A day after Anupam Kher was appointed Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), its students' association has drawn the veteran actor's attention to nine key issues persisting in the iconic Pune-based institution.


FTII students draw Anupam Kher's attention to 9 key issues


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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked city government's Directorate of Education to respond on a plea by a teachers' body seeking direction for  minimum pay to all trained graduate teachers (TGT) in government schools as per 6th Pay Commission recommendations.


HC seeks Delhi response on teachers' plea for salaries as per 6th pay panel


The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the revision of pay scales for about eight lakh teachers and other academic staff in higher educational institutions under the University Grants Commission (UGC) and in centrally funded technical institutions.


Cabinet approves revised pay scale for university teachers


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval to an MoU between India and Belarus for cooperation in the field of vocational education and training.


Cabinet approves India, Belarus MoU on vocational education


Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday announced implementation of the reccomendations of the 7th Pay Commission for teachers in central, and state universities and government-aided colleges.


7th Pay Commission to be implemented for varsity, college teachers


IIT Bombay on Wednesday grabbed the grand finale of the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2017, winning an all-expenses paid trip to the Scandinavian country.


IIT-Bombay wins Sweden-India Nobel Memorial quiz


Students at the Mahatama Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University in Bareilly staged a protest on Wednesday following an incident of eve teasing on the campus.


Students protest against eve teasing at UP university


Upset over his failure to get a suitable teaching job, Atanu Mistry, a 30-year-old from West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, allegedly committed suicide recently.


Scourge of unemployment and unemployability haunts Indian youth (Feature)


A chemical leak in a neighbouring sugar mill led to over 100 children in a school in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh falling sick on Tuesday, police said.


Chemical leak near UP school, many kids fall sick


Researchers have found that all forms of vitimisation --  bullying, cyberbullying and harassment -- can damage the entire school environment.


Bullying can damage entire school environment: Study


The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday gave relief to the Pinto family, the owners and trustees of Ryan International School, from arrest in the matter related to the murder of seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur at the Gurugram branch of the school.


Pradhuman murder: HC relief to Pinto family from arrest


The National Commission for Women (NCW) team probing the violence in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in September, on Friday indicted the former Vice Chancellor for the incident.


NCW probe indicts former Vice Chancellor for violence at BHU


A local court on Friday granted bail to four accused in a graft case against retired Orissa High Court Judge I.M. Quddusi, accused of helping an Uttar Pradesh-based educational trust barred from admitting medical course students for two years.


Four get bail in graft case against HC ex-judge


Describing India as Ethiopia's long-distance running partner, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said cooperation in education has been the fulcrum of engagement between the two countries.


Education fulcrum of our engagement with Ethiopia: Kovind


Paris, Oct 5 (IANS/AKI) Only one-fifth of Italians aged 25-34 are university educated and Italian graduates are among the most illiterate and innumerate in the 35-member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD said on Thursday.


OECD raps Italian graduate skills


The CBSE has told the Supreme Court that Pradhuman Thakur's death in a Gurugram school could have been averted, had school authorities discharged their duties and responsibilities with care and sincerity, a lawyer said on Thursday.


Pradhuman murder could have been averted, CBSE tells SC


A six-year-old girl student was sexually assaulted in a private south Delhi school, for which a sweeper has been arrested, police said on Thursday.


Minor girl sexually assaulted in Delhi school, sweeper arrested


Acting chairperson of NCW Rekha Sharma on Thursday said a probe will be initiated at all levels in last month's BHU violence and the former Vice Chancellor be given an opportunity to explain his side of the events.


NCW begins probe into BHU violence


In mid-September, a team of Haryana Police investigating the sensation murder of a minor boy studying in Ryan International School in Gurugram, had rushed to Mumbai as part of the larger probe into the case.


How the Pintos outwitted the Haryana cops with wrong address (Exclusive)


Dubai, Oct 4 (IANS/WAM) A three-year programme aimed at enhancing the skills of 17,000 teachers across 66 districts of Uganda was launched by philanthropic organisation Dubai Cares to mark World Teachers Day on Wednesday.


Dubai organisation launches programme to train Ugandan teachers


Some two dozen people staged a protest outside Delhi Assembly here on Wednesday against a Bill that seeks to regularise guest teachers and which is to be passed at a special one-day session in the Assembly during the day.

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