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Education

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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‘People’s University’ IGNOU ‘cheats’ masses in Kashmir

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Admissions in Jan, classes yet to begin If you want to pursue diploma in creative writing in English through IGNOU, then here is an eye-opener for you. With a dream of learning creative writing, Suhail (name changed) admitted for the diploma in January 2015 in regional centre, Srinagar. He was informed that the regular Sunday classes shall begin from March after he receives his all study material. Suhail went to IGNOU in February to gather study material and enquire about classes.  “I was shocked first I have to wait another…

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