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Amid COVID fear, schools reopen with fewer students

by Bisma BhatEducationJammu and kashmirKashmirKashmir NewsLatest NewsLead StoriesSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020

Srinagar, Sep 21: Fear was palpable on Monday when schools reopened for the first time after six months of lockdown in Kashmir. Most of the students preferred to stay home…

KU approves Centre for Advanced Instrumentation to boost research in health, environment

by Bisma BhatJammu and kashmirKashmirKashmir NewsLatest NewsLead StoriesSeptember 21, 2020September 20, 2020

Srinagar: Scientific research is set to receive a boost after the government approved to establish the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation for Research at the University of Kashmir. Set up at…

Schools across Kashmir to reopen on Sep 21, attendance for students voluntary

by Bisma BhatEducationJammu and kashmirKashmirKashmir NewsLatest NewsLead StoriesSeptember 14, 2020September 14, 2020

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir administration has kicked off the process for the reopening of schools across the valley from September 21. A senior official of the School Education Department told…

Class X, XII biannual exams to start from Sep 21

by Bisma BhatEducationJammu and kashmirKashmirKashmir NewsLatest NewsSeptember 4, 2020September 4, 2020

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Friday issued a date sheet for the bi-annual exams of class 10th and 12th. Joint secretary examination JKBOSE Ajaz Hakak said…

Edu dept kicks off process for annual board exams slated to be held in November

by Bisma BhatEducationJammu and kashmirKashmirKashmir NewsLatest NewsLead StoriesSeptember 3, 2020September 3, 2020

Srinagar: Education department has kicked off the process for board examinations across Kashmir. Chief education officers (CEO) of all districts have been asked to furnish details regarding the number of…

Classes 10 to 12: Offline exams ‘as per prospectus’, Govt plans roadmap

by Monitor News BureauEducationJammu and kashmirKashmirKashmir NewsLatest NewsAugust 21, 2020August 21, 2020

Srinagar: Principal Secretary, School Education and Skill Development, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Thursday chaired a joint meeting of officers of JKBOSE and School Education Department to review preparedness for the…

Three JNV boarding schools, 10 KVs to be established in Kashmir

by Bisma BhatEducationKashmirLatest NewsAugust 3, 2020August 4, 2020

Srinagar: The Central government has decided to set up three new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) and 10 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across 10 districts of the valley. There are around 11…

Can’t final year exams be MCQ, assignment based: HC asks UGC

by IANSEducationIndiaLatest NewsNewsJuly 22, 2020July 22, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to clarify if the examinations for the final year students can be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), presentation…

‘Be Kind’, ‘Everything is Shut’, ‘Kashmir’: 18-year-old poetess pens pain, tribulations, resolve

by Bisma BhatEducationKashmirLatest NewsJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Srinagar: When Class XII student Mir Areiba started writing poetry, little did she realize that she would be mocked by the people for trying her hand on English literature. Two…

Kashmir engineer-turned-teacher starts free open-air classes at sunrise

by Nisar DharmaEducationKashmirLatest NewsLead StoriesVideosJune 27, 2020June 27, 2020

Srinagar: At 5 am every day, 40-year-old Muneer Alam enters Eidgah. He is not a jogger, though for the next 15-odd-minutes he does do a bit of stretching before setting…