SRINAGAR: The Meteorological (MeT) department on Monday forecast mainly cloudy sky with light rain in Kashmir Valley and light to moderate rain in Jammu division during the next 24 hours.
“Mainly cloudy sky with light rain is likely in the Valley and light to moderate rain in Jammu division during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said.
Meanwhile, Srinagar had 18.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam — 13.8 and Gulmarg — 10.6 degrees as the minimum temperature this morning.
Drass in Ladakh region had 11.2 degrees and Leh 12.5.
Jammu registered 20.1 degrees, Katra 20.2, Batote 15.5, Banihal 16.8 and Bhaderwah 15.9.
Jammu and Kashmir witnessed an inclement weather J&K during the last 24 hours. (IANS)
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“Parents are our first teachers and teachers are our second parents.”
A photograph from the early fifties when the classes would be held in fields post-harvest.
Teacher’s Day is celebrated every year on September 5, to honour our selfless teachers for their valuable work. September 5, is the birthday of our former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who urged all over India to celebrate his birthday as Teacher’s Day to pay respect to the teachers. He was a scholar, philosopher and Bharat Ratna recipient. He loved the teaching profession. His selfless act gave birth to Teacher’s day in India.
There is no doubt that being a teacher is a noble profession that deserves an equal amount of love and respect as any other profession. On Teachers’ Day, students all over the country pay respect and tribute to their teachers. Teachers’ Day is a reminder of the role that teachers play in nation-building by guiding and educating the brightest minds of our country.
Celebration of teacher’s day fills a festive vibe throughout the schools and colleges. It is the occasion to celebrate the essence of wisdom and guidance our teachers bring into our lives. It is a great occasion to celebrate the joy of the relationship between teacher and student. This day is important as its objective is to remember and remind the crucial role teachers play in framing students’ lives and careers. This day is to recognize and celebrate each teacher’s contribution and efforts, without whom we would not be who we are today.
Teachers are the real holders of knowledge, information, and prosperity, using which they develop and prepare us for our lives.
There is an old saying, “Parents are our first teachers and teachers are our second parents.” From teaching us basic things to help overcome hurdles of life, teachers have always been there to help and guide us to shape ourselves right. Teachers not only teach us but they also improve our personality, confidence, and skill level. Teachers do the work of nation-building by building the future of the citizens living in the country.
The light of the world, the beacon in the dark and the hope that gives us strength to survive, is our teacher. A day, kept aside to honour the gifted souls who work every day to make sure that the future is bright for all of us. It is a day filled with lots of excitement, joy and happiness as students are eagerly looking forward to telling their teachers how and why are they special to them.
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has rightly said, ‘I believe there is no other profession in the world that is more important to society than that of a teacher.’ Teachers are the backbone of our society. They spearhead change by shaping and building students’ personalities and making them ideal citizens of the country. As one looks at the great impact on the growth, development and wellbeing of the students and nation, one must agree that teaching is a noble profession. There is a saying that teachers are greater than the parents. Parents give birth to a child whereas teachers mould that child’s personality and provide a bright future.
Apart from academics, teachers stand by us at every step to guide, motivate and inspire us to become better humans. They are the source of knowledge and wisdom.
Though becoming a teacher is not an easy task, they have to be patient and solve their students’ problems for a better future. They teach their students about the importance of time and how to manage and achieve something in their life. They teach us how to respect our elders and parents and how to treat other people around us. The future and present of children totally depend on the education they get from their teachers and it is only they who sometimes become our best friends and help us to remove the mess created by us somewhere in our life.
It is impossible to define ‘teacher’ as teachers are not only limited to teaching or guiding students in academics but also helping students to take the right path. They add value to our character and make us ideal citizens of the country.
Abid Shafi Banday
Secondly, teachers are our second parents. Teachers play a prominent role in influencing and inspiring us. Every student tries to imitate their teachers and considers them as their role models. After parents, teachers take the responsibility of moulding a child’s character at each and every step. And teachers teach us a lot about life and academics.
Therefore, it is our utmost duty to salute and convey our wishes to teachers today in recognition of their undeterred efforts. Teachers are the building blocks of our lives. We must thank our teachers for moulding us into worthy people to face the world boldly. As students, we have been sometimes tough to handle. But individual attention of teachers has helped us learn from our mistakes and grow.
(A resident of Nambla in Uri, the author is a nursing research scholar presently working as Healthcare Vocational Trainer at BHSS Uri. Ideas are personal)
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SRINAGAR: Five people including a couple and a mother-son duo were killed while one person is feared dead in two accidents in Bhaderwah town of Doda district on Monday.
Quoting official sources news agency GNS reported that in one of the accidents, an Alto vehicle (JK02AA-6186) skidded off the road and rolled down into a ravine near Galgander Pul Doda, leading to the death of four people and injuries to one person.
Soon after the information about the accident, they said, a rescue operation was launched by the locals and police.
While all occupants of the vehicle were removed to nearby hospital, four of them were declared dead on arrival by the doctors who attended upon them while one was admitted and is under treatment, they said.
The deceased have been identified as Satya Devi Wife of Naseeb Singh, her son Vikram Singh, Lakh Raj and his wife Satisha Devi, all residents of Shiva. The injured has been identified as Naseeb Singh.
In 2nd accident, they said, a Maruti swift car (JK14E-0630) driven by Ravinder Kumar of Bhaderwah, on way from Pul Doda towards Bhadarwah, skidded off the road near Mughal Market Parnoo sector Bhalla and rolled down about 100-150ft into Neru river.
One person identified as Sajad Ahmad of Bhalara Bhadarwah died on the spot and one person, Piyush Manhas son of R Kumar of Himot Bhaderwah was injured and shifted to GMC Doda.
Moreover, they said, the driver of the vehicle Ravinder Kumar is missing in the Neru river and there was trace of him when this report was filed.
A police officer confirmed the casualties in both the accidents and said that separate cases have been registered with regard to them.
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Are we really trying to aspire for the all-round development of our students or becoming obstacles in the way of their progress?
Classrooms are supposed to be clean. KL Image Saifullah Bashir
Today is September 5, the day that is remembered in the annals of our history with golden words as Teacher’s Day. There is not an iota of doubt that the world has witnessed existence of many great teachers from time to time. When we talk about the great teachers, names like Chanakya, Confucius, Maria Montessori, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Swami Vivekananda, APJ Abdul Kalam and Anand Kumar reverberate in every mind. Here, our purpose is not to enlist the names of these great people, but to try to understand what made them great.
A great teacher is not the one who teaches and uses his skills and intellect to complete the prescribed syllabus only but the one who thinks, aspires, works and makes sure the all-round development of his taught. A great teacher is a well-trained, educated, active, charactered, honest, efficient and reserved persona.
Basics of A Teacher
When we use the word “trained” for a teacher, it does mean that he must possess the capacity to change a raw student into a ripe human being. An educated trait of a teacher glorifies his ways and approaches utilized for the modification of his students behaviour at every stage. Likewise, the “active” trait of a teacher speaks volumes about his dynamic nature. A great teacher never ever allows his being to think, act or propagate stagnation of mind and soul. Instead, he seems to be ready every time to play any role despite the circumstances.
In the same way, “character and honesty” reflect the moral and ethical dimensions of a great teacher. Teaching has always demanded, honoured and remembered in good books a person of sound morality and ethical glamour with high standards of behaviour and thought process. Besides, a teacher must be reserved. He must understand and try to maintain the gap of decency between himself and his students. Every time or at any stage he should think and work like a true mentor and a role model to his students.
While looking into these characteristic features, it becomes quite clear that a teacher is a balanced, well equipped and completely refined entity of kaleidoscopic traits organized into a single mind, body and soul. Now the question that needs our serious attention is that do our teachers sincerely fulfil their responsibility? The answer is a big No in crystal clear terms.
What We Lack As Teachers?
Being teachers we are expected to play some important roles both towards our students as well as towards our fellow teachers but most often we are completely engrossed with something else. We think and work for the completion of the prescribed syllabuses only that too by entering late and making early exits from our classrooms. We are never on time.
A 1912 photograph showing the group of teachers of Biscoe School in Srinagar
Besides Sunday’s and other gazetted holidays, our thirsty stomachs keep on waiting for off working Friday’s. We don’t care for regularity and punctuality of our students. We don’t make our students to work hard by submitting assignments or conducting regular class tests. We don’t take pains in framing question papers. We don’t want to be strict during examinations rather use lethargic approach while checking the respective answer booklets. We assign marks arbitrarily. Most of us don’t want to prepare their lectures daily or properly. In case we do so, we never go beyond the bookish knowledge. We don’t consider multiple sources while preparing our lectures. Instead, we stick to the age old and obsolete notes.
Has anybody among us ever thought that I should do some value addition to my daily lectures? Or in that case, do we really train and prepare our students to be up to date or think out of the context? Have we ever tried to inculcate some moral and ethical sense in our students during classroom lectures? Do we really propagate environmental and aesthetic values side by side in our students? Do we work to develop competitive taste in our student’s minds? Do we talk about our glorious culture, traditions, norms and Values in our classrooms? Do we ever try to develop social, political, economic or scientific temperament in the young minds during our lectures?
Facilitators or Inhibitors?
Being teachers, think for a while that are we the facilitators or the inhibitors? Are we bridging the gap between a student and his career or widening it? Are we really trying to aspire for the all-round development of our students or becoming obstacles in the way of their progress?
Our role doesn’t end here. Aren’t we the teachers who involve ourselves in framing, consolidating and regularly working for securing the objectives of our respective lobbies. Don’t we bid our honesty and integrity for the sake of petty gains? Don’t we work tirelessly to safeguard our ego and image? Don’t we often involve ourselves in back biting to the chair?
Dr Rafi Ramzan Dar
In fact, we are the epicentres of indiscipline and unproductive outputs in our higher seats of learning. While doing so we compromise our integrity and probity as well as throttle wide open the noble profession of a teacher. We were the mentors and the torch bearers. Alas! Such tendencies have occupied the sub-conscious part of our minds. We have become more materialistic and asocial. We flow with the flow. In fact, we leave no stone unturned and choose to remain miles apart in fulfilling our responsibilities and obligations. Today’s teacher is a teacher by chance and not by choice!
Let’s wake up. The world is watching and laughing at us. Happy Teachers Day!
(Author teaches Geography at Government Degree College, Bejbehara. The opinions expressed in this write-up are those of the author’s and do not purport to reflect the views of Kashmir Life.)
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SRINAGAR: A delegation of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party led by its President, Sh Altaf Bukhari met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at the Raj Bhawan here today.
Lt Governor meets delegation of J&K Apni Party on Sunday September 4,2022
The members of the delegation submitted a memorandum of demands including restoration of statehood, speedy recruitment processes for youth.
The Lt Governor said the Hon’ble Home Minister Amit Shah had made a detailed statement on the floor of the Parliament that the statehood would be restored at an appropriate time.
On the issue of recruitment processes, the Lt Governor observed that due to irregularities in the exams of Sub Inspector, Junior Engineer and Finance Account Assistant recruitments, inquiry of all the three exams has been handed over to CBI and fresh examinations will be conducted by October.
“The vacancies of different posts in various Government departments would be advertised in the coming two months,” the Lt Governor added.
Interacting with the members of the delegation the Lt Governor assured that the other issues projected will be addressed promptly based on merit.
He urged the members of the delegation to continue their endeavours of public service for the welfare of the people of Jammu Kashmir.
Those present on the occasion included Senior Vice President JKAP, Ghulam Hassan Mir; Senior leader, Dilawar Mir; Vice Presidents, Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Zaffar Manhas; General Secretary, Rafi Ahmad Mir; Additional General Secretary, Hilal Ahmad Shah; Chief Coordinator, Abdul Majid Paddar; Provincial President, Mohd Ashraf Mir; Chief Spokesperson, Javaid Ahmad Beg; Youth President, Junaid Ahmad Mattu; Women’s President, Dilshada Shaheen; District Presidents- Ab Rahim Rather, Noor Mohd, Shafat Kazmi, Javaid Ahmad Mir and Gh Mohd Mir.
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SRINAGAR: In a first, the counter-insurgent forces on Sunday claimed to have recovered magnetic improvised devices in Sopore village in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
First Ever Magnetic IEDs Recovered in Sopore
Quoting a statement news agency KNO reported that a suspect namely Saqib Shakeel Dar was apprehended with war like stores in a joint operation by security forces on Friday based on a specific tip off in Shangargund village of Sopore.
The statement reads that during spot interrogation, he admitted to having hidden Magnetic IEDs in the Chak Barat Orchards, following which forces launched a search in the orchard and recovered three IEDs and seven detonators.
It reads that the magnetic IEDs are small but powerful bombs with high blast impact, affixed to vehicles, capable of causing serious damage and killing passengers.
“Easily portable, they enable specific targeting of VIPs and innocent passengers, avoiding existing detection measures by security forces and have been, of late, employed by militants across the globe,” it added.
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SRINAGAR: As a part of the National Education Policy, a new enrolment drive to bring the children to schools under ‘Aao School Chalein Campaign’ witnessed 14.5% increase in the enrolment in 2021-22 as compared to 2020-21, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha said earlier on Sunday.
“1,65,000 students have been enrolled in various schools of J&K UT. Under the unique initiative of the School Education Department, TALAASH Survey was launched. Through this initiative 20 Lakh children have been surveyed and out of which, 93,508 students have been found out of schools or never enrolled. Mainstreaming of out-of-school children has been initiated in the appropriate age schools. We are committed to provide education with a value system to all meritorious students,” the Lt Governor said.
The Lt Governor said that the focus is also laid on vulnerable segments for enrolment of students in pre-primary classes and primary classes which includes nomadic children, children of far-flung areas, girls and SC & ST categories. He said at least 100 best teachers, lecturers of J&K UT are being sent outside UT for training this year, who shall act as master trainers, mentor teachers, and will work to improve the cognitive skill of the mapped children.
“For capacity building of Teachers, a student mentorship programme, Student & Teacher Engagement for Educational Reinforcement (STEER) has been launched in the UT which focuses on student performance in academics and to strengthen the learning outcome. As a Unique Initiative, Matri Bhojan Yojana has been implemented in UT, whereunder mothers are visiting the schools to ensure quality of cooked meal. MoU has been signed with Akshaya Patra for Community Kitchen in Jammu & Samba and it will be replicated in other districts too,” the Lt Governor added.
70,000 students enrolled in 714 government schools are being imparted vocational education in 14 different trades. 803 vocational labs have been established and 1122 more labs and 1352 smart class rooms are being established during the current financial year. A revolutionary step has been taken to establish 127 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) and 1420 Computer Aided Learning (CAL) Centres. 500 additional Atal Tinkering Labs to be established this year to translate commitment into action.
“An MoU has been signed with HCL TechBee, for providing skill training to the class 12th pass out students in the UT. Our effort is to instill creativity, inquisitiveness, scientific temper, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students as per the recommendation of National Education Policy,” the Lt Governor observed.
The Lt Governor said the quality education is being ensured in every school through various reforms and the dream of universal education is being realized through community participation.
“It is not about only going to any school but a good school. In order to achieve this goal, quality education is being ensured across the schools in UT and it is one of the paramount goals for us. The government is also determined for effective implementation of other interventions,” the Lt Governor further added.
Emphasis is given on building cognitive abilities of students, better learning transactions using toy based learning, experiential and competency based learning. Under “Each One Teach One” campaign, primary and upper primary students are teaching their neo-literate family members so that they could become literates and a module and material has already been developed and distributed by Samagra Shiksha among the beneficiaries.
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