The High Court on Friday left it to the government to take a decision on easing the burden of school children saddled under heavy bags. […]
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Education
Edu Dept sits on expert committee recommendations to reduce school bag weight
Carrying heavy bags lead to spinal damage, irreversible back problems in children: Survey Experts recommend combined book system; Dir Edu says decision soon One and […]
Pvt coaching centres ‘Fleece’ students by charging exorbitant tuition fee
The private coaching centres are fleecing the students by charging exorbitant tuition fee. Among the 182 coaching centres granted registration recently by the education department, […]
Govt announces winter vacations from December 3
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday announced winter vacations for all schools in Kashmir division and winter zones of Jammu division. As per the […]
To baptize students four government schools adopting CBSE in 2018
The government has decided to take CBSE route to baptize students of SP Higher Secondary School and Amira Kadal Girls Higher Secondary School that remained […]
Private school takes to ‘Book Selling Business‘, 17 books in Nursery curriculum
District administration Pulwama has issued a show cause notice to a leading private school for forcing students to purchase stationery items from the school itself, […]
Panel suggests Single Book system for primary classes
The committee, constituted by the J&K Government to suggest ways to reduce weight of school bags, has recommended a combined book system up to the […]
NEET centre in Jammu, even in Samba, none in Kashmir; Govt silent, aspirants suffer
MD/MS aspirants from Kashmir could miss postgraduate National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) 2017 as both the examination centres in J&K have been allocated to Jammu […]
Exam staff in trouble for ‘Facilitating’ copying, several centers shifted after complaints
Despite roping in the district administration and the police, the menace of copying in examination continues in Kashmir, forcing authorities of the School Education department […]
Engineering degrees secured since 2001 via correspondence invalid: Supreme Court
In a major setback to thousands of students who pursued engineering studies through correspondence courses offered by deemed universities in the last 16 years, the […]