BOSE withholds distribution of admit cards to schools As resentment is brewing among students and teachers alike against the government’s announcement for holding class 10 and 12 exams in November, the authorities seem to be now in a dilemma over the matter. Senior officials in the education department informed Kashmir Post that authorities were caught in a tight spot over the implementation of their decision following massive protests by the students and criticism from academicians and teachers as well. “The government is in a dilemma over the decision. Although it…
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Amid Closure, Schools demand Tuition Fee, Transportation charges from students
Amidst the controversial decision taken by government to hold exams in November, private schools have racked up a new controversy by asking students to pay tuition fee for the three months of shutdown. The private schools particularly missionary schools are forcing parents to pay the tuition fee as well as the transportation charges for the past three months. The move has agitated the parents who accused the school administration of harassing them and causing mental distress to the students. “ It is a weird situation. Kashmir is on boil for…
Read MoreOver School’s closure; Akhter hits out at Geelani in open letter
Lashing out at separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani for calling continuous shutdowns enforcing closure of schools in the Valley, State Education Minister Naeem Akhter has written an open letter to him explaining why education in the Valley should be pursued amid the current political uncertainty. The Education Minister has written in his letter that he has been advising the teachers to read Geelani’s autobiography to understand the importance of education by learning about Geelani’s struggles from Sopore to Lahore in want of education. “I plead guilty to having the…
Read MoreAdmin to go ahead with exams next month
No injustice would be done to students: BOSE Chairman The government Sunday said it will go ahead with the planned examinations of class 10 and 12th, commencing from next month. “Yes, we are aware about the student protests. Authorities will go ahead with the examination, as scheduled. There will no change in the date sheet,” Chairman Board of School Education (BOSE) Zahoor Ahmad said. He said authorities are ready to give concession to the students. “Kashmir has witnessed similar situations in 2008 and 2010. Students were given concession in syllabus.…
Read MoreStudents again on roads to oppose exams
Govt says priority is to save previous year of students Stating that they would not appear in examinations, hundreds of students Saturday staged protest demonstrations across Kashmir. Students raised ‘Examination boycott’ slogans and accused government of “exploiting school going children for political gains.” Hundreds of students marched from Sozaith, Narbal and adjoining areas towards Srinagar raising anti-examination slogans. “Government has to create conducive atmosphere for exams. It can be created by stopping civilian killings, end to use of pellets, releasing all political leaders and students,” said Abid Ahmad, a protestor.…
Read MoreKashmiri Students robbed, held hostage at Ghaziabad hostel
Law students from Kashmir Valley admitted under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in Global College of Law in Dasna Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh were looted by armed robbers on Friday night (September 30). Robbers, according to these Kashmiri students who hail from different districts of Valley including Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara and Islamabad, broke into their rooms and held 12 students, two of them girls hostage at gunpoint for about three hours, and looted whatever they could lay their hands on, from computers to jewellery. A student from Islamabad who…
Read MoreStudents protest intensify: ‘No Exams till Kashmir’s Freedom’
Students in Srinagar’s uptown areas of Bhagat and Parraypora on Saturday took to streets to protest against the killings in the ongoing uprising saying, they would not appear in exams till Kashmir’s freedom. The students raising pro-freedom and anti-India slogans were carrying placards reading, “Stop innocents killings in Kashmir”. “Stop doing politics on exam, Exam boycott, Justice for Insha ,” read the placards . “We are ready to sacrifice future for the sake of freedom,” they said. Later police swung into action and dispersed them.
Read MoreStudents across Kashmir protest; resolve ‘no schooling, no exam, only Azaadi’
‘First bullets, then pellets, now exam’ Students of classes 10 and 12 across Kashmir on Thursday held protests, to show solidarity with their counterparts who were blinded by pellets in the ongoing unrest in Kashmir. The protesting students vowed to boycott examination to show solidarity with Insha (a small girl who was blinded by a pellet earlier), demand justice for pellet survivors, students jailed and “our brothers killed by forces.” The students were carrying placards reading: “Will not appear in exams until Kashmir issue is resolved; save children save future.”…
Read MoreGovernment unsure about Class X, XII Exams
With exams in Kashmir just two weeks away as per the academic calendar, the government seems to be unclear about how to go ahead and hold the exams, particularly of Class X and XII. The annual board exams in the Valley start in October. The students, who are confined to their homes for the past more than two months, have not even completed half of their syllabus. They are clueless about the date of the exams. An official of the Department of Education said if they curtailed the syllabus or…
Read MoreKashmir’s ‘Curfew Schools’
The ongoing unrest and curfew in many parts of Indian-administered Kashmir has shut down schools. But volunteers have set up makeshift centres in homes and mosques to ensure children continue to get education. Authorities have imposed a curfew in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley after an upsurge of violence since 9 July. The protests were sparked by the death of popular militant leader Burhan Wani in a gunfight with the Indian army. More than 60 people, mostly young men, have been killed in clashes between the protesters and security forces, and…
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