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Education

Why top private schools shy away from responsibilities?

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HC to hear PIL on schools not providing 25% reservation to under-privileged students  High Court has accepted to hear a petition seeking directions to valleys top private institutes to have 25 per cent reservation for students of underprivileged class of society. The petition filed by chairman International Forum for Human Rights Justice Ahsan Untoo said the government has leased out land to these private schools at meager price and in return these schools are bound to serve the poorest of the poor and reserve 25 percent of its seats for…

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Screen teachers with ‘tuck shop’ degrees: HC to govt

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The High Court today directed the government to identify and conduct screening test of only those Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers who had obtained degrees through distance mode from institutions termed as “tuck shops” by the court. The teachers having obtained their degrees through distance mode from the regularised and reputed institution have been exempt from the screening test by the court. The state Education Department had earlier asked all the Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers to go through a screening test. The directions were passed by a single bench of Justice Muzaffar Hussain…

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Kashmiri student wins Digital India online quiz

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Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gave away an award to a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Srinagar, for winning ‘Digital India Week’s Online Quiz Competition on Cyber Safety and Cyber Awareness’ in New Delhi on Thursday. Danish Shakeel was among the three students from the state who received the award from the Union Minister. An official of the school said Shakeel, a class X student, won the online quiz competition conducted by National e-Governance of Division (NeGD). Amit Walter, Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Srinagar, and the entire faculty has…

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City’s private coaching centres attract rural students in hordes

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Biometric attendance system to be installed in government schools Despite State administration launched ‘Super 50’ to provide students standardised facilities, officials today said that nearly twenty two thousand students from rural areas across Kashmir come to summer capital Srinagar to attend their private coaching. However in order to counter the issue, State Board of School Education said that they would install biometric system in schools and attract more students to the ‘Super 50 coaching classes.’ About twenty two thousand students from rural areas of Kashmir come to the summer capital,…

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‘Hard work, setting targets helped us achieve our goal’; Class 12 toppers

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Students who bagged top three positions in class XII examinations, results of which were declared on Thursday, attributed their success to hard work and setting targets. For Bushra Amin, the reason behind success was hard work and parental support. Hailing from Khankah Bagh village in South Kashmir’s Pampore, Bushra bagged the first position in the science stream of 12th class Board of School Education (BOSE) examination. She scored 489 (97.8%) marks out of 500. “Hard work has no substitute. Besides, parental support proved fruitful for me,” Bushra said, adding that…

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Toppers bask in glory

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The toppers of this year’s class XII examination have attributed their success to hard work and support from parents and teachers. They also shared their desire to continue the winning streak in their professional lives. Bushra Amin has secured first position in Science stream with 489 marks (97.8 percent). A resident of Khanaqah Bagh Pampore, she wants to be an ideal daughter and honest professional. “This is a small success in life. I want to shine in every sphere of life-social as well as professional. My first priority would be…

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Kashmiri student goes missing from AMU

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A Kashmiri student from Kunan Poshpora Kupwara has gone missing from Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh. Police said the recorded statement of missing boy’s family reveals that Umar Taimur had left the room of his cousin in distress as he had failed to pass the matriculation examination. “We have been looking at the case through different angles. The missing youth was extremely disturbed when he was last seen by his cousin. He can’t survive on Rs 400 for seven days while the bank statements reveal that he has made no…

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Teacher union chiefs pulled up for not taking classes

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The state has decided to act tough against teachers who skip teaching duties on the pretext of running trade unions. The directions in this regard were issued by Shah Faesal, Director, School Education, Kashmir, as complaints were being received that some members of various teacher forums and associations did not attend to their routine duties on the pretext that the government had exempted them from the same. There had been frequent complaints against the teacher union forums and there were allegations that union leaders interfered in the administrative activities and…

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‘Free Tutorials’ for Kashmir students during winter vacations

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At this school in Srinagar’s Hyderpora, over 200 students take free tuitions in the Wi-Fi enabled warm classrooms as temperature remains below freezing point outside. The classes have been started in 300 schools in Kashmir as part of a state government initiative known as the ‘Chief Minister’s Super 50’. The programme was initiated by late chief minister mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The program is a big hit as hundreds of teachers have given up their winter vacation and have volunteered to offer free tuition to over one lakh students in Kashmir.…

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Boys break top rank jinx but girls dominate merit list in Class 10 results

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• Tabish Manzoor of Anantnag secures first position  • Nearly 400 students share first 20 positions • Private schools fare better than govt institutes  The class 10 annual results were declared here Sunday with nearly 400 candidates sharing the first 20 positions. Unlike the trend of past many years, the first position has been secured by a boy, Tabish Manzoor Khan of Radiant Public School, Anantnag. Tabish has topped the merit list, scoring 498 marks out of 500 (99.6 percent). However, girls continued to dominate the position tally in the…

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