VIKAS SHARMAJAMMU, SEPT 5: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 has once again exposed the stark imbalance in higher education performance between Jammu and Kashmir’s two regions, with institutes from Jammu division continuing to lag far behind their counterparts in Kashmir as well as other parts of the country. While the University of Kashmir […]
VIKAS SHARMAJAMMU, SEPT 4: The University of Jammu (JU) has retained its 87th rank in the Overall category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 with a score of 50.11, while the University of Kashmir (KU) has shown marked improvement by climbing 10 spots to secure the 59th position with a score of 54.31. […]
VIKAS SHARMAJAMMU, SEPT 3: The India Skills Report 2025 has once again brought Jammu & Kashmir’s unemployment crisis into sharp focus, revealing that a large section of its youth remains unemployed and underskilled despite a growing number of graduates and postgraduates entering the job market every year. J&K Youth at the Receiving End While the […]
VIKAS SHARMAJAMMU, SEPT 2: Hours after IMCSD Herald highlighted the plight of higher education institutions reeling under torrential rains in Jammu Division, the Higher Education Department of J&K UT swung into action on Tuesday and ordered the closure of all Government Degree Colleges and the Government College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) across Jammu Division […]
VIKAS SHARMAJAMMU, SEPT 2: While schools across the Jammu Division have remained in focus due to torrential rains, higher education institutions too have suffered massive damage. Unlike schools—where the Directorate of School Education, Jammu (DSEJ) issues daily advisories regarding closure and reopening—no such mechanism exists for colleges, leaving administrators and students in a state of […]
VIKAS SHARMA JAMMU, SEPT 1: The Directorate of School Education, Jammu (DSEJ), has ordered the closure of all government and private schools across the Jammu division on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in view of persistent inclement weather and the heightened risk of landslides in hilly areas. The decision was taken after continuous heavy rainfall created […]
VIKAS SHARMAJAMMU, SEPT 1: The non-seriousness of the successive governments to set up ICT labs and smart classrooms in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir can be gauged from the fact that the UT has recorded zero utilisation of funds meant for establishing such facilities in schools for four consecutive years despite substantial allocations. […]
VIKAS SHARMAJAMMU, AUG 31: Officers of the School Education Department across Jammu division have been directed to immediately coordinate with the Public Works (R&B) Department to conduct a safety audit of all government school buildings in view of the ongoing heavy rains and landslides in the region. The fresh instructions were issued by the Directorate […]
VIKAS SHARMAJAMMU, AUG 31: As torrential rains wreak havoc across Jammu and Kashmir, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has identified significant portions of J&K and Ladakh as being highly vulnerable to landslides under its National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (NLSM) programme, raising alarm over the safety of lives, infrastructure, and fragile ecosystems in the Himalayan […]
VIKAS SHARMA JAMMU, AUG 30: In what could be a serious concern, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER-Rural) 2024 has raised serious concerns over the learning outcomes of students enrolled in the schools in rural areas in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir’s rural education system requires targeted interventions to […]
