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  • JK Waqf Board Relieves Young Students From Homework And School Bags

    JK Waqf Board Relieves Young Students From Homework And School Bags

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    SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board has issued guidelines for schools under its jurisdiction to implement reformative measures in accordance with the National Education Policy 2020. The Board has stated that there will be no homework for students up to class 2 and no school bags for nursery and UKG students.

    According to a circular issued by the Waqf Board, schools are instructed to follow a daily, monthly, and annual timetable and schedule of activities. The daily timetable is to have six periods, each lasting 30 minutes, for teaching subjects. Five periods are to be reserved for compulsory subjects, such as English, Maths, Science, Social Science, and Urdu, and the sixth period is to be utilized for teaching optional subjects, such as Computers, Kashmiri, Arabic, Islamiyat, and Sufi Saints Literature, on a rotational basis.

    The circular further states that schools must reserve one hour every day for Extra-curricular Activities, which should be split into two parts of 30 minutes each in the first and second half of the day.

    The guidelines state that a house system should be established in every school for intra-school co-curricular and sports competitions. To promote a sense of belongingness and healthy competition among students, school heads are instructed to divide students into four houses: senior boys, senior girls, junior boys, and junior girls. The houses should be named after famous Sufi Saints Hazrat Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (R.A), Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (R.A), Hazrat Sheikh Hamzah Makhdoom (R.A), and Hazrat Shah-e-Hamadan (R.A).

    The sports calendar for the year should include competitions in sports activities, and competitions should also be held throughout the year in co-curricular activities. Three days every month should be reserved solely for sports and co-curricular competitions, with no academic activities to be carried out on those days.

    School authorities must allocate at least one period of thirty minutes per month for house meetings, so that house committee members can interact, motivate, and plan house activities under the guidance of their respective house masters.

    In September and October, Inter Waqf School Competitions will be held and the winners rewarded. Morning assembly will consist of news headlines, a thought for the day, a brief talent show of individual or group students, amazing facts, personality of the day, volunteer for a minute, and other exciting stuff, after brief prayers. Lectures by teachers during morning assembly will be avoided.

    Additionally, there will be no school bag for classes nursery to UKG and no homework for classes from nursery to 2nd. The school bag policy and NEP-2020 guidelines in this regard will be strictly followed. An orientation program for school heads regarding the execution of proposed changes will be held separately. (KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • California relieves much from drought conditions

    California relieves much from drought conditions

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    Los Angeles: The latest data released by the US Drought Monitor showed that California has relieved much from drought conditions with no region of D3 (Extreme Drought) or D4 (Exceptional Drought) on the map.

    Compared to last week’s map, a large piece of the state along the Pacific coastline, including most of Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, was considered “abnormally dry” or D2 level, Xinhua news agency reported.

    Parts of Los Angeles, Riverside, and Imperial counties had also emerged from drought conditions in recent weeks, and Humboldt and Del Norte counties in Northern California were looking especially good, the US Drought Monitor said.

    Just one month ago, more than a third of the most populous state in the US was in extreme or exceptional drought.

    However, the major improvement in drought conditions along the California coast brought new challenges to the state as it had seen more than 600 landslides since the start of the year.

    A series of winter storms from late December to early January caused flooding and triggered mudslides, especially in mountain regions stretching along Highway 1 where wildfires left scores of burn scars in recent years.

    Highway 1 remains closed in parts of Big Sur as crews work to repair damage caused by three major slides three weeks ago. On Wednesday, local authorities said portions of the Big Sur community face long-term isolation due to the road closure.

    “Residents, property owners, and tourists ‘shall not’ attempt to pass thru the slide areas on and around State Route 1 in Big Sur. It is very unsafe, the ground is unstable and the threat of potential loss of life is real,” a statement read.

    In the Sierra Nevada, a mountain range that lies in California running 640 km north-south, the water content of the snowpack in the North is 220 percent of normal as of Thursday, while in the Southern Sierra, it’s 260 per cent of normal to date.

    The snowpack supplies roughly a third of California’s water when it melts and runs off into rivers and reservoirs.

    Some reservoirs saw significant rises in water levels but there are still significant deficits to overcome. The largest reservoir in the state, Shasta Lake, the water level on Thursday is 985.29 feet (300.31 meters), almost 100 feet (30.48 meters) higher than in last October, but it is still 81.71 feet (24.91 meters) below full pool of 1,067.00 (325.22 meters).

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )