She is a staff reporter in Chandigarh. She covers schools and higher education.
Articles by Ifrah Mufti
Winds of change: Tricity madrasas lead the way in co-education
While Muslims across the country frown upon co-education beyond the primary level as un-Islamic, madrasas in Chandigarh are, in a clear break from tradition, encouraging girls to sit alongside boys to learn mathematics and science, besides the Quran.
Updated on Nov 19, 2015 10:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti, Chandigarh
8 months on, UT Wakf Board panel yet to be reconstituted
Flouting the Wakf Amendment Rules, which say that any board of Wakf has to be constituted within six months, the Chandigarh Wakf Board committee has not been reconstituted, even after eight months have passed since expiration of its tenure.
Updated on Nov 17, 2015 09:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti, Chandigarh
Pvt agencies take charge of English speaking programme
Failing to evoke an interest amongst city government school students for English speaking course, the UT department of technology, has invited private agencies to take charge of the C-TOSS programme for better results in government schools.
Updated on Nov 15, 2015 03:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti, Chandigarh
Students at city madrasas wait for winter uniform
Though the UT education department has already deposited over Rs 4 crore in the students’ bank accounts for the purpose of buying winter uniform, city-based madrasas are still waiting to receive a notification on the procurement of uniform.
Updated on Nov 09, 2015 12:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti
Visually-impaired students add light to Diwali dazzle
They can’t define light but that is not a deterrent for them to adding dazzle to others’ lives every Diwali.
Updated on Nov 09, 2015 10:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: SCERT to assist education dept on academic front
In order to improve Class 9 results of city government schools which decline every year and to upgrade quality education in each class, the UT education department has planned to constitute committees which will help the department to analyse the cause of poor results and inspect teaching offered at primary levels.
Updated on Nov 08, 2015 01:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti, Chandigarh
Kids of primary schools sit on floor, brave chill
With winter creeping in, the children aged between 4 and 10 studying in seven government primary schools are set to be hassled as they are made to sit on floors in absence of benches.
Updated on Nov 07, 2015 02:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti, Chandigarh
UT education dept managing 230 special kids with fewer teachers
For as many as 230 bed-ridden special children who have opted for home-based education under the RTE Act, UT education department has been managing with 24 resource teachers, against the rule which says that one teacher should be available for every five ‘special’ students.
Updated on Nov 06, 2015 11:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti
Chandigarh school heads demand informal education system
Teachers’ training, informal education system, less projects for students, abolition of internal exams and change in CCE pattern are some of the key suggestions, city teachers and school heads have given for the ongoing formulation of the new education policy 2016.
Updated on Nov 05, 2015 11:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti, Chandigarh
UT education dept bats for ‘no detention’ till Class 8
At a recent meeting on the framing of the ‘new education policy’ organised by the ministry of human resource and development (MHRD) in Delhi on October 31, the UT education department submitted a suggestion to do away with the ‘No detention’ policy, keeping in mind dismal performances of government schools students, especially in Class 9.
Updated on Nov 04, 2015 09:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti, Chandigarh
Panel to see whether UT education department fulfilled its promise
Three months after the UT education department assured that it would help the children associated with Theatre Age continue with their training, the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) on Monday constituted a committee to inquire if the department fulfilled its promise.
Updated on Nov 03, 2015 09:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ifrah Mufti and Nikhil Sharma, Chandigarh