Category: Education

Education

Fake degree mafia

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Education Scam Fake degree mafia Sunaina Malik Among innumerable candidates of eligible, literate, unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir, fake degree holders are also one among this lot. Fake universities have created a web throughout that traps students who desire to acquire much through shortcuts. In other words these culprits are depriving the rightful candidates of their right to job and leave them to suffer throughout their lives. The story does not end here even the politicians are also a part of this prohibited act. The Minister of Human Resource…

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JK to establish schools in Pandit colonies

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Community gives lukewarm response The Jammu and Kashmir government’s move to establish schools in three Pandit colonies in Kashmir has received a lukewarm response from the community thus making the efforts a futile exercise. The direction for establishing these schools have come from the Chief Minister’s Secretariat and the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) was asked to expedite the process. In the first phase, one school each is to be established in Sheikhpora Budgam, Hal Pulwama and Veesu Kulgam. Thousands of migrant Pandits who have been provided government jobs…

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Students fear expulsion from Bangalore college following PMSS Mess

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Two Jammu and Kashmir students pursuing BE (Mechanical Engineering) from a Bangalore-based college under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) alleged that they were under pressure to leave the college as the All India Council of Technology (AICTE) has failed to deposit their fees in time. “We have been warned by the college administration to either pay the fees within three days or leave the college,” Irshad Ahmed Lone, a valley-based student told . He said, he along with Sushant Nargotra of Jammu were selected under the PMSS Scheme in…

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Adhere to official timings or face action: Director Education to schools

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Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Showkat Baigh on Wednesday said that strict action under law will be taken against the educational institutions— if they are found violating school timings announced by the government. The DSEK has notified the official timings in schools within municipal limits of Srinagar from 9 am to 3 pm. While outside the city municipal limits, the schools have been directed to function from 10 am to 4 pm. However, in brazen violation of norms, some private schools in the City open the schools in early morning—subjecting…

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Nayeem Akhtar inspects education institutions in Anantnag

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Education Minister, Naeem Akhtar inspected several educational institutions in district Anantnag during his extensive tour yesterday. The Minister was accompanied by Farooq Andrabi, MLA Devsar, DDC Anantnag, Bashir Ahmad Khan; Director, School Education Kashmir, Showkat Ahmad Beig, CEO Anantnag and officers of R&B and PDD. While inspecting GHSS Hakura, the Minister ordered establishment of Smart Classrooms and evening classes. He also directed for immediate development of cluster system in the institution under Model School concept so that constant vigil is kept on educational institutions coming under the purview of cluster Hakura.…

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Article 370 prevents fake varsities, study centres to set shop in JK

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With fake universities and their study centres taking root all over India, Jammu and Kashmir has been comparatively spared from the onslaught due to stringent conditions set by state constitution. The certificates granted by outside universities are already playing havoc with academic as well as office work. “People don’t know how to write a letter and suddenly they are appointed as teachers or administrators,” said Dr Shafiq Ahmad, Incharge officer Jammu, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU). “All over India, there have been an explosion of universities and distance education…

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Teacher booked for beating student with stick

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A teacher of a private school in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district has been booked for allegedly assaulting an eight-year-old student. The class II student of Kashmir International School in Handwara, has marks all over his back after being beaten up by teacher Towseef Ahmad with a stick on Saturday, police said. The teacher got annoyed with the kid because he was shouting loudly with another student and had entered into a tiff with him, they said. A case under Juvenile Justice Act has been registered against Ahmad, police said, adding,…

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After PG degrees, fake PhDs concern academicians

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As the furor over proposed screening test for Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers is far from over, education and other department are gripped with a more severe crisis in the form of PhD degrees obtained through illegal means. “There are hundreds of PhD degree holders who have completed their doctorate degree from outside state under suspicious circumstances and many have even purchased the same. Now these so called scholars, many of whom are working in the higher education department, are applying for higher posts and if everything goes as planned, they will be…

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Teachers announce agitation, schools to remain closed for 3- days

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Teachers’ community has decided to launch an agitation against the decision of the government to conduct screening test of in- service teachers. A day after JK Rehbar- e- Taleem ( ReT) Teachers Forum called for two- day strike from August 5, Jammu Kashmir Teachers Forum ( JKTF) Tuesday announced two day strike from August 6. The Chairman JKTF Abdul Qayoom Wani said the educational institutions in all the three regions of state would remain closed as a mark of protest against the government. The Forum has decided to stage demonstrations…

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Teachers fume as Govt orders screening test

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The State government’s decision to make screening test compulsory for Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers who have obtained their degrees through distance mode has left the teaching community seething in anger. The government is also considering similar tests for in-service General Line Teachers who have obtained their degree from distance mode. Teachers have expressed dismay over the government’s decision, saying that certificates and eligibility are checked and verified at the initial stage and re-verifying the credentials would be wastage of time. The government is also mulling to introduce Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) as…

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