J&K logs 95 new COVID cases, no death in last 24 hours
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 95 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the cumulative cases detected so far to 3,32,249 while no virus-related death was recorded in the last 24 hours, officials said. They said of the fresh cases, 89 were reported from Kashmir and six from Jammu division. Moreover, 79 more COVID-19 patients have […]
Dr K L Chowdhury passes away
Srinagar: Noted Kashmiri physician and writer, Dr Kundan Lal Chowdhury passed away on Sunday, reports said. A resident of Srinagar, Dr Chowdhury did his MBBS from Punjab University and MD from Delhi University. Besides, he also did a fellowship in Neurology from London. Besides being a medical doctor, Dr Chowdhury was also a writer and […]
J&K – where private school teachers are paid peanuts for teaching
Labour Department can’t intervene as teachers are not categorised as ‘workforce’; DESK can’t intervene, as there are no such rules and; private schools can’t pay more as they don’t have financial autonomy result – teachers suffer and owners of big schools make empires!
Kashmir has seen a massive growth of private sector schooling over the years, and the majority of the students, mostly up to class 10th, are enrolled in these schools. Approximately, there are around 2700 private schools across the Valley, with around 47,000 teachers —roughly 80 percent of them being females, with sufficient qualifications. However, these […]
