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‘Shabby affairs’ of City’s Govt schools

November 24, 2015 Editor

The commencement of new academic session and prevailing winters in Valley has put the spotlight on dilapidated educational institutions in Srinagar city, which are either unsafe or running from shabby rented buildings. Even if the state government is making tall claims of taking education sector to new heights, much needs to be done to strengthen the sector on grassroots level. Around 332 Government educational Institutions including 184 Primary Schools (PS), 121 Upgraded Primary Schools (UPS), 25 High Schools (HS) and two Higher Secondary Schools are operating from rented buildings which…

Parents resent textbook profiteering by private schools

November 23, 2015 Editor

Failure of authorities to tighten noose around private schools, who in nexus with publishers are fleecing parents by selling textbook and notebooks at exorbitant prices, has resulted in massive public outrage. A ground survey by us reveals that on average the textbooks of Class 6th costs Rs 2000 to Rs 3000, while at the same time the textbooks being prescribed by Board of School Education in government schools are priced only Rs 300 to 400. The huge discrepancy in prices of textbooks in government and private schools reveals the murky business…

Exam halls lack proper heating, seating facilities in Kupwara, students shiver

November 21, 2015 Editor

Despite chilly weather conditions prevailing in Kashmir valley, the J&K State Board of School Education (BOSE) and Kashmir University authorities have failed to make proper heating, lighting and seating arrangements for scores of students undergoing their annual Higher Secondary level examinations. Shivering in cold the students sit for examination on torn mats. Official sources wishing to remain anonymous confirmed that none of the examination halls have made adequate heating, seating and proper lighting arrangements for examinees. They said that even most of the examination halls of the district are vandalized,…

Schools selling books, uniforms to be de-registered

November 21, 2015 Editor

In a major reprieve to students and parents across the Valley who are forced to buy books and uniforms within schools, the government has directed all the deputy commissioners to form squads to check the arbitrary whims of the schools authorities. The schools resorting to such unlawful methods will be deregistered by the government. Following complaints by people that private schools in the region are overcharging on purchase of text books and are also rejecting old books, Director School Education Kashmir, Shah Faesal, has written to all the Deputy Commissioners…

KU rusticates 7 students for beating up faculty member

November 19, 2015 Editor

The University of Kashmir today has rusticated seven students of the Law Department after they allegedly assaulted a senior faculty member of the institution. Though the students have rendered an apology, university officials said a final decision would be taken after three days. Few days ago, an unknown person was spotted driving rashly on the campus near the Budshah gate. The students alleged that the driver also hit a student. The students could not identify the driver as he fled the spot. A university official said they later blamed Prof…

Another class XII student forced to miss exam

November 18, 2015 Editor

Board of School Education ‘fails’ to provide hall ticket to her In the second incident in less than a week, another student from Baramulla district has alleged that she was disallowed to write her exams after the school authorities failed to provide her the hall ticket, saying it was misplaced by the board authorities. Shabeena Ayub, a student of Class XII at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Baramulla, said her name was in the list of students eligible for the annual exams, but she was made to wait by the…

Students in Kashmir never got exam fees refunded despite mass promotions, post floods

November 13, 2015 Editor

Over the past one year, J&K state government has drawn heavy criticism from locals on several instances for failing to rehabilitate flood survivors who suffered massively in September last year. On the anniversary of one of the worst disasters that had hit the valley in past century, Kashmir valley observed a complete shutdown two months back as protesters claimed that compensation never reached the needy. Meanwhile, it’s not just the flood package which is overdue at government’s end. A year back, students from Class 1 to 9 and class 11…

60% of schools in JK lack basic facilities

November 10, 2015 Editor

Efforts are on to provide all facilities to the schools: Ahktar Even after spending crores under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme during the past years, students in many of the middle and high schools in Jammu and Kashmir are being deprived of basic amenities. According to the information collected by KNS, 60 percent of schools in Jammu and Kashmir are deprived basic facilities including the toilet facilities. A report by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DISE), Union Ministry of Human Resource Development said that out of 23,234…

Modi’s praise for Kashmir willow means nothing for bat makers

November 9, 2015 Editor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Srinagar rally on Saturday invoked the once famed cricket bat manufacturing industry of Kashmir with possibly no clue about the “plight” of these manufacturers. Besides showering praise on cricketer Parvez Rasool and advocating hosting international matches in Kashmir, Modi said: “Sachin, Sehwag or Dhoni, whoever hit a six, they did it with a willow from Kashmir.” However for the bat manufacturers, the Prime Minister’s admiration meant little. For them last five years have been the most tumultuous and there seems to be no end…

BGSBU’s MCA students accuse authorities of cheating

November 7, 2015 Editor

The MCA students of 2010-2013 batch of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), Rajouri alleged that the university authorities fleeced them by charging extra Rs 5000 fee per student as placement charges. The university authorities, at the time of admission asked us to pay additional Rs 5000 with Rs 2000 admission fee and Rs 25000 semester fee, as placement fee. Our batch had strength of 38 students,” students said. The students said that after the completion of our degree no company visited the varsity for placement purpose. “None of the…