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IIT Bombay techie tops UPSC 2018 exams

A techie, Kanishak Kataria, from IIT Bombay, has topped the 2018 UPSC final examination, while Srushti Jayant Deshmukh has topped among women candidates, in the civil services exams the results of which were announced on Friday.

4 lakh Delhi students who failed in exams not re-admitted: BJP

The BJP on Friday alleged that Delhi government-run schools are unable to provide quality education to children and claimed that four lakh students who failed in examinations in the last four years were not re-admitted. Addressing a press conference here, Union minister Vijay Goel said according to an RTI reply, five lakh children have failed in Delhi government-run schools in the last four years, out of them four lakh students have not been re-admitted. A few students were present in the press conference held at the Delhi BJP office which was also addressed by party MPs Ramesh Bidhuri and Parvesh Verma. No immediate reaction was available from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the allegations levelled by the BJP leaders. Goel said according to the RTI reply, 52 per cent of students who failed in class 9 were not re-admitted. To highlight the plight of such students, he said he will hold a conclave of their parents in coming days. At present, 16 lakh students are studying in 1,028 schools .

Sisodia calls for social, emotional and ethical learning

Delhi Education minister Manish Sisodia Friday stressed on the need for social, emotional and ethical learning to end several problems throughout the world. He was speaking at the launch of Social, Emotional & Ethical (SEE) learning curriculum, developed by the Emory University under the guidance of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. "We are looking for solution to terror and violence through guns throughout the world. We are coming up with laws to solve them, we are entering into treaties. But none of them are helping us establish peace in the world. "In such a scenario, we need social, emotional and ethical learning. We can find a solution through SEE learning," Sisodia said. The minister said they are getting good results in government schools because of the happiness curriculum being run through stories and different activities.

IIT Bombay's Kanishak Kataria tops UPSC civil services final examination

Kanishak Kataria, a B.Tech from IIT Bombay, has topped the civil services final examination, results of which were announced by the UPSC on Friday, while Srushti Jayant Deshmukh is the topper among women candidates securing an overall fifth rank. In a statement, the UPSC said a total of 759 candidates (577 men and 182 women) have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to various services like IAS, IPS, IFS etc. Kataria belongs to SC category and qualified the examination with mathematics as his optional subject. He is a B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering). Deshmukh, a B.E.(Chemical Engineering) from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, is the topper among the women candidates securing an overall fifth rank, the statement said.

B.Tech from IIT Bombay tops UPSC civil services exam

Kanishak Kataria, a B.Tech from IIT Bombay, has topped the civil services final examination 2018, results of which were announced by the UPSC on Friday, while Srushti Jayant Deshmukh is the topper among women candidates securing an overall fifth rank. In a statement, the UPSC said a total of 759 candidates (577 men and 182 women) have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to various services like IAS, IPS, IFS etc. Kataria belongs to SC category and qualified the examination with mathematics as his optional subject. He is a B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering). Deshmukh, a B.E.(Chemical Engineering) from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, is the topper among the women candidates securing an overall fifth rank, the statement said. The civil services (preliminary) examination, 2018 was conducted on June 3, 2018. A total of 10,65,552 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 4,93,972 candidates actually appeared. A total of 10,468 candidates ..

Man 'bribes' sports coach to send son to Harvard

Harvard University has said that it is looking into an allegation that one of its students was enrolled after his father bought the house belonging to the school's fencing coach at a higher-than-market price.

Zee Entertainment launches multi-platform quiz contest

Zee Entertainment on Friday announced the launch of one of the world's largest quiz programme titled Mind Wars for participation by one crore school students across 200 cities and towns in the country.It is a first-of-its-kind initiative which will be hosted on a multi-platform ecosystem, providing a comprehensive knowledge acceleration programme for students studying in grade 6th to 10th.The company aims to leverage the power of its multimedia prowess to build a property that will span across both, digital and TV. It aims to enhance the knowledge quotient of over one crore students from 40,000 schools across 200-plus cities of India."It is our noble attempt to gamify knowledge and to create knowledge-based alternatives for entertainment for kids in their formative years," said Punit Misra, CEO of Domestic Broadcast Business at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.Mind Wars will host a database of more than 10,000 questions across the three content buckets -- curriculum, general ...

Class 8 student dies of seizure attack

A class eight student of a government school died allegedly due to a seizure attack in Rohini on Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as 13-year-old Ajay, who hails from Udaipur and was residing here with his parents in Vijay Vihar, they said. The incident took place at around 8.30 am when the boy had gone to his school's washroom. Ajay started to shiver inside the washroom and fell backwards, losing consciousness, a senior police officer said. Ajay's friend and two other students of different sections were also present in the washroom when the incident occurred, he said. The students then alerted the teachers who rushed Ajay to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead, he added. Though it appears that Ajay died of seizure attack, the exact cause of death will be ascertained based on the post-mortem report, police said.

PM has 'I know everything' problem, avoids direct questions: Rahul

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi alleged Friday Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an "I know everything" problem because of which he does not appreciate questions directed at him and avoids public functions where he would have to answer "uncomfortable" questions. Interacting with students here, Gandhi said he is not afraid of questions. "I have come here, there are 7,000 students here and you are asking me whatever questions you have and there will be some questions which will make me uncomfortable, but I will still deal with them," he said. Why Modi does not attend such open events where anybody can ask him direct questions, the opposition party president asked the students. Then, Gandhi himself offered a possible answer. "It is an attitude that 'I know everything and nobody (else) knows anything'. And that is the problem. It is not with Prime Minister only, it is at every level, we do not appreciate questions," he said. Encouraging students to ask questions, he said only when a person ...

Pro-Modi slogans raised after Rahul said he 'loves PM'

Slogans in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were raised at an event organized for Congress president Rahul Gandhi here on Friday.Gandhi interacted with students of different institutions.Some students started raising slogans of 'Modi, Modi' when the Congress president said that he had no hatred for anyone including Prime Minister Narendra Modi."I have no anger or hatred towards Narendra Modi. He has anger towards me," he said as slogans in the favour of the prime minister were raised."No problem," he said as the students continued to raise the slogans.Gandhi talked about the state of the economy, unemployment job creation, demonetisation and about his party's promise to give Rs 72,000 per year to the poor of the country at the event.

Candor International School, Bengaluru announces its annual scholarship program

Candor International School, one of the top international schools in Bengaluru, India, is pleased to announce its annual scholarship program for meritorious students aiming to join the school for International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), AS & A Level education, and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). Students from Grade 6 through Grade 12 are eligible to get up to 100 per cent scholarship.The salient features of the scholarship program are as follows:Up to 100 per cent waiver on tuition fee in the first academic year for eligible candidates;Scholarship benefits to be continued for subsequent years till Grade 12 provided the student continues to meet pre-defined academic and co-curricular benchmarks."The scholarship program is in alignment with our vision of providing affordable international-curriculum based education to meritorious students who desire to learn about and contribute to a fast-evolving and inter-connected local and global .

Bangalore to Host Education New Zealand's Official 'Study In New Zealand' Education Fair

/ -- Representatives From 20+ Institutes To Offer Students Free One on One Guidance Regarding Courses, Careers and Opportunities in New Zealand Estero New Zealand, an Education New Zealand recognised agent, is hosting the New Zealand Education Fair at Taj MG Road, Bangalore on April 7th. Navigus, an ed-tech company based out of Bangalore is also onboard as the technology partners for the event. Bangalore has emerged as a global tech hub and there is a huge demand for new age skills like data science, AR, VR & animation that can stand the test of global expectations. New Zealand universities require committed and driven students who can build upon the excellent infrastructure and world-class facilities they offer. Bangalore offers the most qualified and dedicated young student crowd fit. New Zealand was ranked Number 1 study abroad destination (education.com), Number 1 for preparing students for the future(The Economist) and number 2 least corrupt country in the world. These ...

US colleges celebrate failure to ease student stress

Bentley University has plenty of success stories among its faculty and alumni. But one recent evening, the school invited students to hear about the failures. Speaking to a crowded auditorium, one professor recounted the time he sank a USD21 million company. Another recalled failing her college statistics course. One graduate described his past struggles with drug addiction. Each story reinforced the same message: Even successful people sometimes fail. "Failure is normal. It's healthy. And I think people on this panel would argue it actually is transformative," Peter Forkner, director of Bentley's counseling centre, told students. "If you're not failing, it probably means that you're not taking enough risks." Bentley, a private business school near Boston, joins a growing number of U.S. colleges trying to ease students' anxieties around failure and teach them to cope with it. On many campuses, it's meant to combat climbing rates of stress, depression and other problems that have been .

Hyderabad professor held for demanding bribe from students

Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Thursday apprehended a professor of the state-run Osmania Medical College here for allegedly demanding bribe from students to pass them in examination. Based on a complaint lodged by students, a case was registered and on Thursday, searches were conducted at the office and residence of B Balaji, head of the General Medicine Department at the Osmania Medical College. The ACB sleuths found documents pertaining to collection of money from students and some papers related to properties registered in the name of Balaji and his family members were also found. On March 2, Balaji told a few students that their exams did not go well and they are at a risk of failing in the examination, an ACB release said here. Next day when the students met him, he took their hall tickets and contact numbers and told them that he is taking a risk to pass them in exams for which he demanded Rs 50,000 from each student, it said. Through WhatsApp he forwarded a ...

Parents protest fee hike by Ghaziabad schools

Parents of students of four public schools in Ghaziabad on Thursday protested before the District Magistrate, demanding rollback of the fee hike.

Evaluation of answer books of 2019 Board exams has commenced, says CBSE

The evaluation of answer books of the board examination has commenced, the CBSE said on Thursday."The evaluation of answer books of Board 2019 exams has already commenced. In line with the Board's zero-error policy for evaluation, standard directions are issued to the evaluation centers spread across the country," the CBSE said in a statement.CBSE said the passing criteria of Class X have been changed."Now, the combines marks of the internal assessment and theory examinations are considered for deciding the pass criteria," it said.The Board also said that the marking scheme for evaluators highlights that priority has to be given to creative, correct and relevant answers given by students other than the ones mentioned in the marking scheme.A total of 31,14,831 candidates registered for the Board exams of which 18,27,472 were registered for Class 10 while 12,87,359 were registered for Class 12.The maximum number of candidates was from Delhi. The exams commenced from February 15 and ...

Schools can't extort money from parents: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia here on Thursday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government was not against private schools or the 7th Pay Commission for their teachers, but against extortion of money from parents in the name of fees.

Over 7 lakh students appeared for Physical Education board exam: CBSE

Physical Education had the highest number of candidates in class 12 boards this time, whereas some subjects like Theatre Studies and Human Rights had only one student appearing for the examination, the CBSE said Thursday. The exams were conducted in 213 subjects, including 55 skill subjects. The examinations in skill-based subjects and subjects with less takers were held in February and for other subjects the examinations were held in March. A many as 7.28 lakh students opted for Physical Education, said Central Board Of Secondary Education secretary Anurag Tripathi. "Physical education is an activity-based subject and has less of rote learning. The marks are also added to the best of five subjects," he added. In class 12, there were less than 10 candidates in subjects like Carnatic Music, Mohiniyattam Dance, Health Centre Management, Theatre Studies and Library and Information Science. One student appeared for Human Rights exam and one appeared for Theatre Studies in Haryana. Five ...

CBSE writes to DoE recommending disciplinary action against Delhi govt schools

The CBSE has written to the Directorate of Education (DoE) recommending disciplinary action against some government schools following instances of over 200 teachers not turning up for evaluation of board exam papers in the national capital. With over 3,500 teachers remaining absent for evaluation across the country, show cause notices to school managements have been issued and fines imposed on schools, Central Board of Secondary Education secretary Anurag Tripathi said Thursday. He said private schools have been sent notices in some cases. Tripathi said the board results for class 10 and 12 are likely to be declared by the third week of May. The official said following the instances of paper leak last year, a special app called CMTM app (Confidential Material Tracking and Monitoring) was launched this time, and it was made compulsory for all centre supervisors to send geo-tagged and time-tagged pictures of exam day processes. These were monitored very closely at the headquarters and ..

43 students fall ill after noon meal

: Fortythree students of a government school here had to be hospitalised with symptoms of food poisoning after taking noon meal Thursday, police said. However, the condition of all the children is stable. A total of 54 students studying from class I to class III at the Sanarpalayam government elementary school took rice and eggs, and left for their respective classes, the police said. Shortly afterwards, 43 of them began vomitting in the classrooms and were taken to hospital, they said. Consumption of rotten eggs and poor quality rice were the cause of the illness, the police said quoting doctors. Police have registered a case and begun investigations.