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SC asks Maharashtra to conduct final counselling for admissions to PG medical, dental courses
Coming down heavily on the Maharashtra government for the problems being faced by students in admissions to post graduate medical and dental courses in the 2019-20 academic year, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed it to conduct the final round of counselling by June 14. The court questioned the state for not conducting any counselling after the apex court's order stayed the notification to grant 10 per cent reservation in the admissions for 2019-20 to economically weaker sections (EWS) in PG medical and dental courses. A vacation bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and M R Shah directed the state to issue advertisements in local newspapers having wide publication for counselling for admission in the current academic year and also to specify that it would be the "final round of counselling". It directed that the entire process of counselling should be completed on or before June 14 and admissions be given on the basis of merit. The bench also directed that no further petition and ...
Parents back mix of digital, experiential learning
Most parents in India believe a mix of digital and experiential learning is best for making their kids future-ready, according to a HP survey released on Tuesday.
Hrithik gives wings to poor kids in 'Super 30' trailer
Not all superheroes wear capes... Some hold chalks and books. A glimpse of the "Super 30" trailer shows how HrithiK Roshan has slipped into the role of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar, who helps fulfil the dreams of a group of underprivileged children to become engineers and scientists.
Corporates can fund facilities in govt institutions: Minister
Puducherry agriculture and education minister R Kamalakannan said here Tuesday the territorial government welcomed the participation of the industrial houses and private institutions in strengthening the infrastructure of government educational institutions. Addressing reporters, the Minister said the industrial houses and institutions could contribute funds under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme to ensure that government educational institutions had proper infrastructure. He said the government on its own was battling shortage of funds and decline in grants from the Centre, causing disruption in ensuring adequate infrastructure. "To tide over the situation, we invite a proactive role by industrial houses and they could contribute funds under the CSR scheme," he said. Stating that there had been a rise in demand for seats in government higher education institutions, the minister said to meet the demand the government had increased the number of seats to .
NCDRC directs Delhi school to pay compensation of Rs 75000 to its ex-student for denying admit card
The apex consumer commission has asked a Delhi school to pay its former student a compensation of Rs 75,000 for causing mental agony and harassment by withholding his admit card. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) upheld the state commission's order granting compensation to the student but set aside its direction cancelling recognition of the Bal Mandir Senior Secondary School, Vikas Marg, in the larger interest of other students studying there. "The state commission has rightly awarded a compensation of Rs 75,000 for mental agony and harassment, including litigation charges, to the student. The order of the state commission is upheld to the extent of payment of Rs 75,000 towards compensation for mental agony and harassment including litigation charges," the commission's presiding member C Vishwanath said. "As regards initiation of proceedings for cancellation of recognition of the petitioner school, in view of the fact that several students studying in the ...
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia visits several schools to take stock of ongoing construction activities
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Tuesday visited several Delhi government schools and took stock of the ongoing construction activities in them. Sisodia, who is also the Education Minister, had visited seven such government schools (six under construction and one constructed) on Monday in Rohini to take stock of construction activities. On Tuesday, he again visited several schools. "Visited #DelhiGovtSchools in Prashant Vihar, Jauntipur, Ghevra & Nithari villages today morning. The construction work of classrooms is in full swing. Many of the schools have classrooms construccted in '60s!" he posted on Twitter. With a few months to go for the Assembly polls, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet ministers have started surprise checks at various places. From Tuesday onwards, they will also seek feedback from people.
DU colleges may increase number of seats under sports, ECS categories without breaching 5-pc cap
The colleges under the Delhi University (DU) may increase the number of seats sanctioned under the ECA and sports categories at the department level in case there is a higher demand, but without breaching the five-per cent ceiling of sports and ECA admissions. Every college has to take a maximum of five per cent of the total intake of students under the sports and Extra Curricular Activities (ECA) categories. In case a department does not see the number of seats being filled up under these categories, the vacant seats can be transferred to another department, but without breaching the five-per cent cap. Till last year, this was only applicable to the ECA category but now it has been extended to sports also. "Usually it is seen that the students in the sports and ECA categories opt for humanities and social science programmes, rather than science, since they feel they may not be able to cope with the pressure in the latter. "So, in case there are no admissions under the sports and ECA .
Odisha CM flags off YATS programme
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday flagged off the exposure visit for winners of the 12th edition of Tata Steel's Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) programme.
DU's Open Day: Students complain about non-functioning 'edit' option in admission forms
Students complained against the non-functioning "edit" option in admission forms on the second Open Day at the Delhi University (DU) on Monday. This year, students have been given the option to edit their forms once by paying a fee of Rs 100, but this has not been made functional yet. This year, the students will also have an option of "Eligibility Check", under which they will be able to check whether they meet the minimum eligibility criteria for a course, which will be made active when the first cut-off is announced on June 20. A woman, who had come to the DU's Open Day, said, "My niece, who studied under the Tamil Nadu state board, had keyed in her internal assessment marks, along with her board exam marks. But the DU does not accept the internal assessment marks, so she wanted to edit her form, but was not able to do it." An official said, "We are checking how many students would need the option. We have received nine such requests and this option will be made active from ...
DU urges Centre to direct Delhi govt to initiate process of issuing EWS certificates
Delhi university has written to the Centre to direct the AAP government to initiate the process of issuing EWS certificates after several students raised the matter at the second 'open day' of the varsity on Monday. The university organises 'open days' for parents and students every year to resolve their queries about filling up the online forms, the admission process and the criterion for admission in the varsity. The first 'open day' was held on May 31. Several students, who had come to the varsity on the first 'open day, came back with similar queries and said their respective SDMs are still not aware about any EWS certificate they have to issue. Officials from the varsity said that letters have been sent to the HRD Ministry and the Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment to direct the Delhi government to notify its SDMs to issue the certificates. Rasal Singh, member of the DU's Academic Council Monday said, "DU has written letters to the HRD Ministry and Ministry of Social ...
China warns students about 'risks' of studying in US
China on Monday warned its students and scholars to think about the "risks" associated with attending college in the United States citing US visa restrictions.Xu Yongji, an official from the Chinese Education Ministry, told reporters here that the Trump administration and the Congress had "politicised some normal China-US educational exchanges and cooperation activities", The Washington Post reported."[They] are cracking down on them under the banner of 'China threat' and 'China infiltration,' and they are stigmatising Confucius Institutes as a tool for China," she said, referring to the programs through which Beijing has sought to expand Chinese language and cultural studies into American universities."[They] are accusing Chinese students and scholars in the United States of launching 'nontraditional espionage' activities and causing trouble for no reason," Xu said, advising current and potential students to "strengthen" their risk assessments before deciding to study in the United ..
NOTE India welcomes Health ministry's tobacco control initiative in schools
National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication India (NOTE) welcomed the instructions issued by the Union Health Ministry directing educational institutes to designate "Tobacco Monitors" from among students and staff in a bid to boost the implementation of tobacco control initiatives among adolescents.The press release issued by Secretary NOTE Dr Shekhar Salkar said, "NOTE India welcomes the initiative of the Union health ministry issuing an instruction to all educational institutions to designate tobacco monitors from among their staff or a student representative (from class IX onwards). The name, designation and phone numbers of tobacco monitors should also be mentioned on signages displayed at institution premises."The release said, "Under the revised guidelines for 'Tobacco-free Educational Institutions', the ministry will also award a 'TOFEI' (Tobacco-free educational institution) certificate to those institutes who are found to have equal or more than the benchmark score after ..
GDA to crack down on public schools violating conditions
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is scrutinising land deals to public schools to ascertain whether they are fulfilling the allotment conditions of 20 per cent reservation in admissions to students from poor sections of society and other conditions, an official said on Monday.
Two new diploma courses by IGNCA on floor
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) has added two new diploma courses in cultural management and South-East Asian studies, to its existing range of five courses. Applications are currently open for all.
Regional languages must be given respect: Mamata
Amid outrage from the southern states against the draft National Education Policy that mandated teaching Hindi in school, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said people should have the freedom of choice and regional languages must be given respect.
EWS quota in PG medical: SC to hear fresh pleas of students on Tuesday
The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear tomorrow the pleas of some medical students who are seeking fresh round of counselling after the re-drawing of merit list for admissions to the post graduate medical and dental courses in Maharashtra for the 2019-20 academic year. A vacation bench comprising Justices Indu Malhotra and M R Shah, which was reluctant initially to hear the fresh plea, agreed to hear it on Tuesday. One of the fresh pleas filed by Sagar Sarda said that "new seat matrix", "fresh choice filing of medical streams" and "fresh round of counselling for admissions" should be allowed in view of the fact that the apex court has stayed the 10 per cent quota to students of economically weaker sections (EWS) in the courses for the current academic year. "What is troubling us the deadline of May 31 which has been fixed by this court for concluding the admission process for PG medical and dental courses," the bench said, adding that the students should not be running from "one ...
224-room hostel coming up in JNU for students from Northeast
A 224-room hostel will be constructed at Jawaharlal Nehru University here at a cost of Rs 11 crore to accommodate 424 students from the Northeast, the government said Monday. The four-storeyed building will come up on an area spread over one-and-a-half acres and the construction work will begin soon, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). The first-of-its-kind hostel will accommodate 200 boys and 200 girls, besides housing physically handicap students in 24 rooms. Officials have briefed DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh about the progress of the work related to the JNU hostel and other projects. Singh was informed that Rs 11 crore has been released for the construction of the JNU hostel and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is in the process of issuing the tender. It was informed in the meeting that a hostel constructed in Bengaluru for girl students from the Northeast has become functional. The process of land acquisition .
Sisodia inspects progress of classroom construction in Delhi govt-run schools
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Monday visited seven Delhi government-run schools to review the progress made in construction of classrooms as a part of the dispensation's plan to build around 13,000 new classrooms this year, according to an official statement. Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, visited six schools in Rohini where construction is going on and one where the work has been completed. He will visit a number of schools in the next 10 days to review progress of construction, the statement said. Sisodia tweeted, "Visited 6 schools in Rohini where new classrooms' construction is on. I'm confident that 13,003 new rooms in #DelhiGovtSchool announced by CM @ArvindKejriwal will be ready this year." He instructed officials that construction of classrooms should be completed by September-November, even if it takes employing more people. Sisodia also asked the Deputy Director of Education to keep a visual of the progress of work on daily basis and ensure that he .
Rishihood Helps Students to Look at Career Choices Differently
/ -- Career counsellors say that students tend to take up courses and colleges mostly under peer pressure, societal views, the paucity of time and lack of information. Many students quit after the first year of college as they discover that the subject is not of their choice or complete the degree only to switch the fields later. Also, the college environment expects the students to be independent thinkers for which schools do not prepare them. Many of the experts recommend 'Gap Year', which is already a very popular concept abroad. This allows a student to explore the real world and the internal self by taking some time off after completing school and before entering college. One invests time in experimenting with diversified fields and subjects, honing their existing skills, taking up new activities, travelling extensively and working in the real world. Career coaches believe that a constructively planned and carefully executed gap year can benefit the students more than enrolling .
Auxilo Finserve ventures into Gujarat, earmarks Rs 100 crore for education financing
Auxilo Finserve Private Limited, India's fastest growing education ecosystem NBFC, today announced its foray into Gujarat region to cater to the burgeoning education financing market.The Mumbai-based NBFC has earmarked Rs 100 crore to disburse education loans by FY 2021 to fulfil two major education financing requirements - Student loans for higher studies (overseas and domestic) and infrastructure upgradation for schools and education institutions.Through its newly established specialized centre in Ahmedabad, Auxilo Finserve plans to process quick and hassle-free loans for students, who are aspiring for higher studies in the overseas or domestic arena. The RBI-registered NBFC recognizes students' contemporary interests for new-age courses including - Robotics, Applied Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Sports Management, Digital Marketing, Film Making etc. and commits to facilitate fast processing loans through its door-step services and tailor-made loan structuring.It offers loans ..
