The Coercion Class
In the absence of higher institutions for learning, thousands of Kashmir students spread across the country to pursue education. One of the major shares of the students is taken by neighbouring Punjab....
View ArticleNEP’s Flip Side
Currently in vogue, the ambitious and modern NEP-2020 has a huge flip side too, reports Aiman Fayaz Virtual Classroom In 2022, the government implemented a new education policy (NEP) in Jammu and...
View ArticleLured to New Languages
Amid the diversity of languages spoken and written in Jammu and Kashmir, the new generation is picking the non-native languages to manage better livelihoods in the Middle East, and Europe, reports...
View ArticleKashmir Colleges: Empty Classrooms
The colleges across Kashmir are exhibiting a historic nosedive in new admissions, a trend evading a clear reason. In an attempt to deconstruct the scary classroom situation, Humaira Nabi talked to...
View ArticleCosts of a Social Media Post
A student’s social media post triggered a crisis forcing the administration to quickly take legal action and intervene to prevent escalation of tensions, reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani National...
View ArticleKashmir: Career Coercion
With career options shrinking to quite a few in Kashmir, scores of students are attempting to achieve targets their parents failed to hit for one or the other reason. This has led to rise of a...
View ArticleThe Schools Under Stress
In Jammu and Kashmir, 40.89 percent of private school teachers use only 19.25% of the entire educational infrastructure to teach 45.60 percent of the total student population and deliver a result of 92...
View ArticleKashmir’s Troubled Classrooms
Kashmir’s school spaces are grappling with a decline in standards, plagued by issues ranging from bullying, drug dependence, school gangs and deteriorating student-teacher relationships, Umaima Reshi...
View ArticleAl-Balkhi: Psychology’s Forgotten Founder
Textbooks teach students the evolution of modern psychology in the seventeenth century starting from Sigismund Schlomo Freud and Carl Gustav Jung, ignoring the larger reality that it was ninth-century...
View ArticleKashmir: Education Calendar Reset
The Jammu and Kashmir government’s recent decision to reverse the controversial March academic session has met widespread approval. The change, announced by Education Minister Sakina Itoo, restores the...
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