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Black kids cast as slaves in 'auction' at NY school
A mock slave auction, organised by a teacher, where white students bought their black classmates, at a school here in March had a "profoundly negative effect" on the children, a state investigation has found.
NCBC issues notice to NALSAR for not implementing OBC/BC quota in admission
The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has issued a notice to NALSAR University for the non-implementation of the rule of reservation with respect to OBC and BC category students.The NCBC has served the notice on the basis of representations received from three persons and a letter received from the Congress party in this regard.The Congress party had earlier written to NCBC chairperson Bhagwan Lal Sahni demanding the implementation of reservation policies for the backward category students in the NALSAR Law University."The Registrar of the NALAR University came up with a lame and untenable excuse that there is no provision made in the NALSAR University Act to extend reservations to OBCs students," Congress spokesperson Sravan Dasoju said."However, neither the NALSAR University nor the state of Telangana is allowed to violate the Presidential order and rule of reservation that was already in existence in Telangana and continue to harp on an illegal act that was made ...
SC stays Maharashtra govt decision for 10 pc quota in PG Medical courses for 2019-20
The Supreme Court Thursday stayed Maharashtra government's notification granting 10 per cent quota in admissions for the academic year 2019-20 to post graduate medical courses for students of economically weaker sections (EWS) across all classes. "Rules of game cannot be changed when the game is on" the top court said, pointing out that the admission process for PG Medical courses in Maharashtra for 2019-20 started long before the 10 per cent quota for EWS came into force by 103rd Constitutional amendment and subsequent notification by the state. A vacation bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose said 10 per cent EWS quota cannot be granted at the cost of others unless additional seats are created by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The admissions for the 2019-20 academic year close on Friday. "We are of the view, at this stage, that though the State may act under the enabling provision contained in Article 16(6) of the Constitution, as introduced by the ...
Online registration for undergraduate courses of DU to begin from 8 pm
The online registration for undergraduate courses of the Delhi University will begin on Thursday at 8 pm. The registration for postgraduate (PG) programmes, postgraduate Diploma in Cyber Security and Law and for M.Phil or PhD programmes will begin from June 3. The online registration for undergraduate courses will end on June 14 and the first cut-off is likely to be declared on June 20. The admission process by far has been the most delayed that the Delhi University has seen keeping students on tenterhooks. The varsity attributed the delay in start of its admission process, despite announcement of results by different boards, to a Delhi High Court order which had asked the varsity to realign its admission process with the re-evaluation process. "Last year, the Delhi High Court had ordered the varsity to delay its admission process so that students who are awaiting their reevaluation results can also be a part of the admission process so that they do not lose out. "This year, the ...
HC order on realignment of admission process with re-evaluation led to delay in admissions: DU
The Delhi University Thursday attributed the delay in start of its admission process, despite announcement of results by different boards, to a Delhi high Court order which has asked the varsity to realign its admission process with the reevaluation process. Last year the online registration for various courses had begun from May 15. Officials at the varsity said this year, the admissions were the most delayed. This year, the admission process will begin from 8 pm on Thursday. The online registration process will go on till June 14 and the first cut-off list is likely to be released on June 20. "Last year, the Delhi High Court had ordered the varsity to delay its admission process so that students who are awaiting their reevaluation results can also be a part of the admission process so that they do not lose out. "This year, the reevaluation process has already started and the results will be out in a couple of days," said Professor Rajeev Gupta, Dean, Students' Welfare. The Central ..
NTA to conduct entrance exams for DU
The National Testing Agency will be conducting entrance exams of more than 180 courses, including undergraduate programmes, of the Delhi University. Admission to undergraduate courses based on entrance examinations -- wherein admissions will be made based on marks scored in the entrance test and qualifying class 12 examination. There are 11 undergraduate courses to which admissions happen on the basis of entrance apart from MPhil, PhD and Masters programmes. The National Testing Agency (NTA) comes under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. According to Vinay Gupta, dean of examination, the exams will take place in three sessions per day and there will be jammers and CCTV surveillance at the centres. The two-hour written entrance examination will consist of multiple choice questions (MCQs) (four choices each) designed to evaluate the aptitude of applicants through areas as relevant to each subject. There will be 100 questions and each correct answer will get a score of plus four
J-K police grants scholarship to school going wards of slain policemen
The director general of Jammu and Kashmir police has granted scholarship to 32 school going children of slain policemen with an aim to provide financial assistance to them, an officials said Thursday. DGP Dilbag Singh granted the scholarship last week to 12 students of nursery and primary classes, 14 students of middle and higher secondary classes and six wards pursuing graduation for the academic session 2018-19, a police spokesperson said. "Rs 5,000 each has been granted as scholarship to 32 school going wards of those deceased police personnel who died while in service due to natural causes or in accidents. The scholarships have been granted out of Central Police Welfare Fund," he said. Police headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir has been providing scholarships and rewards for wards of deceased and serving police personnel under different schemes to financially assist and boost their morale.
Srinagar martial arts academy trains players to pack a punch
Scores of Kashmiri players, especially women, on Wednesday hurriedly made their way inside Srinagar JK academy of Unified Martial Arts to learn about martial arts techniques which include easy-to-remember defence tactics that can incapacitate the attacker.These students were trained by two international trainers from the United States."The trainers taught us how to punch and kick. We never got such kind of training in India. They had really nice techniques to counter attacks. I want more programs like these to be introduced," said Shafguta Jan, a Kashmiri player.Speaking to ANI, Joy, self-defence trainer from the USA, said, "Being a woman it is important to learn how to protect ourselves. If you know martial arts then a lot of things happening around you will not affect you. I have taught Kashmiri students how to kick, punch and be flexible while in a problem.
Novel AI can detect cheating in school assignments
Scientists have created an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can accurately identify whether a student wrote their assignment on their own or got it penned by a ghostwriter. Several studies have shown that cheating on assignments is widespread and becoming increasingly prevalent among high school students. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have been working on ways to detect cheating on assignments through writing analysis by way of artificial intelligence have been underway for a few years. Based on analyses of 130,000 written Danish assignments, scientists can, with nearly 90 per cent accuracy, detect whether a student has written an assignment on their own or had it composed by a ghostwriter. The problem today is that if someone is hired to write an assignment, anti-plagiarism tools won't spot it, said Stephan Lorenzen, a PhD student at University of Copenhagen. "Our programme identifies discrepancies in writing styles by comparing recently submitted ...
VP Naidu bats for women empowerment
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday called for empowering women through education and by implementing progressive measures like reservations in Parliament and State legislatures.Expressing his concern over instances of gender discrimination, Naidu urged people to curb it by bringing about attitudinal and behavioural changes in society.While interacting with female students from Carmel Convent School at his residence here, the Vice President said that educating a girl was equivalent to educating an entire family, while educating a man was tantamount to educating an individual.Naidu stressed that education was not only for employment but for empowerment and enlightenment. The scheme, 'Beti Padao, Beti Bachao' is aimed at empowering the girl child, he added.The Vice President said education must develop ideal and responsible citizens, who are socially conscientious with a national outlook. He added that the Indian economy was doing well and the country was being respected and ...
DU to provide full scholarships to students whose parents are no more
The Delhi University, which will be starting its admissions from Wednesday, is mulling over giving full scholarships to students whose parents are no more or unemployed, the varsity said. The online registration for undergraduate programmes will commence from May 30, postgraduate (PG) programmes, postgraduate Diploma in Cyber Security and Law and for M.Phil or PhD programmes from June 3. "The University of Delhi is considering to provide full scholarships to students whose both parents are deceased or unemployed and half fee waiver to those students whose earning member is deceased in order to cover their college or university fee," the varsity said. The registration process of all the programmes will be completely online for all categories and quota. The Dean Students' Welfare Of?ce will organise open day sessions. Candidates aspiring for admission in undergraduate courses and their parents can attend the Open Day programme and understand the admission process in the colleges of the .
Kerala govt resolves to implement Khader panel report on edu
The Kerala government Wednesday decided to implement the Khader Committee report, which proposes single directorate for education sector in the state. The decision in this regard was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. It was also decided to implement the suggestions of the report in phases. The cabinet has also decided to extend the date of re-opening of schools by three days to June 6, with the Ramzan festival expected to fall on June 4 or 5. "As part of the first phase of implementation of the report, the Directorate of Public Instruction, Higher Secondary Directorate and Vocational Higher Secondary Directorate will be brought under the Directorate of General Education," a release issued by the government said. An IAS officer would be in charge of the Directorate, it said. Khader Commission report recommends upgrading the professional qualification of teachers and bringing the school education sector under a single directorate, in an
HC directs Delhi Municipal Corporation to pay salaries
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the East and North Delhi Municipal Corporations to disburse salaries to its doctors, teachers and other employees as per the service contracts.
PIL in SC on safety of students in private coaching centres
A PIL was filed in Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking directions to the Centre to frame guidelines for safety of private coaching institutes, in the wake of tragedy in Surat, where over 20 people, mostly students were killed after a massive fire broke out at a coaching centre.
Pak teacher booked for making student eat grass for forgetting lesson
A Pakistani school teacher has been booked for allegedly forcing a minor boy to eat grass for failing to study a lesson, a media report said on Wednesday. The incident happened at the Government Primary school of Punjab's Lodhran district on Monday where the seven-year-old student was forced to either eat grass or read out the lesson in front of his classmates, the Dawn newspaper reported. A video clip of the incident that went viral shows Kashan forgetting his lesson and eating grass after being forced by his teacher, identified as Hamid Raza, working on a contract basis at the school, the paper reported. "The teacher is working in the school on a contract basis," Muhammad Asghar, the father of student was quoted as saying by the paper. Asghar said that the teacher was their relative and has forgiven him for his act as he did it as a joke. Following the incident, District Police Officer Malik Jameel Zafar took notice of the matter and directed the police to investigate into the ...
4 new medical colleges to start admission process in J&K
The admission process for four newly-established medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir will start soon, officials said.
Pakistani teacher booked for forcing student to eat grass
A Pakistani school teacher has been booked for forcing a primary school student to eat grass as punishment for not learning his lesson.
Ensure employees paid as per service contract every month: HC to EDMC, NMCD
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the municipal corporations of north and east Delhi to ensure salaries are disbursed to their employees, including doctors and teachers, as per their service contracts. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Brijesh Sethi also directed the corporations to file a compliance report every month indicating the payment of salaries. With the direction, the court listed the matter for further hearing on July 5. The order came on an application by NGO Social Jurist, moved through advocate Ashok Agarwal, seeking directions to the two corporations to disburse the salaries of March and April to the primary teachers and doctors employed by them. Agarwal, during the brief hearing, told the bench that teachers have not been paid for the last two months and in February, they received meagre amounts like Rs 4 and Rs 8 as salary after deduction of tax. He also said that the residential doctors of Hindu Rao Hospital had gone on a pen-down strike in
'Students need broadest professional opportunities in global business environment'
Businesses are inherently global in nature these days requiring that students be provided the broadest possible horizon of professional opportunities, according to educationists at JGBS. They also cautioned against a myopic approach to careers focusing solely on job placements and said the focus should be on holistic professional growth of students. "A myopic approach to careers focusing solely on job placements of graduates tends to ignore the value of holistic professional growth of the students along with providing the broadest possible horizon of professional opportunities to the students," Founding VC of OP Jindal Global University C Raj Kumar said in a statement by Jindal Global Business School (JGBS). According to the statement, over 70 top firms competed for selecting the graduating students and companies like Amazon, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, ITC Hotels and M&C Saatchi were top recruiters, with the highest package bagged being Rs 30 lakh per annum. "Business today is ...
Oppn UDF stages walkout in assembly over Khader Commission
The Congress-led Opposition UDF Wednesday staged a walkout from the Kerala assembly over the state government's decision to implement Khader Commission report, which proposes single directorate for education sector in the state. Khader Commission report recommends upgrading the professional qualification of teachers and bringing the school education sector under a single directorate, in an effort to revamp it. The Opposition has been demanding to put on hold the 'half-baked' report. However, Education MinisterC Ravindranath had yesterday said that the cabinet has already accepted the report. Claiming that only half of the report has been prepared and published, Leader of the Opposition, Ramesh Chennithala sought to know how the government could approve it. "It's a half-baked report. Only half of the report has been published. How can the cabinet approve it without the rest of it? The report is based on the suggestions given by theKerala School Teachers Association ...
