, the School Education Department...

After erroneously failing students, KU misplaces answer sheets

SRINAGAR: After erroneously failing some students undergraduate students, the University of Kashmir has allegedly misplaced their answer sheets. The varsity is now asking the students...

KU yet to implement fire safety audit recommendations

Srinagar: A year after the fire safety audit of buildings at Kashmir University was completed, the varsity administration has failed to implement the audit...

Islamia College to introduce more integrated postgraduate programmes

SRINAGAR: Islamia College of Science and Commerce (ICSC) is going to introduce many integrated postgraduate programmes from the upcoming academic session, officials said. The college...

Kashmir engineering college still operating from makeshift campus

Srinagar: The Higher Education Department has been unable to shift its first engineering college to permanent campus, two years after the institute was established. Officials...

Board students worried as government issues date-sheet without syllabus relaxation

Srinagar: Day after the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) issued date-sheets for class 10 and 12 examinations, students have demanded...

Started mid-session, new colleges in Kashmir fail to attract students

Srinagar: Most of the newly sanctioned degree colleges in Kashmir have failed to attract students for first academic session, with officials citing mid-session operationalisation...

Task Force to recommend measures on infra gaps in schools makes no headway in 20 months

Srinagar: A task force set up by School Education department to make suggestions on infrastructural gaps and other issues in February 2018 has failed...

Special boarding schools nowhere in sight two years on

Srinagar: Two years after the announcement, the School Education department has failed to set up special boarding schools for each district in Kashmir even...

Despite Govt directive students keep away from schools

Srinagar Oct 3: Majority of schools in Kashmir continued to remain deserted on Thursday as students remained away from institutions snubbing the government’s directive...

Communications blockade derails online attendance monitoring project at schools

Srinagar: The communications clampdown in Kashmir since August 5 has left an ambitious project of the School Education Department to monitor attendance of teachers...

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