Army organises Debate

With the aim to engage with schoolchildren, the Army organised a debate competition on the topic “Impact of social media on students” at Government Higher Secondary School, Jhullas. A total of eight students participated in the competition who displayed excellent understanding and knowledge of the topic and brought out important issues. Later, the winners were also awarded.

JKBOSE fixes date for fee submission

The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has fixed the date for the private high/higher secondary schools to deposit fee after getting an affiliation for the next five years. The school education board has fixed March 31, for private institutes to deposit the fee at its concerned head/sub branch offices. It has also been made clear by BOSE that if the institutes fail to deposit the fee by March 31, they will be responsible for the consequences.

IIT-Jammu holds workshop

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jammu, hosted an Academic writing workshop “Work-in-progress: Removing roadblocks from research writing” on its campus at Jagti Nagrota. The workshop was organised by the department of humanities and social sciences, which consisted of hands-on writing and reviewing sessions conducted by Dr Anannya Dasgupta and Sameer Thomas from the Centre for Writing and Pedagogy, Krea University, Andhra Pradesh.Resource persons introduced concepts like claims, evidence and annotated bibliography, along with the structure of writing. Different genres of research writing focusing on long-form journalism and academic articles were discussed in detail.