Government schools

About School In Kathua Named After Martyr

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In order to honour the sacrifice made by the valiant soldier while protecting the country, Kathua District Administration recently renamed Government Higher Secondary School, Chandwan as Shaheed Sepoy Bua Dutta Singh Government Higher Secondary School. Vir Chakra Awardee Sepoy Bua Dutta Singh of 8 JAK Rifles sacrificed his life while fighting for the country in … Read more

In rural areas of J&K, government schools are still the first preference.

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In rural areas of the state, state-run schools are still the first preference of parents, making the enrolment of students in the private institutes low. According to the Annual Status of Education (ASER) survey, in the age group of 6-14 years (both boys and girls), around 58.3 per cent students are enrolled in government schools … Read more

Students Of Government School Singing Dogri song and appealing to society to protect trees

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In the video, students singing Dogri folk song, under the shadow of Deodar trees with mountains in the backdrop, are appealing to society to protect trees to save the coming generations.

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The video of a Dogri folk song, created by students of Government Middle School in the remote Dharmal village of Udhampur district.

Read also: How much do you know about the Dogri Folk Dances?

Dharmal is a village situated in the mountainous Dudo zone of Basantgar teshil in Udhampur district, situated nearly 180 km from Jammu. The group of 14 students which has created this video belongs to the marginalised section of society but it succeeded in spreading its message across the world by singing the traditional Dogri ‘paakh’.

Jammu & Kashmir among states with poorest infra in schools

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J&K is among the seven under-performing states of the country in terms of poor infrastructure in government schools where students have no access to basic facilities like electricity, playgrounds, drinking water, etc. The other six states lacking such facilities include Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan. A parliamentary standing committee has expressed concern … Read more

Interesting things about Heritage Model School of Jammu – Sri Ranbir Multilateral Higher Secondary School

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Sri Ranbir Model Higher Secondary School, simply called as Ranbir School, is a testament to the vision of Dogra rulers, Maharaja Ranbir Singh and Maharaja Pratap Singh. The poineer institution of J&K State, was founded by Dogra Ruler Maharaja Ranbir Singh and was constructed by Raja Partap Singh before 1880. Here are interesting things  about ‘Heritage Model School’ of … Read more

Survey exposed the poor learning abilities of Students in Jammu & Kashmir

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The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has blamed the state for poor performance of students after the National Achievement Survey exposed the poor learning abilities of pupils, especially those studying in government schools. The National Achievement Survey-2017 was conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. … Read more

Primary health centres, primary schools, anganwadi centres in Jammu and Kashmir to be run by panchayats after local body elections

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For the first time, primary health centres, primary schools and anganwadi centres in Jammu and Kashmir will come under the administrative control of the panchayats when elections to the local body will be completed next month, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. The home minister said powers for ‘own fund generation’ like collection of … Read more

Here’s the story of Jammu & Kashmir’s 1733 primary school teachers which will inspire you

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Happy-World-Teachers-Day-Wishes Jammu

Today India is celebrating Teachers Day in commemoration of educationist and India’s first Vice President, Dr S Radhakrishnan. The occasion is even more special for some students of J&K. Here’s why: Jammu and Kashmir has 1733 government primary schools each being run by single teacher. Naturally, the students should be even more indebted to their … Read more

Students have to Cross the river to study in This School of Udhampur

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Cross the river to study in This School of Udhampur

Seems like district Udhampur has been seriously forsaken by the authorities assigned with development works. A couple of days back, we posted about a school of Moungri area of Udhampur where students take classes under the sky, in a forest. Today we bring news about a similar village. Today, our subject is the students of … Read more

School running in dense forest under open sky in Udhampur

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They brave wild animals and weather conditions. They learn under the sky but they are not related to Mowgli. We are talking about students of Primary School Lower Saddal, in Moungri area of Udhampur district. The school was washed away in floods of 2014 and nothing has yet been done to renovate it. As a … Read more

Govt schools in Jammu & Kashmir to go hi-tech

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The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has selected 237 schools from J&K to be developed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) scheme. Although the state government had submitted a list of 319 schools, out of which only 237 could qualify. An amount of Rs 1185 lakh has been approved for these schools which … Read more

This Might Become Barrier to Girls Education in Government Schools of Jammu & Kashmir

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Encouraging education of girl child does not seem to be a priority of the School Education Department in our state. According to the Early Times, the department has revised overall admission fee for various levels- class 1st to 5th, 6th to 8th, 9th to 10th and 11th to 12th, for the academic year 2018-19. According … Read more

Basohli: Where EVEN some teachers give ODD answers

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Yes! Additional Deputy Commissioner Sanjay Gupta made a surprise visit to a Government school in Basohli and inspected not just the school but their teachers as well.

According to a video clip by JK Media, ADC Sanjay Gupta asked the teachers about even-odd numbers and much more. Their replies were funny and distressing as what procedures are adopted for hiring people in our state. Here is the video clip:

Officials to admit their wards in Government schools?

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On one hand Governments make tall claims of better infrastructure in schools on the other government officials and bureaucrats don’t seem to be interested in sending their children to government run schools.

According to Punjab Kesari online, MLA Kamar Hussain from Rajouri has assured to raise this issue in next assembly session. He has also promised to take strict action on those teachers who remain absent from school perpetually and keep enjoying on government salaries.

Click link to watch : Beautiful Video: Dogra main Dogra, mann mera Dogra

If some action and ground work is done with regard to this issue, it will benefit many less fortunate and lower middle class parents who only dream of sending their wards to better schools.