COVID-19: CUK offers access to students to online education platforms

Srinagar: Central University of Kashmir is providing access to various online educational resources to its students as an alternative to class work, which remains suspended in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing lockdown. The all-India lockdown, which began on March 25, has thrown life out of gear with the government asking educational […]

GoI redefines domicile law for J&K

GoI redefines domicile law for J&K

Srinagar: A person who has resided in Jammu and Kashmir for 15 years will be entitled to domicile rights, according to the new J&K Domicile Policy notified by the Government of India on Wednesday. The policy, that has drawn brickbats in Kashmir, was announced amid the 21-day all-India corona lockdown. It comes eight months after […]

NTA tentatively schedules JEE Mains in last week of May

NTA tentatively schedules JEE Mains in last week of May

Srinagar: Amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, the National Testing Agency on Tuesday, tentatively scheduled the JEE Mains Examination 2020 in the last week of May. An official communiqué issued by Director General NTA, Dr Vineet Joshi said that the exact dates for the test would be notified after assessing the situation arising from COVID-19 pandemic […]

Fees to private schools can be paid till April 30: Govt

Fees to private schools can be paid till April 30: Govt

Srinagar: Amid the Covid-19 lockdown, the School Education Department on Monday said that parents of students enrolled at private schools in Jammu and Kashmir can deposit their wards’ fees by April 30. An order issued by Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Asgar Hassan Samoon said that there had been complaints against many schools that they […]

Kashmiri NEET aspirants stranded in Kota appeal for help

Kashmiri NEET aspirants stranded in Kota appeal for help

Srinagar: Distress messages from Kashmiri students continue to pour in, with about a dozen medical aspirants from the valley saying they are stranded in Rajasthan’s Kota city amid the prevailing all-India lockdown. The students have requested the Jammu and Kashmir administration to facilitate their return back home. Many students from the valley who went to […]

JKBOSE postpones all exams till further orders

Srinagar Mar 30:In view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, the J&K Board of School Education has postponed further all ongoing examinations across the union territory. The board had already deferred the exams tillll March 31. An order in this regard was issued by Secretary JKBOSE on Saturday. Irshad Khankashmirreader.com

Amid COVID-19 lockdown, JK govt fixes 1-month deadline for parents to deposit fees

Srinagar : Amid the prevailing COVID-19 lockdown, School Education Department on Monday fixed a one month deadline for parents of students enrolled at J&K private schools to deposit the fee of their wards. An order issued by Secretary School Education Department, Asgar Hassan Samoon on Monday allowed private schools to collect fee from parents till […]

Samoon asks private schools to desist from fee hike

Samoon asks private schools to desist from fee hike

SRINAGAR: Amid a steep rise in COVID-19 cases in Kashmir over the last week and a simultaneous lockdown, School Education Department Sunday asked private schools to desist from hiking the students’ fees. “In this hour of crises, private schools across J&K to desist from any fee hike from parents/kids,” Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary School […]

Private school bodies urge education institutions to defer fee collection

Private school bodies urge education institutions to defer fee collection

SRINAGAR: Private Schools Association J&K (PSAJK) and J&K Private Schools’ Coordination Committee Sunday urged the educational institutions to defer fee collection from students in the face of the prevailing COVID-19 lockdown. In a joint statement, the two associations asked the private schools to refrain from charging fee from the students for now. The statement termed […]

KU orders release of 1-month salary for contractual, casual employees

SRINAGAR: University of Kashmir Sunday ordered the release of one-month’s salary for contractual and other daily wage employees in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and the simultaneous lockdown. An order issued by Registrar KU, Prof Nisar Ahmad Mir directed the heads of departments, directorates and satellite campuses to immediately release the salary for the […]

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