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Education

Students to face axe on bunking school for 7 days

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In the backdrop of the authorities’ failure to control the menace of ‘bogus’ admissions in high and higher secondary schools in Kashmir, the school education department has decided to strike off a student’s name from rolls on staying away from classes for seven consecutive days. Officials said that a meeting was held at the Directorate of school education here, during which the menace of “bogus admissions” was discussed. “Several students secure admission in government schools but do not attend the school and rather go for private coaching. These students never…

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Teachers under scanner, told to give results or face action

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Two days after the Directorate School Education, Kashmir, suspended the entire teaching staff of a school in Srinagar for “callousness”, the officials today issued a circular to all the institutions directing teachers to perform or face action. The circular has been issued after the officials of the Education Department paid a surprise visit to Government Girls High School in Bemina on March 25 and found all the teachers resting in the staff room even as more than hundred students were sitting idle. Director, School Education, Kashmir, Shah Faesal today said…

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Govt puts restoration of flood-hit schools on back burner

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Two years on, the restoration of flood-hit schools has remained the least priority with government as only Rs 5 crores have been released against estimated Rs 90 crores projected by the school education department. Around 1096 buildings of Primary, Middle, High and Higher Secondary schools were damaged during the September 2014 floods that created havoc across valley, however least has been done to renovate the damaged buildings. “The restoration has been put at the back burner as government didn’t release funds for past two years,” officials said. They said of…

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Govt school students fail to write basic Math

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25/4 embarrassment 18 teachers suspended after found absent from class rooms and gossiping in staff room The educational standards hit a new low on Friday as the students of 4th and 5th standard of Girls High School Bemina couldn’t write 25 divided by four while all the 18 teachers of the school were suspended after found gossiping in the staff room. Director School Education Kashmir, Shah Faesal, said he conducted surprise inspection of the Girls High School Bemina and suspended 18 teachers after they were found absent from their classrooms.…

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Section 144 imposed around exam centres

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The administration has announced imposition of Section 144 of the CrPC around centers where the examination of Higher Secondary part-two, annual private session, will be conducted next month in the district here, an official spokesman said. The spokesman said the order had been issued to ensure smooth conduct of Higher Secondary School Examination, part-two annual private session. The exam will commence from April 5. “The District Magistrate, Srinagar, has imposed Section 144 of the CrPc around 200 meters of examination centres till the examinations are over,” the spokesman said. The…

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Stop Stereotyping Kashmiri Students

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“Jab kendra main sarkar kamzor ya undecided hogayi to aapko pata hai ki akhri dinoon main Manmohan Singh ji kuch nikar rahe thei. State agencies koi kaam ni karrahi thei. … Usi period main ye sab gusein hain, jo Kashmiri militants hain aur ye saare hain. Ye usi period main in tatvoon kayahan par entry hogaya hai. Varna JNU ki history main kabi be is qisim ki naare-baazi nahin hui. … anti-national matlab aisi naare-baazi jo desh ki akhandta aur samprabuta kei upar prashan chin uthayey. Aise kabi naare-baazi ni…

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Show respect to laws outside state ; BJP suggests Kashmiri students

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Bharatya Janta Party (BJP) Friday asked the students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in educational institutions outside the State to show respect and regard to the laws to ‘enhance the image of JK in the eyes of nation.’ The students of JK studying outside the state belonging to any religion or region are ambassadors of the State and they should conduct themselves in manner befitting the persons belonging to State with rich heritage and dedication to nationalism, BJP State, chief spokesperson, Sunil Sethi said. Sethi noted that lawlessness or anti-national…

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Despite bad weather, schools to remain open

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As rumours started making the rounds in the Valley that schools might shut for a day or two in the wake of bad weather, officials made it clear that no such decision had been taken. Director, School Education, Kashmir, Shah Faesal, said people should not pay heed to such rumours. “Please do not pay heed to rumours regarding schools being closed due to the rains. We have no plans to shut the schools as of now and classes will continue as per the routine,” he maintained. It has been raining…

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Edu Deptt to outsource supply of mid-day meals to NGOs

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The Education department has decided to outsource the work of supplying the mid-day meals to the school children to Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to ensure that the academic work was not hit due to employment of teachers in arranging the food items. Officials said the Education department has decided that NGOs should supply the meals as thousands of teachers have to be engaged to lift the ration and other food items from market to supply the meals to children. They said during the current financial year, over 23166 schools have…

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Students of cowshed-cum-school have nowhere to go

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A day after we carried the picture of a Primary School in Anantnag, operating from a cowshed, the school was relocated on Monday. The move, however, didn’t prove any better for the students. The students were sent to another school where lack of proper space has forced them to return to the cowshed. Compounding the problem, the owner of the cowshed is not letting the students back in now. Government Primary School Brakpora in Achabal zone of Anantnag was running from a cowshed and its picture carried by us evoked widespread concern.…

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