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Student with knife injures 4 in Oslo school
Four staff members were injured on Tuesday when a student attacked them with a knife in a school in the Norwegian capital Oslo, police said.
J-K students' body asks Kashmiri students not to give anti-national statements
Jammu and Kashmir Students Association spokesperson Nasir Khuehami on Tuesday asked Kashmiri students not to give any statements against the country adding that the situation in the state is normal and they should return now."There were some students who had made anti-national comments and used unparliamentary language against the country. We hope they don't use such language against the country anymore," Khuehami said."After Pulwama attack, a situation of fear and harassment was spread against Kashmiri students across Uttarakhand. We had rescued them," he said.Khuehami said that the situation is improving in the state and they are bringing back the students. "It is almost one month. The situation is improving with the support of local police and administration. There is no threat to the lives of Kashmiri students anywhere in Uttarakhand. I appeal to them to return to their institutions and resume their studies.""We spoke to parents of the students and told them to send them back so ..
Stanford University's new institute dedicated to AI
The Stanford University is launching a new institute called The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) that would develop, grow and focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and its applications.
Woman clerk booked for Rs 6 lakh fraud at school in Maha
A 32-year-old woman clerk of a school in Thane district of Maharashtra has been booked for allegedly misappropriating students' fee to the tune of nearly Rs 6 lakh, police said on Tuesday. According to a complaint filed by the private school's management, the accused, a resident of Dombivli town, allegedly deleted receipts from the institution's accounting software of fees collected by her from 61 students between January and December 2018, a police spokesperson said. Based on the complaint, the police on Monday booked the accused under IPC Sections 408 (criminal breach of trust), 420, (cheating) and 468 (forgery), the official said. No arrest was made so far, the police said, adding that a probe was underway in the case.
NCERT drops chapters on caste conflict from class 9 history book
Certain chapters on caste conflict will be removed from the NCERT history textbooks for class 9 as part of curriculum rationalisation exercise initiated by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to reduce burden on students. "Of the the chapters that are to be deleted include one on clothing and how social movements influenced how we dressed," the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) official said. "The second chapter is on the history of cricket in India and its connection to the politics of caste, region and community while the third focuses on the growth of capitalism and how colonialism altered the lives of peasants and farmers," the official added. In 2016, the CBSE had issued a circular to all its affiliated schools informing them that the section 'Caste Conflict and Dress Change' was omitted from the curriculum and no questions from this section should be asked in 2017. However, this section remained part of the textbook until NCERT's curriculum rationalisation
Vice President to visit Jaipur on March 26
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will be visiting the city on March 26 to attend the convocation ceremony of a private university, officials said Monday. The Vice President will address convocation ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Science and Technology (MGUMST) on March 26. He will be chief guest on the occasion, state Chief Secretary D B Gupta said. The chief secretary directed concerned departments to make necessary arrangements for the visit.
Mobile app developed by IIPHG, PHFI to combat exam pressure
A mobile application to cope with exam related stress and anxiety for students and their parents has been developed by Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, (IIPHG) in collaboration with National Mental Health Program, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat. The mobile application is called 'Conquer Exam, Be a Warrior.'"It is that time of year where exam stress hits a peak. There is a way to beat stress, as well as anxiety during the exam. 'Conquer Exam - Be a Warrior' is a powerful and intuitive collaborative idea of IIPHG to create awareness and help students and parents to analyse and overcome exam pressure. It is designed to provide assistance to empower students to do the best use of their ability and knock the exams season with help of parents. We have currently launched the app in English language only. Very soon, we will incorporate Hindi, Gujarat and Marathi language too," explained Dr Somen Saha, Associate Professor at IIPHG and ...
Delhi govt to challenge HC order allowing schools to hike fees without permission
Delhi government has decided to challenge the High Court order setting aside a rule which barred private schools built on public land to hike fees without seeking prior permission, a senior official said Monday. The Delhi High Court had last week allowed private unaided schools in the city to go ahead with an interim hike in fees to implement the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission on salaries of teachers and other employees. "This condition (permission for hike in fees) was part of the agreement that the government had made with such schools at the time of allotting land. Also, if they get a free hand to arbitrarily hike fees ultimately parents will suffer, which we are not in favour of. So we will challenge the order," a senior official of the Directorate of Education (DoE) said. As many as 325 private schools in the city, including some well-known ones, are built on government land. The High Court observed that "so long as the fees charged by the concerned ...
Girls more likely to develop 'maths anxiety'
Girls tend to be more affected by 'maths anxiety' than boys, according to a study which shows that teachers and parents may inadvertently play a role in a child developing the fear of numbers. While mathematics is often considered a hard subject, not all difficulties with the subject result from cognitive difficulties. Many children and adults experience feelings of anxiety, apprehension, tension or discomfort when confronted by a maths problem. Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK explored the nature and resolution of 'mathematics anxiety'. In a sample of 1,000 Italian students, the researchers found that girls in both primary and secondary school had higher levels of both maths anxiety and general anxiety. More detailed investigation in 1,700 UK schoolchildren found that a general feeling that maths was more difficult than other subjects often contributed to maths anxiety, leading to a lack or loss of confidence. Students pointed to poor marks or test results, or ...
Origins and nature of 'math anxiety'
A recent study directed towards examining the factors that influence 'maths anxiety' among primary and secondary school students, has shown that teachers and parents may inadvertently play a role in a child's development of the condition, and that girls tend to be more affected than boys.According to the researchers, the UK is currently facing a maths crisis. According to a 2014 report from National Numeracy, four out of five adults have low functional mathematics skills compared to fewer than half of UK adults having low functional literacy levels.While mathematics is often considered a hard subject, not all difficulties with the subject result from cognitive difficulties. Many children and adults experience feelings of anxiety, apprehension, tension or discomfort when confronted by a maths problem.A report published by the Centre for Neuroscience in Education at the University of Cambridge explores the nature and resolution of so-called 'mathematics anxiety'.In a sample of 1,000 ...
Answer sheet scrutiny: Be magnanimous, HC tells DU
"Show some magnanimity" was the message of the Delhi High Court to the Delhi University, which is fighting a legal battle for -- what, in earnest, can be counted as its cash cow -- reserving its right to charge a fee to provide for re-evaluation and rechecking of answer sheets, when students ask for it.
When Parrikar, IIT-B alumnus, enthused students at convocation
When Manohar Parrikar addressed the 55th convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2017, he told the graduates to take up jobs in social and development sectors. An alumnus of the famed institute, Parrikar also asked students to join politics and the Army, said a former IIT-B student who was present at the convocation ceremony. Over 2,600 students were awarded degrees at the ceremony and Parrikar sat through the event, with little sign of the serious ailment that would claim his life Sunday, he said. "Why can't IIT graduates, who have had the best engineering education in the country, take up academics and run some of these colleges, and transform their quality?" Parrikar had then said. The institute, in its condolence message, said: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's demise comes as a shock to all of us at IIT Bombay. He was the institute's distinguished alumnus and keenly involved with many initiatives at IIT Bombay. He was also deeply involved ...
17-yr-boy held for killing tuition mate
A 17-year-old boy was apprehended for allegedly killing his tuition mate in Shahdara here, police said Sunday. A complaint was received on Saturday evening regarding a missing girl, a resident of Naveen Shahdara, a senior police officer said. Investigations revealed that she had gone to meet some of her friends in the afternoon but did not return till late evening, Meghna Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara), said. Through local enquiry and mobile phone details of the missing girl, her movement and persons whom she was in touch with was established, the DCP said. Thereafter, it was revealed that she had been in touch with one of her friends following which the boy was called for questioning, said Yadav. The boy initially said they had gone to an ice-cream parlour together and from there he had returned home, the officer said. During further interrogation, the boy revealed that he had killed the her, she said. He told police that he knew her from common tuition classes and ..
Juvenile held for killing minor girl in east Delhi
The Delhi Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy for killing a minor girl due to a grudge against her over an incident for which he was reprimanded at a tuition class in east Delhi's Shahdara, a police officer said here on Sunday.
Students look to love at New Zealand school hit by tragedy
Three students from Cashmere High School were at the Al Noor Mosque for Friday prayers when an attacker burst in as part of a rampage that left 50 dead across the New Zealand city of Christchurch. When classes resume Monday, none will be there. Two of the students are presumed dead and the third is in the hospital with gunshot wounds. The father of Sayyad Milne, 14, told the New Zealand Herald that his son was last seen lying on the bloody floor of the mosque bleeding from his lower body. "I've lost my little boy. He's just turned 14. I'll get it together again," he told the newspaper. "I remember him as my baby who I nearly lost when he was born. Such a struggle he's had throughout all his life. He's been unfairly treated but he's risen above that and he's very brave. A brave little soldier. It's so hard ... to see him just gunned down by someone who didn't care about anyone or anything," Milne said. "I know where he is. I know he's at peace." Current students weren't the only ones ..
Upset over ragging, two students of Madurai college commit suicide
Upset over being ragged by a senior, two students of a private arts and science college here allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison, police said Sunday. The students, both pursuing their first year BA Economics course, had taken the poison on March 2, following which they were hospitalised. While one of them died Saturday, the other had succumbed four days ago, police said. They said the duo were not able to put up with the ragging and so decided to take the extreme step. Police are on the lookout for one Jaisakthi, who allegedly ragged the students. The college authorities said they were investigating the incident.
Minor girl raped in west Delhi
A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her tuition teacher's father in west Delhi's Punjab Bagh area, police said Saturday. The incident took place on Friday when the minor had gone to attend her tuition in the same locality where she resides, they added. After her school, she went to her grandparents' house and later in the evening went to attend her tuition class where she was allegedly raped by the 55-year-old man, police said. The minor girl narrated her ordeal to her parents, following which they approached police on Friday night and she was taken for a medical examination, a senior police officer said. A case was registered under appropriate sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the man was arrested in connection with the incident, Monika Bhardwaj, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) said. Further investigation in the matter is underway, she said.
DU's move to contact CBSE for marksheets is to reduce cases of fake documents submission: Officials
The Delhi University's move to approach the CBSE for getting students' marksheets and certificates is to ensure that cases of fake documents being submitted for admissions can be reduced, officials said Saturday. They said the varsity is also looking at roping in forensic experts to check the veracity of marksheets. Last year, 82 per cent of students who enrolled for admissions were from the CBSE and the remaining percentage were from other boards, an official said. "If we get access to the CBSE database of students, there will be surety of almost 80 per cent of students, while we can get the rest of the marksheets and certificates verified from respective boards, thereby ensuring more transparency," he added. The official said it will also reduce stress for students who will not have to submit their marksheets during the time of admissions. Ankiv Basoya had allegedly submitted fake marksheets to gain admission in the Delhi University. He was elected as the president of the Delhi ...
HC okays interim fee hike in private unaided schools in Delhi
The Delhi High Court has allowed private unaided schools in the national capital to go ahead with an interim hike in fees to implement the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission on salaries of teachers and other employees. Justice C Hari Shankar permitted the interim fee hike by quashing a Delhi government circular of April 13 last, which had prohibited private unaided schools functioning on government land from hiking tuition amounts without approval of the Directorate of Education (DoE). The government order was selectively applied to private schools which were on government land and as per a 'land clause' in the lease agreement, they needed to seek prior approval of the DoE before hiking fees. The court, while setting aside the circular, said the statements of fees submitted by private schools would be subject to scrutiny by the DoE "with a view to ensuring that the schools were not indulging in commercialisation of education by resorting to profiteering, or charging
2 Class X students dead as van overturns
Two school students died and three were injured when a van in which they were travelling after giving their board exams overturned in Rajasthan's Bikaner district on Saturday, police said. The mishap occurred in Naal police station area. The Class X students were returning home at Kavni village in Bikaner tehsil from an exam centre, the police said. Ashok (15) and Panna Ram (16) died at the spot, the police said, adding that the injured were being treated at a hospital in Bikaner.
