Srinagar: The J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) is all set to conduct maiden entrance examination to paramedical courses in the union territory in the upcoming academic session. Until last year, admissions to B Sc/Msc Nursing, Bsc Nursing, B Pharmacy and other paramedical courses offered by government and private institutes affiliated with University of […]
SRINAGAR: With academic session about to culminate in Kashmir, the school education department is distributing school uniforms meant for students admitted to government schools, raising questions over the move. The uniforms provided by J&K Samagra Shiksha to students up to middle classes are ideally distributed at the beginning of academic session. But Kashmir Reader has […]
Srinagar: Despite approval by the Jammu and Kashmir government seven years ago, the school education department is yet to regularise over two hundred contractual employees recruited under the erstwhile Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan scheme. About 210 employees were recruited from time-to-time under SSA. They worked on the posts of System Analyst, Programmer, Assistant Programmer, Accountant, Computer […]
SRINAGAR: The continuous closure of hostels at the Central University of Kashmir by the administration since the abrogation of Article 370 in August has put scores of students appearing in their semester-end examinations in a tight spot. Several 5th semester students hailing from far flung areas of the valley and pursuing Integrated Zoology and Biotechnology […]
Proposals from J&K alongside other regions turned down for now
Srinagar: Above two dozen religious seminaries (Madrassas) in Jammu and Kashmir would not get funds from government of India sponsored scheme this fiscal because of the financial constraints. The seminaries across India are being provided a tranche of funds by the ministry of human resource development for Providing Education in Madrassas/Minorities (SPEMM). The scheme comprises […]
SRINAGAR: Nearly a year after advertisement, the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has failed to fill 84 Junior Assistant posts putting thousands of job aspirants in a quandary. The posts- 32 in open merit category and 12, 10, 13, 3, 11, 1 and 2 respectively in RBA, SC, ST, ALC, ex-servicemen, Social […]
Srinagar: Four years after committing to complete the work within six months, the National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) has failed to complete construction of two buildings at the Central University’s Ganderbal campus. The NBCC had started the work on two pre-engineered building (PEB) structures in 2015, official sources told Kashmir Reader. According to them, […]
SRINAGAR: Four government teachers whose names ‘mistakenly’ figured in list of suspended teachers for abysmal Board results last year are yet to be reinstated by the school education department, Kashmir. The department had ordered suspension of the teachers registering zero percent results in their subjects in class 10 and 12 annual board exams while as […]
SRINAGAR: Roadside parking outside Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) office at Samandar Bagh here by visitors is causing inconvenience to commuters as it leads to acute traffic congestions in the area especially at peak hours. With the relatively limited area of the directorate premises packed with official vehicles, traffic congestion is witnessed every other […]
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 to prolonged internet blackout in the Valley. The students have to submit their details on the National Scholarships Portal (NSP) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Two hundred sixty […]