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Education

Governor NN Vohra opens workshop for IAS aspirants

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Governor NN Vohra inaugurated a workshop on “The Civil Services: An Achievable Career Goal”, organised by the Ascent Group, at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre here today. Observing that we lived in a highly competitive environment, the Governor urged the youth to aspire to be among the very best and achieve success on all fronts, not merely in civil services. He said with every passing day the world was witnessing growing competition in every arena of human activity and for this alone our youth faced the challenge of being competent, efficient…

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‘Kashmir is not France’, govt tells DPS management after it bars teacher from wearing Abaya

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The prestigious Delhi Public School (DPS) decision to allegedly bar a Muslim woman teacher from wearing Abaya (Islamic gown that covers the body from neck-to-toe) has stoked a major political storm in the Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir. Seemingly angry over school’s decision in the poll season, the Mehbooba Mufti-led government sent a stern message to the DPS management saying Jammu and Kashmir was not France where the government or any institute could decide the dress code for the people. Protests had rocked the elite school on Friday after a science…

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Two Kashmiri girls detailed by Delhi Police while returning from Bangladesh

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Two Kashmiri girls, returning from Bangladesh where they are pursuing MBBS, were detained Friday afternoon at Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi. Jammu and Kashmir Police has taken up the matter of detention of two Kashmiri girls at Delhi airport with the Delhi Police and sought their early release. “We are in touch with Delhi Police and hope the girls would be set free soon,” a senior police officer told Kashmir Post. Two Kashmiri girls, returning from Bangladesh where they are pursuing MBBS, were detained Friday afternoon at Indira…

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‘Four Kashmiri students make it to IITs’

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In a first for the Kashmir valley, 4 students have made it to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), the results for which were declared recently. IITs are regarded as one of the best engineering colleges of the world, and its qualifying exam, JEE Advanced, taken by 2 lakh aspirants across the country, one of the toughest. Every year hardly one or two Kashmiris make it to IITs, that too after having to avail expensive coaching from institutes in Delhi or Kota. It’s for the first time since the…

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Court asks JK govt to come up with policy on Heavy School Bags

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The burden of heavy school bags on children in Jammu and Kashmir may finally ease. The high court has asked the education department to come up with a policy on this within three months, after a petition was filed by an undergraduate student. “When I was in class 3rd or 4th I went through the same problem these students are facing. At my time there were heavy school bags weighing about 5 kg – now it’s 6 kg,” said the petitioner, Badr-u-Duja. The division bench headed by Chief Justice N…

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Mass copying video at Rainawari School goes viral, authorities unfazed

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Mass copying was rampant in the ongoing Jammu Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) bi-annual matric examinations at Government Boys High School Rainawari Srinagar, locals alleged on Tuesday. The claim of the locals is corroborated by a mobile video clip that has gone viral showing teachers on duty helping students to resort to unfair means. Locals from Rainawari area told Srinagar based news gathering agency CNS that few teachers on examination duty have been encouraging the malpractice while in centre number 8145 the situation is even worse, with the flying…

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Education system in crisis, J&K ranked 3rd from bottom among States: Akhtar

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As per the survey, around 79 percent of 5th class and 65 percent of 8th class students were not able to read the text of 2nd class text books. The Government on Monday admitted the education sector was in “crises” in Jammu and Kashmir, revealing that the State ranked 3rd from the bottom among all the States and Union Territories (UTs) in National Achievement Survey (NAS). Education Minister Naeem Akthar’s more than one-hour speech was mainly focused on failure of the previous Governments in taking advantage of centrally sponsored schemes…

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Council passes resolution seeking IIT, IIM for Kashmir

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The Legislative Council today adopted a resolution recommending to the Government of India to sanction one Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and one Indian Institute of Management (IIM) for Kashmir. The private resolution was moved by National Conference member Qaiser Jamsheed Lone and it was passed by the House despite the J&K Government appealing to him to withdraw it. “The government is pursuing these issues. It would be better to withdraw this resolution,” Law Minister Haq Khan told Lone while discussing the resolution in Upper House. “The government does not…

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1.40 lakh teachers on record, 20000 not traceable

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There are no whereabouts of around 20000 teachers working with Jammu and Kashmir Education Department, the Government informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday. Winding up the discussion on demand of grants for School and Higher Education, Minister for Education Naeem Akhtar said on papers there were 1.40 lakh teachers working in School Education Department. “But while compiling the data from each district, we found the figures (number of teachers) was around 1.20 lakh to 1.25 lakh. We are trying to locate the missing teachers,” the Minister told the House. He…

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Pvt schools violate govt order on closure of educational institutes

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Force teachers to attend school for ‘admission process’ Despite instructions for strict adherence to government order regarding closure of educational institutions in view of intense heat wave, private schools continue to violate the order with impunity in the name of “admission process” for the next academic session. Under the new modus operandi adopted by some private schools, they had called off academic activities on their campuses, but the teachers, who are paid meagre salary per month, had been forced to attend school daily and work amid sizzling weather conditions. The…

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