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…
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Students 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…
Read MoreSchools to hold classes in localities to make up for loss
As the unrest in the Valley has entered the fourth week without any signs of an end, private schools have decided to hold compensatory classes for students in all the localities across Kashmir. The president of the Joint Committee of Private Schools, GN War, said they were getting repeated calls from parents that their children were losing track of studies which forced them to come with an alternative. “We are requesting all the mohalla committees and religious preachers to make announcements in their respective areas so that schoolteachers can hold…
Read MoreMehbooba Mufti faces protest during visit to exam centre
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had to beat a hasty retreat on Sunday from an examination centre at Women’s College here after angry parents protested against her visit. She went to Women’s College on Maulana Azad Road to check the arrangements for the pre-medical and pre-engineering test being conducted by the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) in various centres. As soon as her cavalcade reached the examination centre, the people, mostly parents who accompanied their wards, protested against her visit. “This is an unnecessary visit. It will only disturb the…
Read MoreAdmin to provide transport facilities for Shopian, Kupwara, Anantnag NEET aspirants
Adequate transport arrangements have been put in place to facilitate students belonging to district Shopian and Kupwara for appearing in NEET examination at Srinagar, a statement said on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner, Shopian G. M. Dar has informed students taking up the examination at Srinagar to assemble at DC Residence at Shopian on24 July at 4.00 am wherefrom they will be facilitated to move towards Srinagar. Admit cards of the students will be treated as curfew passes. In case of any query the nodal officer NEET can be contacted on cell…
Read More#AmidCurfew, Schools in four districts to reopen today
Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday decided to reopen schools in four of the 10 districts of the violence-hit valley from today. “In partial modification to the orders in regard to summer vacation, it has been decided that the schools in the districts of Baramulla, Bandipora, Budgam and Ganderbal as well as winter Zone of Jammu Division will reopen on July 21, 2016,” an order issued by Commissioner-Secretary Education Department Shaleen Kabra reads. The schools, which were closed for 17-day summer vacation from July 1, were scheduled to reopen on…
Read MoreSchools, Colleges to remain shut till July 24
“We have decided to extend the summer vacations in the schools and colleges of the Valley by one week,” said Education Minister Naeem Akhtar. Schools and colleges in the Valley, which were scheduled to reopen on Monday, will now open on July 25 as the Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday extended summer vacations by a week in view of the prevailing situation. The Valley has been witnessing protests after the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani. “We have decided to extend the summer vacations in the schools and colleges…
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