Education

Lt Governor asks VCs to adopt JK centric changes as per New Education Policy

‘Prepare roadmap to bring qualitative improvement in the overall functioning of the Universities’ Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Thursday asked the...

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Students get relaxation in syllabus: ‘Reduced to 70 percent’, says Samoon

Srinagar: A week after the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) said that it is working on to formulate a...

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Parents of students in Turkey, Pakistan say they are being questioned, Police says routine ‘database’ work

We are creating a data-base, that is all there is to it, say officials On July 21, Shazia Bakshi took to twitter...

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In the times of e-learning, no education for the children of marginalised nomad community

While educational institutes are offering e-learning as an alternative to regular classes, thousands of children in the nomad bakarwal community are losing...

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40 million children missed out on education this year due to COVID: UNICEF

In the newest research published by United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the agency said that at least 40 million children...

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NCERT scraps content on ‘JK separatist politics’ from textbooks, adds ‘scrapping of special status’

The revised chapter now carries UN resolution that recommended a free and fair plebiscite In 2017, a class six textbook showed a mosque...

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India removes chapters on secularism, democratic rights from school books

‘Social Movements’ and ‘Regional Aspirations’ texts are done away with ‘Why do we need Local Governments?’, ‘Environment and Natural Resources’, entirely removed...

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US plans to send foreign students home, if classes are online

The move may force Universities to end online education and resume regular classes Srinagar: Amid the worldwide coronavirus outbreak, the new guidelines...

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JEE, NEET 2020 examinations postponed for two months: HRD Minster

Srinagar: Keeping in view the prevailing situation, minister of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Friday announced...