‘Background checks essential before hiring school staff’
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...
Centre delays scholarship to students under PMSSS
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...
Over 12,000 candidates appear in Combined Competitive Exam
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...
Noida university expels 30 JK students – PMSSS Fiasco
In a grim reminder about the abject failure of Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), a Noida based university has expelled at least 30 students...
Students, BGSBU administration at loggerheads
The situation at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) is far from getting normal as the students, citing violation of agreement by university officials, have...
Schools asked to do away with ‘barring process’ in class 10, 12
Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar, Monday said the state government has asked the educational institutions to do away with the practice of barring the students...
50 colleges in JK without buildings
Belying the tall claims of successive regimes of Jammu and Kashmir over upgradation of infrastructure in education sector, as many as 50 percent colleges in...
2 ReT teachers resign in Kupwara following Scrutiny of degree certificates
Two Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district have resigned from their services following verification of their degree certificates initiated by the government. Officials...
Fake degree mafia
Education Scam Fake degree mafia Sunaina Malik Among innumerable candidates of eligible, literate, unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir, fake degree holders are also one...
JK to establish schools in Pandit colonies
Community gives lukewarm response The Jammu and Kashmir government’s move to establish schools in three Pandit colonies in Kashmir has received a lukewarm response from...