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 J&K government moved a proposal to outsource the scheme and relieve teachers from additional workload of serving meals to students. The scheme launched in the erstwhile state in 2004 was […]
Srinagar: Internet blockade in Kashmir for the past three months has badly impacted the work of students, researchers and administration at the universities in the region. The government has repeatedly ignored pleas from university administrations to restore internet at the institutes wholly or partly, Kashmir Reader has learnt. At the University of Kashmir, the “dead” […]
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir (KU) has cancelled its proposed second phase of admissions for the current year after examinations of outgoing undergraduates was delayed due to lockdown in the valley, officials said. The second phase of admission was planned by the KU for November in addition to the routine admissions undertaken in spring. The […]
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, officials said. Joint Secretary, Examinations, J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE), Syed Abdul Rouf, told Kashmir Reader that that 45, 318 students from Kashmir valley excluding Keran, Machil and Tangdar areas […]
Srinagar: A class 10 student from Srinagar was unable to write the first paper of his annual exams on Tuesday after his school allegedly withheld his admit card for not clearing his dues. Abrar Zafar, a student enrolled at Shaheen Public School, Hawal, was denied the admit card by the school for failing to pay […]
99 percent students write exams, says BOSE secy
Srinagar: Ali Mohammad, a lean man in his late fifties with a knee ailment had to walk almost 10 kilometres to accompany his two daughters who were appearing in class 10 examinations on Tuesday. He walked from his residence at Aali Kadal in Srinagar to Sri Pratap Higher Secondary School at Maulana Azad road as […]
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 August 5, the students at the varsity’s Department of Education are demanding postponement of upcoming semester-end examinations. The department had scheduled the examinations from October 28, but the 4th semester students […]
Edu Dept fails to achieve proposed saturation of basic minimum facilities
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 May 31 deadline, even as electricity connections have been provided to most institutes. The data provided by Samagra Shiksha to government reveals that 85.80 percent and 62.69 percent schools in the […]
Srinagar Oct 21: Nearly two years after taking over the historic National School and merging it with a government school, the School Education Department is yet to regularise its staff. The school was taken over by the department in January last year with the department promising “continuation of utilisation of services of the existing 11 […]
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 to produce carbon copies of the answer scripts (OMR sheets) for re-evaluation, the students said. At least 26 3rd semester students pursuing B.A Fazila at Islamic Oriental College (IOC) Tral […]