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Education

Private schools can’t charge exorbitant fees: Justice Imtiyaz

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Justice Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain, Chairman of Committee for fixation of fee structure of private educational institutions, has said that the private schools of the State cannot be allowed to charge exorbitant fees from the students studying in such schools. “Complaints regarding such increase in fee will be dealt with strenuously. Schools that do not indulge in excessive fee charging will be allowed to have reasonable increase as per the norms after due process of their cases but schools who have got surplus income and where increase in such fee is…

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Need to upgrade Govt schools: CM

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Inaugurates three Model Schools in Anantnag district Stressing on the need to upgrade government schools, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Wednesday said the government would work to bring all the schools under the ambit of the Model School Scheme gradually. Mufti said the talent of the youth needs to be channelized properly so as to prepare them for the world of cut-throat competition. Asserting that quality of human resource determines empowerment of countries, the chief minister outlined importance of excellence in education. He said technology has shrunk world into a…

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Kothibagh girls school now to be model institution

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The Kothibagh Girls Higher Secondary School, established in 1886, has played a pivotal role in the field of girl education in Kashmir. Being close to Lal Chowk, the school has been witness to and withstood many political upheavals. But all along its journey from 1886, the school, which is spread over a vast campus just behind the famous SP College, has stood like a rock and continued its mission of imparting education to girls. One of the top schoolsThe school has now been designated as a model school by the…

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Kashmiri Students ousted after complaining unhygienic food from Pacific University Rajasthan

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After the Kashmiri students studying in Pacific University Rajasthan were asked to evacuate the hostel two weeks ago, the students have demanded assurance of their adequate security from the varsity authorities before re-joining. Two weeks ago, a scuffle had taken place between Kashmiri students and hostel mess staff over cleanliness issue when a Kashmiri student had refused to eat in a dirty plate. The incident is said to have caused violence in the campus with students turning hostile against varsity authorities for not entertaining complaints against “dirty food”. Fearing any…

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Punjab college expels Kashmiri students

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After a year of their studies, Deshbhagat Dental College Muktsar Punjab has shown the door to 13 Kashmiri students whose admission was cancelled by Punjab government with the college management refusing to return their fee and certificates. The situation at the college became tense after all Kashmiri students went on a night-long protest demanding end to the stalemate.  “We had taken admission in BDS at the college in 2014 and early this year they told us that our admission is cancelled as Punjab government doesn’t allow students who have not…

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Aryans jeopardizing career of JK students

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Admitting them in colleges not recognized by UGC The students who have enrolled their forms in different courses via Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh are running a risk of jeopardizing their career. The group got affiliated with the university which is not recognized under the University Grant Commission (UGC). Aryans Group of College, Chandigarh, which has received a lot of media hype during the past two years in the Valley, attracted many Kashmiri students to enroll in various technical courses through the group. he college was previously affiliated with Punjab…

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Verification of 13, 016 ReTs completed in Kashmir division

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Scrutiny of regularized ReTs will be complete in next 15 days: DSEK  School Education Department has verified the testimonials of 13,016 regularized Rehbar-e-Taleem (RReT) teachers so far in Kashmir division Director School Education, Kashmir (DSEK) Shah Faesal said it will take more 15 days to complete the whole verification process of regularized ReTs in some districts as some of the officers are yet to communicate the directions to the concerned zones in far flung areas. Replying to a query about scrutiny of certificates of RReTs, Faesal said our prime concern…

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Kashmiri Students allege discrimination at Baba Farid University

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Career of hundreds of Kashmiri medical students studying medical courses like MBBS, BDS and BSc Nursing has been put on stake in Punjab as their affiliating Baba Farid University has resorting to failing them without any reason, students allege. The situation with regards to BDS is particularly worrisome as atleast 45 Kashmiri students most of whom are girls are being kept in their Ist year despite them being in their third year. “We came here in 2013 under Prime Ministers Scholarship Scheme (PMSS). Our first tragedy was that the scholarship…

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Scholarship Scam hits work at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University

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The infamous scholarship scam at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) has dented the credibility of the varsity and affected its functioning badly for the past one and a half months. The scholarships were granted to various categories of students, mainly Paharis, by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The protesting students have been demanding action against the officials, including former registrar Rashid Choudhary, allegedly involved in embezzlement of funds meant for the poor students. As protests continued, Choudhary was attached to the Vice Chancellor’s secretariat last month. In his…

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Govt failed to stop attacks on the Kashmiri students outside the state: Hurriyat

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Expressing its deep concern and anguish over the attack on the Kashmiri students in Udhaipour Rajasthan, All Parties Hurriyat Conference criticized the state government for completely failing in stopping the mistreatment and attacks on the Kashmiri students studying outside the state and said that they are merely doing lip service over this issue. In a statement issued to GNV .Hurriyat conference said that the Kashmiris are looked with suspicious eyes everywhere in India and they are being harassed and punished for resisting the forced occupation of India. Hurriyat conference also…

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