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MP teacher gets jail for asking classmates to slap a girl
A teacher in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody for asking a girl's classmates to slap her 168 times for not completing homework.
Pearson lauches MyInsights assessment module for IIT JEE aspirants
Pearson India, part of one of the world's oldest learning companies, has launch its MyIsights adaptive assessment modile to aid students effectively prepare for their IIT JEE exams as it focuses on the B2C business to accelerate growth, the company said on Thursday.
HC stays termination of services of 'unqualified' teachers
The Madras High Court Thursday stayed the termination of services of teachers who have not passed the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) so far. It also observed that the teachers would be seriously prejudiced if no interim order was granted as the state government had not conducted the test in 2018. A division bench of Justices C V Karthikeyan and Krishnan Ramasamy passed the interim order on a batch of appeals from teachers working in the government and aided schools in Tiruvannamalai and Kallakurichi districts challenging the April 30 order issued by a single judge. The bench also directed the appellant teachers to appear for the test scheduled to be held on June 8 and 9. It restrained authorities concerned from taking action against them till then and posted the matter for further hearing to June 12. On Wednesday, the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) had declared that the TET would be conducted on June 8 and 9. Justice S M Subramaniam had last month ordered the government to issue a ..
Hindustan College, DAV in Red Bull Campus Cricket finals
Hindustan College, Chennai and DAV College, Chandigarh advanced to the Red Bull Campus Cricket national finals after winning their respective semi-final matches against MMC College, Pune and Alfala College, Delhi here on Thursday.
10 college students injured after minivan crashes into divider on Yamuna Expressway
Ten students were injured, three of them critically, after a minivan carrying them to their college crashed into a road divider on the Yamuna Expressway Thursday, police said. There were 10 students inside the vehicle en route to the Galgotia University in Greater Noida when the incident took place around 2.30 pm under Danakur police station limits, they said. "It appears that the vehicle was driving at a high speed and the driver lost the control over it. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a divider and overturned along the Yamuna Expressway," Circle Officer, Greater Noida 2nd, Amit Kishore Shrivastav said. He said all students on board suffered serious injuries and they have been admitted to Kailash Hospital. Three of them are in a critical condition, Shrivastav added. Station House Officer, Dankaur, Samresh Kumar Singh said most of the students injured in the incident belonged to Noida and Delhi. The students were going to the college to appear for exams, police said.
Maha govt gets EC nod to promulgate ordinance on Maratha quota
The Maharashtra government has received permission from the Election Commission (EC) to promulgate an ordinance for Maratha reservation in post- graduate medical courses. Sources said the issue would be discussed in the state cabinet meeting to be held on Friday. Promulgation of ordinance will pave the way for admissions to post-graduate medical courses under the Maratha quota. On March 8, the Maharashtra government had written a letter to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) to incorporate the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) quota from the 2019 academic session in the post-graduate medical courses. However, in its order earlier this month, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court had said that the 16 per cent reservation for the Maratha community under the SEBC category will not be applicable for the post-graduate medical courses this year. The high court had contended that the government's decision to introduce the quota was ...
SC notice to CBSE, Centre on EWS quota for CTET
A bench comprising Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Sanjiv Khanna has directed the Centre, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the National Council for Teachers to file their response by July 1, the next date of hearing."Supreme Court has fixed the next date of hearing on July 1. We submitted before the court that since there is reservation for ST, SC, OBC, therefore students from economically weaker sections should also be given 10 per cent quota in CTET 2019 exam," Prashant Shukla, the petitioner's lawyer told ANI."The court agreed to our argument and asked the government why the economically weaker section students were deprived of reservation," he said.The petition was filed by Rajneesh Kumar Pandey and others.On May 13, the apex court had said that reservation policy can be applicable at the time of final selection, but not during the qualifying stage of the examination.
UGC proposes initiative paving way for inter-varsity degrees
: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is proposing a 'National Academic Credit Bank' in higher education and if the proposal comes through, inter-university degrees can be a reality soon, a senior UGC official said Thursday. UGC vice-chairman professor Bhushan Patwardhan, speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing three-day Training of Teachers (ToT) for Student Induction Programme (SIP)here, said the proposal was similar to that existing in some foreign universities. The initiative proposed in the place of the current system of CBCS (credit-based choice system) would allow students to join in one university, pursue it in another university and earn a degree from a different university, a press release quoted Patwardhan as saying. This would give a lot of flexibility to the students, the release further quoted him as saying. The UGC has appointed a committee which met a couple of times to study the proposal, the release said. The proposal was made recently in Pune and ..
605 pvt schools in Delhi may lose recognition over non-payment of Rs 5 lakh environmental penalty
At least 605 private schools in the national capital may lose their recognition if they do not deposit Rs 5 lakh environmental compensation for failing to install rainwater harvesting system mandated by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), according to Delhi government officials. The NGT had in 2017 directed all Delhi government and private schools as well as colleges to install rainwater harvesting systems in their premises within two months at their own cost. The green panel had stated that any institution that fails to install the rainwater harvesting system within the stipulated period shall be liable to pay environment compensation of Rs 5 lakh. "Taking cognisance of the non-compliance of the earlier directions, 605 private schools were found defaulters of either not having rainwater harvesting system installed or having a yet to be made functional system," an official of the Directorate of Education (DoE) said. While the construction has not started at 331 private schools, the ...
Focusing solely on placements ignore value of holistic growth of students: Legal experts
A myopic approach to careers focusing solely on job placements tends to ignore the value of holistic professional growth of students, legal experts said Thursday. They also said that as Artificial Intelligence (AI) redefines the work of lawyers educators must provide a skill-based education. Founding Vice Chancellor of OP Jindal Global University C Raj Kumar said that legal education at JGLS enables its graduates to setup their own practice of law, or join a senior and start practising in the courts. "A myopic approach to careers focussing solely on job placements of its graduates tends to ignore the value of holistic professional growth of the students along with providing the broadest possible horizon of professional opportunities to its students," he said in a statement. Assistant Dean of Careers at JGLS, Professor Anuranjan Sethi said: "As AI redefines the work of lawyers in an ever more complex business and social world, legal educators' approach to its graduates' careers must ...
Trigyn wins contract to provide temporary placement services for Houston Independent School District
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - social reformer at centre of a modern-day political battle
A prominent figure in West Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has come under the spotlight after a statue of him was vandalised on Tuesday night during violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.Vidyasagar, who has brought great reforms in the Indian society, is often touted as a man who was ahead of his time. Mostly recalled for his contribution in introducing concepts of widow-remarriage in the traditional society, he is referred to as a philosopher, writer, reformer, printer and philanthropist.He was most influential in campaigning for widow-remarriage and fought against many traditionalists to get an act passed in its favour. He invoked scriptures, did print campaigns and engaged in debates to get his point across.It was with his continuous efforts that the Widow Remarriage Act was passed in July 1856 and the first such documented marriage also took place in Kolkata. Vidyasagar was also instrumental in spreading awareness against the practice of polygamy prevalent in
CA Exam postponed as centres were holding UPSC exams: ICAI
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has clarified that the postponement of exams on June 2 and 4 was because the examination centers were holding UPSC tests on the same day.
MP: Teacher who got student slapped 168 times arrested
A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district has been arrested and remanded in 14-day judicial custody by a court here for allegedly directing some students to slap their classmate 168 times for not completing her homework. Thandla tehsil's Judicial Magistrate First Class Jai Patidar on Monday turned down the bail plea of Manoj Verma, 35, additional district prosecution officer Ravi Prakash Rai said. Verma allegedly directed students to slap the girl, then studying in Class 6 at Jawahar Navodaya School in Thandla town, in January last year, he said. According to the victim's father Shiv Pratap Singh, his daughter did not go to school from January 1 to 10, 2018 as she was unwell. On January 11, when the girl went to school without completing her homework, Verma told her classmates to slap her as a form of punishment following which 14 girls slapped her two times every day for six days. Singh lodged a complaint with the school management which constituted a ...
Andhra Pradesh: Police seizes 10 kg ganja, three BTech students arrested
The police on Wednesday arrested three students who were allegedly transporting cannabis in a car from Araku Valley to Visakhapatnam.Kothavalasa Circle Inspector S Srinivas Rao said, "The police has arrested three BTech students and seized 10-kilogram ganja, three cell phones and a new Ford car.""The students- Ch Rahul Reddy, K Sai Sumanth and B Sai Kiran hail from Guntur district. They are addicted to luxuries and started ganja smuggling to make more money easily," the police said.
Watchman's son tops High School exam in MP
The son of a watchman, Ayushman Tamrakar, has jointly secured 'rank one' in the Madhya Pradesh High School examination with Gagan Tripathi. Ayushman's father Vimal Tamrakar works as a watchman at a community centre.
HC directs Telangana govt, BIE to declare re-verified results by May 27
The Telangana High Court Wednesday directed the state government and the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) to declare the results of re-verified answer scripts and upload answer sheets of all failed students by May 27. A notice was also issued to IT firm Globarena Technologies, which handled the intermediate results, asking its representatives to appear before the court. The court posted the matter to June 6 for further hearing. The directive came on a petition filed by city-based child rights NGO 'Balala Hakkula Sangham' (BHS), which sought a direction to the government to conduct a detailed enquiry into the entire process of declaration of results and the errors/mistakes committed in the process. The NGO also sought action against board officers and employees responsible for the "deaths" of failed students who allegedly committed suicide. Opposition parties, including the Congress, BJP, TDP and the TJS, and other students organisations have claimed that over 25 students ...
AISA condemns warning letters sent by St Stephen's College to three teachers
The AISA Wednesday expressed solidarity with the teachers of DU's St Stephen's College who were issued warning letters by the administration for objecting to the inclusion of a member of institution's Supreme Council in the interview panel for selection of students. The left-wing student organisation said it was an attempt by the church to intervene in academic matters of the colleges. "AISA stands for the minority status of institutes across the country, from Jamia Milia Islamia to St Stephen's to Khalsa Colleges. However, the intervention by the religious bodies in academic processes is condemnable," it said. "AISA stands with the students and teachers of St Stephen's college resisting this move by the church," it added. Rasal Singh, a member of the varsity's Academic Council, said the statutory bodies of the college should only be involved in the admission process. "DU and its colleges won't be run by a Pope sitting in Europe. There are statutory bodies in the college that will run
Delhi minister Rajendra Pal Gautam inspects blind school in North Delhi's Kingsway Camp area
Delhi minister Rajendra Pal Gautam Wednesday made a surprise inspection of a blind school and hostel in North Delhi's Kingsway Camp area and took stock of the facilities being provided to students there, according to an official statement. According to an official, around 140 students are currently staying at the facility. "The social welfare minister took note of the cleanliness, bedding, books, clothes, lodging and other facilities provided to them. He is happy to see the results and surroundings of the premises," the statement said. Gautam inspected the kitchen and found the food is of good quality and prepared in a homely manner, it stated.
5 teachers among 6 officials suspended for remaining absent from duty in Rajouri
Five teachers are among six government officials suspended for remaining absent from duty without approval in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district Wednesday, officials said. A team of officers of the education department conducted surprise visits to 11 government schools and offices in Rajouri district and found one government middle school locked as no teacher had come to duty, they said. Then the Chief Education Officer of Rajouri, M A Rather, ordered suspension of five teachers, they said, adding they have also been detached from the school with immediate effect. Authorities also ordered suspension of senior assistant Shabir Ahmed, posted at office of the Zonal Educational Office, Darhal, for remaining absent from duty without approval, they said.
