Omar for strengthening of elementary education

LiveINB : Srinagar, June 21- Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has called for strengthening elementary education in the State to ensure cent percent coverage of boys and girls of 6-14 years of age group.
Speaking at a meeting held under his chairmanship here to discuss main features of School Education Act, the Chief Minister said that the focus should be on restricting drop outs from educational institutions at elementary level.
“Imparting of quality education and upgrading infrastructural facilities in the schools should be given priority”, he said stressing on rationalizing the student-teacher ratio in the educational institutions.
Omar Abdullah said that education has been flagged as one of the most important sectors in the development policy. He said educational schemes for universalization of elementary education needed to be implemented in a machinery spirit and benefits of these ensured at gross roots.
The meeting among others was attended by the Minister for School Education, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Secretary, Education, G.A. Peer, Secretary Law, Directors of Education, Kashmir and Jammu and other senior officers.
A power point presentation was also made in the meeting by the Secretary Education in which he dwelt in detail about the salient features of School Education Act.

Kashmir University Sets Up a New Campus in Baramulla

Waheed Ur Rehman Para
Education is a priority sector for the Jammu and Kashmir Government and, it has taken various initiatives to expand and upgrade the educational infrastructure across the state.
As part of the project, Kashmir University has opened up a new campus in Baramulla District to cater to the growing number of students in the region.
The campus is located beneath scenic mountain ranges and has come as a boon for students from far-fl ung areas like Kupwara, Sopore and Uri. In the recent past, most of them had to travel hundreds of kilometers to reach the main university campus in Srinagar.
“The advantage of it (the new campus) is that there were only two engineering colleges in the region.There are many students and aspirants who want to become engineers. All of them couldn’t be accommodated in these two colleges. The outcome was that everybody started going outside the state to study,” said Jan Mohammad, a student.
The university has administrative, science and art blocks and provides several professional, technical and arts courses, including a Diploma in Tourism Management, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business administration, a Bachelor’s in technology and a Masters in English.
“The most important contribution of this university would be that every campus would have its own specialization. This campus has technological specialization; this university branch is a full-fl edged engineering branch,” said Farooq Ahmed, Director of Kashmir University.
“Now, we have introduced computer science engineering and later we will be introducing civil,electrical and the basic need base of the state. Further,job-oriented courses would also be introduced,” he added.

Dr. Shah Faesal The first Kashmiri to top UPSC

Twenty-six-year-old Dr. Shah Faesal comes from a remote village in Kupwara District and studied in a government school.
In 2002, militants gunned down his father Ghulam Rasool Shah, a schoolteacher. The family, gripped by a sense of insecurity, fled toSrinagar the next day.
Faesal, however, turned that tragedy into his strength and passed the MBBS from the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Medical College. He has now become the fi rst Kashmiri to top the annual Union Public Service Commission examinations.
His mother Mubeena Begum, said, “Faesal has made every Kashmiri proud with his hard work and dedication.”
Faesal said he was confi dent of qualifying, but never imagined he would be right at the top. He said that his mission now is to serve the people in Kashmir to reduce the communication gap between the people and the administration, and to bring a change, especially for women and the youth.
“There are many myths circulating in Kashmir. One of the myths is that we are getting discriminated; one of the myths is that we don’t have exposure; we don’t have talent; I think we will have to deal with the inferiority complex that is inside us,” said Shah Faesal.
“I have proven that a Kashmiri can do it in the fi rst attempt and do it without coaching, and, he can do it from Srinagar only,” he added.
People in the state have lauded his success, and, said it was a source of pride for Kashmir.

International conference on Theories of Islamic Law at KU

VC emphasizes on “doctrine of movement”

Srinagar July 18: Noted ulamas, religious scholars and academicians Saturday discussed ways to explore means and methods of Ijtihad in order to find solutions to contemporary problems in light of original sources of Sharia (Quran and Sunnah) at two day International Conference on Theories of Islamic Law: The methodology of Ijtihad. The event was organized by Department of Law Kashmir University in collaboration with Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi at Ghandi Bhawan Hall of the University of Kashmir today.

Ulmas and other participants at the international conference presided by Vice Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Riyaz Punjabi felt that inability of Muslims to apply Shariah to contemporary problems remained one of the prime reasons for stagnation (Jamood) in Muslim world, though attempts of Ijtihad have been vogue from last one century.

Senior Professors of Law Dr. Mehraj-u-din Mir and G.Q Mir initiated the debate by underlining significance of this important theme which was letter discussed and debated by participants for the whole day. In his presidential address Prof. Riyaz Punjabi said that we have not been able to explore the concept of Ijtihad to its fullest potential in a systematic manner. As a result this, said VC we have not been able to recreate the golden era of our history which was marked by path breaking Ijtihad on the part of great scholars. Saying that he was conscious of new challenges in the field of commerce, business industry, medicine, bio-medical sciences and other fields of knowledge before us , VC felt the need for an in depth analysis as to how we can excel in all those field of knowledge.

Quoting great Islamic Scholar Imam Ghazali and Poet of the east Dr Sir Muhammad Iqbal’s book re-construction of Religious thought in Islam VC talked about what he termed as “Doctrine of Movement” emphasizing that life cannot afford to be stagnant and movement is natural. VC called upon intellectuals to assert and help society in these critical times.

In his thought provoking address Prof. Khalid Rashid, Professor, International Islamic University Malaysia called for making Ijtihad a collective process and discussed co-relation between Ijtihad and Maqa- sod-ul-Shariah (Objectives of Use of Shariah) Prof Khalid Rashid stressed upon the need for looking at the issue of re-discovering relevance of fatahwas (edicts) and said solution of our problems does not lie in imitation rather in collective Ijtihad.

Chief Guest on the occasion, Justice (Rtd) B. A. Kirmani said that Islam as a complete way of life came into being at a time when humanity was crying for a new setup after the decline of Civilizations like Rome and Persia. Therefore said Justice Kirmani Islamic thought grows with growth of time and we cannot afford to rest. He said Ulamas have to come forward and prescribe a formula as to how the survival of the Muslims on the planet can be assured. He however cautioned that Ijtihad should not over step any injection of Quran.

Dr. Manzoor Alam Chairman, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi talked about the objectives of his Institute and thanked Kashmir University for this collaborative afford which made holding this conference possible.

Prof Z.M Khan. Institute of Objectives Studies, New Dehli chaired the Ist session and Dr Mohsin Usmani. Central Institute of Indian & Foreign Languages, Hyderbad chaired the second session of the two day international conference Theories of Islamic Law: The methodology of Ijtihad. Registrar Kashmir University Prof Syed Fayaz, Director Academic staff collage Prof Mehraj-ud-din Mir delegates from various states , senior professors members of the civil society students and scholars were present in the conference. At least 20 research papers will be read during the two day conference on the subject.

VC KU interacts with Valley Oriental college Principals

Make your students visible: VC to principals Srinagar, July 17: Oriental colleges have played a historical role by serving education at a time when there was virtually no education system prevalent in the valley, said Vice Chancellor Kashmir University Prof Riyaz Punjabi, Thursday to the Principals and faculty of KU affiliated oriental collages of the valley . The meeting was organized by the department of Persian in the conference hall of the department at the KU campus.The meeting was held on the sidelines of the valedictory event of the three week refresher course in Persian organized by department of Persian University of Kashmir for the students and faculty of the oriental collages and the university students. The course was sponsored by the Cultural House of the Iranian embassy in New Delhi.Our oriental collages here have to recognize that the world has undergone a transformation and they have to blend new technologies with the curricula they already have to help students to face the new challenges of the modern world bravely, said Prof Riyaz Punjabi while emphasizing the importance of new technologies in the present day world.While making the commitment that Kashmir university will help the oriental collages to train their manpower VC directed Dean arts Prof A H Tak ,present in the meeting to take necessary steps to orient teachers of these collages with knowledge of English as well. Emphasizing that science and technology has not been as much a bench mark of west as of Islam VC told the special audience that in today’s world information is the power and therefore the students and the faculty of the oriental collages of our valley can not lag behind in this area as well. .” we got to make our students visible “ said VC to principals adding that KU will go step ahead whenever these collages approach for any help to realize this dream.VC was happy to learn when he was informed by some principals that they have already introduced science teaching in their curricula. VC later handed over books and modern state of art gadgets to these principals as donation by University of Kashmir for their students. VC also inaugurated two newly development language laboratories at Department of Persian Kashmir University.The Registrar Kashmir University, Prof Syed Fayaz told the visiting principals that we need to bridge the gaps and come closer to help our student community. . The Head of the Department Persian, Prof M M Masoodi delivered the key note address during the function and informed VC of the role the oriental colleges are playing in helping the student education in rural areas . . Faculty and students of Oriental colleges Darul-Aloom Hanfia Arabia College, Noor Bagh, srinagar , Oriental College, Rajouri Kadal Srinagar, Madinatul-Aloom, Hazratbal, Srinagar , Islamic Oriental College, Tral, Kashmir , Jamiya-Tul-Banat, Umaer Colony Lal Bazar, Srinagar and Jamia Babul Islamia Budgam partici[pated in the meet. The students and scholars of Kashmir University also participated in the event besides a large some religious scholars. (PRO KU)

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BUT, FOR ME, SHE IS A GOD ON THIS EARTH,
MY TEACHER,MY TEACHER.

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Haji Abdur Rehman Parra passes away

Srinagar, July 09: Haji Abdur Rehman Parra, a prominent social and political worker of Naira Pulwama passed away at his residence on Thursday after prolonged illness. He was above 90 years of age.He was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Naira and large number of people from different walks of life participated in the Nimaz-e-Jinaza. Parra was a well known political and social activist of the area and was highly respected for his values. He wielded influence among the people and was admired for his qualities as a nice human being who worked for the development of the area as a political worker. A close confidant of former Chief Ministers Mufti Mohammad Sayeed he never compromised on his political ideals.His death has been widely mourned and solidarity has been expressed with the Parra family. Parra was the grand father of Waheed Ur Rehman Para, Chief Editor HBN Channel, Dr Abdur Rashid Parra, member of central working committee of Doctors Association Kashmir and Fayaz Ahmad Fayaz & Block Development Officer. HBN Channel extends condolences to the family.http://www.risingkashmir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14733&Itemid=29