Students Face Hardship In Filling Online Scholarships

Many private schools have promoted their respective students to the next classes after conducting the examination in rented accommodations and on the basis of home assignments in Kashmir, where educational institutes continued to remain deserted since August 5, despite authorities urging parents to send their children to schools.
However, students alleged hardship in filling and submitting online applications for pre and post-matric scholarships due to gag on broadband and mobile internet services since August 5.
Meanwhile, as youth continued to stay away from educational institutes, Colleges and Universities have asked students to collect study materials, including video tutorials, in Kashmir valley, where shutdown against scrapping of Article 370 and Article 35 A entered 14th week on Monday.
Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) has asked its students to collect study material, including video tutorials, from a rented building in Nowgam, bypass. IUST is currently operating from this building as according to officials of the institute, the situation is not conducive for reopening of the university in Awantipora in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.