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Education

Edu dept to seek marriage documents, PRCs to post female teachers

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered that female teachers would have to produce marriage documents and permanent resident certificates (PRCs) of their husbands before they are transferred to the districts where they are married. Officials said since the married women have been pressing on the Education department to post them nearer to home, the Education department has issued directive that they shall produce marriage certificates and PRCs before any pre-mature transfer is ordered. Sources said earlier the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) have been transferring the female teachers without seeking…

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Govt teachers can no more offer private tuition in Jammu

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The Jammu and Kashmir Government has framed new guidelines for the operation of the tuition centres across the state. Tuition centres in the state have been in the news for the past two years for flouting guidelines, affecting the academics of students. In Jammu, the winter capital of the state, the government has put a blanket ban on the private practice of the teachers, engaged in government schools. “All Chief Education Officers (CEOs) are directed to ensure that there is total prohibition on the practice of private tuitions by government…

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Bid to revive nightlife in Kashmir

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The Jammu and Kashmir Education department is embarking on an ambitious project to revive late-evening life in the conflict-torn valley through students. For the first time since militancy broke out in the 1990s, the department is starting evening courses in colleges located near commercial hubs. The first-ever evening course will be in nursing, starting at the prestigious Government Women’s College, M A Road, Srinagar, and Women’s College Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. “The idea is to infuse life in Srinagar city, which goes to sleep immediately after sundown. These evening courses will…

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J&K govt cracks the whip on private tuitions by govt teachers

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J&K government on Tuesday ordered a “blanket ban” on private tuitions by government school teachers, while directing the authorities to form “crack teams” for a strict implementation of the order. “All the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) are directed to ensure that there is total prohibition on the practice of private tuitions by government officials,” Director School Education, Jammu, Smita Sethi said here. As per the order, disciplinary action will be initiated against any Principal, headmaster, lecturer, master, teacher or Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers involved in giving private tuition or associated with…

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JK students face PMSSS hiccups in Jharkhand college

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As Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) failed to release scholarship amount for hostel and mess fee, students from Jammu and Kashmir alleged that a Jharkhand based university has asked them to manage the expenses on their own. The students selected for Bachelors in Dental Sciences (BDS) under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in 2012 at Vananchal Dental College, which comes under Nilambar-Pitambar University Jharkhand, are facing problems of accommodation following MHRD’s failure to release the money for hostel and mess fee. According to the aggrieved students, the College…

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Political turmoil no excuse for poor performance – Minister

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Education Minister Naeem Akhtar today said the political turbulence in the Valley should not be an excuse for under-performance of the government-run educational institutions. “Education should not become a casualty of conflict. The political turbulence of the past more than two decades should not become an excuse for under-performance at our schools and colleges,” Akhtar said. He was speaking at the inaugural session of an inter- college debate competition on the topic “College Education in Kashmir is Listless” at SP College here. Akhtar said colleges should give creative freedom to…

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Cop caught facilitating copying in Marwah school, suspended

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A policeman was caught facilitating copying in examination at Higher Secondary School, Marwah, in Kishtwar district. The incident has put a question mark on the functioning of the School Education Department and preparation of the J&K Board of School Education to conduct examinations in a free and fair manner. Several photographs and a video were shot when a J&K policeman was seen helping candidates during Class X bi-annual examination being held at the school. Though the Director General of Police has ordered immediate suspension of the policeman on request from…

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From 700 applicants, just 10 eligible for IGNOU’s BEd entrance test

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In the recently conducted entrance test by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Jammu Regional Centre, for the Bachelors of Education (BEd) course through the distance learning mode, more than 700 aspirants had applied for the test, but a little over 10 candidates were found eligible to sit in the examination as per the new eligibility criteria fixed by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Sources said the eligibility requirement for the BEd course was changed by the University Grants Commission and Indira Gandhi National Open University, too, had announced modification…

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Jawahar Nagar residents resent ‘loot of public property’

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The residents of Jawahar Nagar area have strongly objected to the order of Director School Education for framing a school committee with entire members from a single class. They also objected to changing the name of “DAV institute Jawahar Nagar/Magermal Bagh/Wazir bagh” to “DAV Public Secondary School”. As per the order number 2019-DSEK of 2015 dated 4-7-15, counter signed also by then Joint Director School Education, Dr Abid Shah, the subject has been written as “Managing committee of DAV Public secondary School Jawahar Nagr, Srinagar.” The order legitimizes a managing…

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Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University got new VC

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Prof Javed Musarrat, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, for five years. An order to this effect was issued today by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, also Chancellor of the university, the government said. “The appointment has been made on the basis of recommendations of the search committee headed by Prof Amitabh Mattoo, Adviser to the Chief Minister,” it said. Professor Musarrat had served in the United States as visiting scientist, Michigan State University, and…

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