More Than Paying Back
A family displaced by the political turmoil and the armed conflict in the early 1990s returns to give their ancestral village, a dream-school. A...
Perfection, Through Perseverance
perfect score! Syed Asma reports on five record breakers in Kashmir who topped the 10th exams.
Securing 100 percent in any board exam seemed impossible...
Seminaries In Focus
Dar-ul-Ulooms and Madrassas have remained part of Kashmir’s Muslim ethos for centuries. Never ever have these institutions, preaching and teaching the faith, landed in...
Passion For Quality Education
A young man from Bejbihara quit a cushy job in London to come back for spreading quality primary education in the rural hinterland.Majid Maqbool...
A Teacher Par Excellence
Abdul Rashid Zargar recently received the Meritorious Teacher Award on Teacher’s Day for his unparalleled commitment towards his job. Nazir Ahmad Rather finds out...
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...
IMPRISONED SCHOLARLY
Thousands of people were jailed in Kashmir since 1990’s. Their miserable lives in confinement notwithstanding; scores of them converted their cells into study centers...
New Colleges for Votes?
For a few years the state government has been on degree college opening spree in rural areas. But most of the newly established colleges...
From Helper To Lawyer
Mohammad Aslam had come to Srinagar as a domestic helper but is now pursuing a law degree from University of Kashmir. With help from...
Pride of his Village
The CET topper from Kashmir, Firdous Ahmad Ganaie, has made his parents proud by becoming the first-ever student in his village to qualify the...
Open To Learning
Distance education is gaining popularity in Kashmir as limited seats in the valley’s colleges and universities can’t accommodate everyone. Many opt for Open Learning...
‘Tired, not re-tired’
Heading the Islamic University from its start, Dr Siddiq Wahid has just finished his tenure, as its vice chancellor, after what he calls five...
A season for universities!
The Legislative Assembly passed bills for allowing setting up of three private universities in the nine-day session when all the Opposition had boycotted it,...
Compensating education
Continual unrest has affected education sector badly. However, some locals have started community schools to help students out. Ikhlaq Qadri reports.
Ailing alma mater
Academics and student welfare seem to be the last priority of the University of Kashmir, obsessed with seminars and whimsical appointments. HAMIDULLAH DAR reports.
Many...
