When should schools be reopened?
State governments are in a dilemma – should schools be opened when the epidemic is still raging? T Jacob John, Dhanya Dharmapalan Across India, about 1.5 million schools were shut as part of the nation-wide…
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Education
Emphasis on Indian culture reflects RSS sway on New Education Policy
The RSS, which is the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s ideological fount, has been pushing for a review of the education policy to Indianize it further . It has also sought rewriting of History textbooks from…
Scrapping of Article 370 and developments of J&K from 2002 onward added to Class 12 syllabus
The NCERT has revised a chapter in its Class 12 political science textbook to drop a paragraph on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and to add a brief mention of the scrapping of its…
As life moves Online amid the Pandemic, Education system in Kashmir is left behind in the absence of fast internet
The 4G internet ban in Jammu and Kashmir has left teachers and students struggling. By: Ishfaq Majid and Shazia Kouser The internet is often in the news in Jammu and Kashmir. After abrogating Article 370…
Government’s move to open schools in J&K evokes strong reaction
A day after the Education Department announced to devise a strategy for opening schools in mid-June, former chairperson of the J&K Women Commission, Vasundra Pathak Masoodi, termed the action as “an abject contravention and violation…
Align state curriculum with national standard: MHA
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed the J&K authorities to accelerate the sports activities in the state and bring the curriculum of the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on a…
Attacks on Kashmiris continue, Student allegedly attacked in Bengaluru
There seems to be no end to attacks on innocent Kashmiris are are continuing after the Pulwama attack, in which 49 CRPF personnel were killed. In the latest incident, a Kashmiri student residing in Bengaluru…
JKSECC threatens to close all pvt schools, colleges, if Jama’at-e-Islami run institutions, were not ensured to function normally
Jammu and Kashmir Socio Economic Coordination Committee (JKSECC) has threatened to close all private schools and colleges in Kashmir if Jama’at-e-Islami institutions were not ensured to function normally.JKSECC— an amalgam of various trade, industrial, travel,…
Parents, Students worried as winter break extended twice
The authorities in Kashmir have delayed the reopening of the schools after the winter break twice since March 1, saying it was because of the bad weather, but students and parents are apprehensive. They feel…
Loss of studies weighs heavy on the mind of Kashmiri students leaving for home
Amid concerns for their safety that are forcing them to return home, loss of academics is weighing heavy on the minds of Kashmiri students who are leaving for Jammu from Mohali in batches. Kashmiri students…