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Education

Students yet to recover from deluge trauma

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Mehran Ahmad, 17, has not been able to recover from the trauma that he lost all his books in the September floods. The year has been a struggle for him to concentrate on his studies and to remember what happened at his home on September 7, 2014. On the morning of September 7, 2014, the loudspeakers made an announcement in Raj Bagh that the water in Jhelum is above the danger mark, but like other families they didn’t believe that the flood will hit their home. “I was sitting with…

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Police cane charge Kashmir students in Chandigarh

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Scores of Kashmiri students Monday alleged that police in Punjab used force to break up their demonstration against various Chandigarh colleges. The aggrieved students told that they were protesting peacefully against the college authorities when policemen used lathicharge to break up their protest. The students, who had sought admissions under Punjab Technical University (PTU), were opposing the Punjab government decision bringing their colleges under the domain of Maharaja Ranjit Singh State University, which is not recognized by the J&K government. “We had assembled today morning to demand refund of fee…

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Year after floods, school infra in shambles

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Majority of the schools which were damaged in the September 2014 floods lie in a state of ruin badly hitting the education of the children. The government data reveals that the education sector has faced a loss of over Rs 90.29 crore and 1096 schools were damaged across Kashmir division. In the absence of infrastructure students are forced to shun the studies. The state government is however unable to repair the infrastructure due to paucity of funds.  Director School Education Shah Faesal said, “Last year’s flood left tens of thousands…

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Kashmir valley gets high-density apple orchard

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Chief Minister wants to make Kashmir ‘fruit valley of the world’ Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed inaugurated the state’s first-ever high-density apple orchard, set up by Khurram, a young Valley-based entrepreneur, at Bamdoora in Anantnag district of south Kashmir today. Speaking on the occasion at the “Model Apple Orchard”, the Chief Minister urged fruit growers to shift to high-density orcharding to enhance apple production, for greater economic returns on their yield. “The government will diversify horticulture by adopting newer techniques and best practices to survive the onslaught of emerging markets…

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Have a Suggestion, Call Education Ministry

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In a first step towards improving the education sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the state education ministry has established a HELPLINE in the personal office of the Education Minister, Naeem Akhtar. “The step has been taken to ensure timely disposal of grievances of the stakeholders including teachers, students, parents and other concerned,” an official statement said Wednesday evening. Feedback, grievances and suggestions regarding the education department can be sent through SMS and Whatsapp on cell no: 09419013675 or the same can be mailed on educationministerjk@gmail.com. The helpline will be available…

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School that survived militancy buckled under deluge

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It survived the turbulent years of militancy, but today DAV school has turned into an abandoned “ghost house” as the school management and the state government have failed to restore the institution after September floods. Established in 1969 at Jawahar Nagar here, DAV school served as one of the prestigious learning institutions of the Valley till it was hit by the floods. “We were given discharge certificate and told to find a new school. There were already fewer students… the school administration played with our future,” said one of the…

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Authorities sit on violation of official timings by private schools

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In violation of norms, many private schools in the summer capital are violating official school timings—subjecting students to inconvenience. 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 early morning—subjecting students of lower class to inconvenience. DSEK had last month warned of strict action against…

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‘Background checks essential before hiring school staff’

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A body of private schools in Kashmir has decided to carry out background checks before hiring any staff including teachers and drivers. “No school shall henceforth appoint or utilise the services of any staffer — teacher, lecturer, driver, etc — without the proper verification of the antecedents of the person concerned. The employee shall be appointed only after an NOC issued by his or her previous employer,” Joint Committee of Private Schools (JCPS) said in a statement today. The JCPS also decided that the merit and qualification shall be given…

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Centre delays scholarship to students under PMSSS

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There seems to be no end to the miseries of JK students pursuing different degrees under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in outside State colleges. A group of students who are pursuing B Tech degrees in SGT Institute of Engineering and Technology Gurgaon (Haryana) said Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has denied the scholarships to them during the last year of their degrees. “We never faced such problems during past years, but this year MHRD didn’t release our scholarships forcing college authorities to take extreme steps,” a group…

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Over 12,000 candidates appear in Combined Competitive Exam

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Over 12,000 candidates from Jammu and Kashmir appeared in the Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination on Sunday which were held in two sessions at 26 centres across the state. “A total of 12208 candidates appeared in the examinations which were conducted smoothly,” Shakeel -ul-Rehman, Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) – which conducted the examination, told PTI. Rehman said a total of 20180 candidates had applied for the examination, out of which 460 were found to be ineligible. “19720 candidates were eligible to sit in the examinations which were…

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