The Sopore College
Despite contributing to the making of generations of professionals in the last more than seven decades, the state-run Degree College at Sopore is yet...
America Calling
A small town girl’s month long American tour changed her idea of education and life completely. Saima Rashid narrates her experience
The moment Afeefa Farooq,...
Saving Namda
An 18-year-old girl’s invention helped save the centuries old art of Namda making. A sports and science fiction buff, she already has her kitty...
The Versatile Vice-Chancellor
by Ikhlaq Qadri
Exactly this was a time of the year, 13 years ago in 2008, spring officially sprung, that I was finally a graduate....
Doing Science In Kashmir
The lack of infrastructure was the key brain drain factor as researchers would choose better global institutions for doing science. Under an impressive plan...
Irrelevant Courses?
Courses available at the college and university level in Kashmir leave students who pursue them with little or no job avenues. Most of them...
Fayaz Ahmad Bhat
In 1900, L Frank Baum wrote the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and 39 years later, American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer converted it into a wonderful musical fantasy...
Workshop Wonder
The journey of an old city boy from his father’s mechanic workshop to Kashmir University’s Arabic department is pregnant with pain, passion and perseverance,...
Campus Chaos
After forces stormed a college campus in Pulwama, student protests became a new norm in conflict ridden Kashmir. Umar Mukhtar tries to find out...
Lost Opportunities
With instability and turmoil frequenting Kashmir, more than 200 thousand students at the college and university level are facing a crippling crisis as their...
Defusing A Cripple
A labourer’s son had lost his arm while watching a scarp dealer struggle to extract valuable metals from an abandoned explosive device. It took...
The College Crisis
With a huge network of colleges and a lot of enrolment, the students are dissatisfied with the pace and process of the education they...
Belling The Cat
The state government has set up a monitoring committee to evaluate the infrastructure of private coaching centers and accordingly revise their registration annually. While...
Super Education
Thanks to all expense paid Super-50 initiative, public school students are now all set to take any competition head on. Saima Bashir reports
For years...
Autumn Windfall
With more than half of the 150 thousand fresh admissions, every autumn, opting for private sector schools, the costs of educating the new generation...
