A Model Library
MA young under-grad sets up a library out of his own pocket money to manage the book deficit for students in the north Kashmir...
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...
Elite driven!
Like air rescue teams who handpicked victims during recent floods Omar’s cabinet too fell for elite trap while deciding future of students across Kashmir....
“It is good to see people ask questions like how and where we are...
Director School Education Dr Shah Faesal, an IAS topper who wants to be remembered as an Iqbaliyat scholar, tells Saima Bhat that it is...
Academic Aversion
Unlike 2016, the educational campuses across most of Kashmir had interrupted schedule because the doors would shut more frequently than ever. Muhammad Younis explains...
Virtual Costs
As Covid19 pushed the world towards the tiny phone screens, it has started severely impacting the new generation. Zakia Qurashi talks to experts to...
Like Father, Like Daughter
Muskan Fatima writes about the family of Prof Nooruddin, Kashmir’s first mathematician and the first VC of the University of Kashmir, most of whose...
Churning out failures
Some decades back, passing 10th class examinations in Kashmir was deemed a big achievement. Education system and standards have considerably improved since, particularly in...
A Silent Takeover
J&K’s school education bill is going through the roof: Rs 2940 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 3238 crore next fiscal. For 12 classes, there...
Strategic Scholar
Strategy always fascinated a Sopore born scholar who rose to become Kashmir’s first doctorate in Strategic Studies. But the sad truth remains that in...
Master Verma
At a time when Pandit Township controversy is snowballing into a major crisis in J&K, a Kashmiri Hindu who stayed put in valley during...
Speaking To The Car
Though part of his routine University curriculum, Anwar Naseer explored the possibility of using speech to command a car and he succeeded. Now, he...
Campus Impact
Even though the Central University of Kashmir would take some more time in finding a permanent address to operate from, its campuses in Ganderbal...
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...
The Shrine Contribution
A small shrine nested in Kashmir’s Pir Panchal Mountains in Shahadra Sharief funded a huge university in Rajouri’s backyard. The Ghulam Shah Badshah University...
