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JNUSU moves HC against university decision of preventing them from discharging duties

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) on Friday approached the Delhi High Court against the decision of varsity authorities not to notify the elected members and preventing them from carrying out their responsibilities towards students. The petition came up for hearing before Justice Yogesh Khanna who listed the matter for further hearing on March 11. JNUSU president N Sai Balaji and other office bearers, in the petition, said they are aggrieved by the "arbitrary and illegal acts" of the university and dean of students in illegally obstructing their participation in the various committees/councils set up under the JNU Act, 1966, statutes and ordinances citing the specious reason of non-issuance of the requisite notification. The petitioners are the elected office-bearers of the JNUSU for the academic year 2018-2019 and had won the elections conducted on September 14, 2018. The plea sought direction declaring the petitioners to be elected office bearers to JNUSU. It also .

Two elderly women achieve their long-cherished academic dreams

Two elderly women from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, who had to discontinue their education due to circumstances decades ago, have fulfilled their long-cherished dream of pursuing higher studies. The two women, including a tribal, completed different academic programmes from the Nagpur regional centre of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) recently. These two, along with another woman student of the IGNOU, were honoured with the 'Inspirational Academic Achievement' award by the university on the eve of the International Women's Day for their determination and academic achievement. Nagpur-based Aarti Mukherjee, 62, had to discontinue her studies in the final year of graduation 40 years ago. But decades later, she decided to take up BA Hindi programme and completed the course in December 2018. "All these years, I had pain in my heart that I could not complete my studies. My mother knew about it. Eight years back, when she was ill, she asked me to complete .

Delhi cabinet approves construction of integrated campus of GB Pant Engineering College

The Delhi Cabinet on Friday approved construction of an integrated campus of GB Pant Engineering College and Polytechnic at Okhla Industrial Estate at an estimated cost of over Rs 520 crore. "GB Pant Polytechnic has been functioning in an old building since 1961 and GB Pant Engineering College has been functioning in old hostel buildings of the polytechnic with poor infrastructure facilities which is insufficient for any educational institution. "There is a need for new infrastructure capable of catering to current and future requirements of around 3,000 students and 200 teachers plus supporting staff of about 200 people," a government official said. The approval has been granted for providing world-class infrastructure to the college, catering to around 2,880 students. The project cost will be Rs 526.66 crore. "The preliminary estimate, which has been framed by the Public Works Department in consultation with college authorities and officers of the Department of Training and ...

Govt planning gender audit in universities: Official

The Department of Science and Technology (DSP) is planning a gender audit in universities to understand whether there is gender balance, a senior official said Friday. Addressing a women's conclave at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on International Women's Day, Sanjay Mishra, head, Kiran Division of the DST, said the department is trying to develop a framework on the lines of Athena SWAN. Athena SWAN (Scientific Women's Academic Network) is a charter recognising commitment towards the advancement of gender equality. The official from DST said just like universities receive accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), the department is planning to have an "audit and accreditation of gender perception in universities". "Before the NAAC team visits a college, the college has to carry out an internal review of its teaching and learning processes and various departments are sent questionnaires. Similarly, the gender audit would involve analysing the ...

Sundar Pichai celebrates Women's Day, meets students in India

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who advocates greater participation of women in development of technology products, reached Mumbai to celebrate International Women's Day and spend some time with young students on Friday.

President Kovind clears ordinance restoring 200-point roster system for faculty recruitment

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday promulgated Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teacher's Cadre) Ordinance 2019. The Ordinance will restore the 200-point roster system for faculty recruitment under which university will be considered a "unit" instead of departments or subjects.As the President promulgates the Ordinance, University Grants Commission has asked central universities, state universities receiving grant-in-aid and deemed to be university receiving grant-in-aid from UGC or government, to start recruitment of teachers immediately.Earlier on March 5, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar also reiterated the government's commitment to implement 200-point roster and said, "The issue of recruitment of University teachers and professors and what should be the roster came in public discussion because of the court decision."He added, "We have a system of 200-point roster where the university is regarded as one unit but the court decided against

Will raise issue of guest teachers with L-G on Friday: Delhi BJP chief

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari Thursday extended support to the guest teachers protesting outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence demanding regularisation of their services, and said he will raise their issue with Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Friday. While meeting the protesting guest teachers of the national capital, he said they should be provided job guarantee like their counterparts in Haryana and asserted that the Delhi BJP was in favour of it. The Delhi Cabinet had on Wednesday approved a policy to allow guest and contract teachers to continue with their job till they attain the age of superannuation so that schools can avail of their services uninterrupted. Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia said the cabinet in an emergency decided to adopt the policy and urged Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to give it a go-ahead. Addressing the teachers staging a sit-in, Tiwari alleged that the Kejriwal government had made "tall claims" about improvement in

Cabinet clears ordinance on reservation roster for university faculty

Earlier this week, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Centre was committed to restoring the reservation roster in educational institutions

Start recruitment process: UGC to varsities after cabinet clears ordinance on reservation roster

After the Cabinet Thursday cleared a proposal for promulgation of an ordinance on reservation mechanism for appointment of faculties in varsities, the UGC wrote to universities to immediately start the teachers' recruitment process, which was put on hold in July last year. The communication by the University Grants Commission (UGC) came following the Cabinet's approval for promulgation of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Ordinance, 2019, to restore the earlier 200-point roster based reservation system in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). The new system will consider the university or college as one unit, instead of treating department or subject as one unit. "Following the promulgation of the ordinance, the universities are directed to start recruitment process immediately," the UGC said in a letter to university vice-chancellors. The ordinance will ensure that constitutional provisions of reservation for SC, ST and SEBL in the faculty ...

Maha govt slashes in-house quota in colleges by 50%

The Maharashtra government decided Thursday to reduce the in-house quota for FYJC admissions after SSC exams, a move that will help open category students. Education Minister Vinod Tawde said SSC pass students will now get 7 per cent seats in the open category, after reducing the in-house quota from 20 per cent to 10 per cent in FYJC (first year junior college) admissions. Tawde Thursday held a meeting with various education institutions having in-house quota to sort out the issue. It was decided to slash in-house admission quota from 20 per cent to 10 per cent, resulting in 7 per cent seats for students from the open category after implementation of the new 16 per cent Maratha reservation and 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections in admissions. The state also issued a government resolution (GR) in this regard, providing relief to students from the open category, as they can now apply for 7 per cent seats in junior colleges attached to schools. After the .

DUTA strike likely to continue

The Delhi University Teachers' Association is likely to continue its strike over the non-resolution of issues like absorption of ad-hoc teachers despite the Centre approving an ordinance on reservation mechanism for appointment of faculties in varsities. The DUTA executive on Thursday recommended continuing the strike after March 8 since the other demands "had not been met". It also recommended holding a protest outside the VC office on March 18, the day varsity's executive council meeting is scheduled to take place. A final decision on the DUTA executive's recommendations will be made in a general body meeting scheduled for Friday. Earlier, teachers' associations at DU and JNU have welcomed the government decision to bring an ordinance on reservation mechanism for appointment of faculties in universities.

JNU students' union moves court against vice chancellor, admin

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court against the varsity administration for not notifying the students' body. The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Friday. The JNUSU has taken the Vice Chancellor, Dean of Students and the varsity administration to the court for illegally stopping the elected union members from attending meetings and participating in decision making bodies, a statement from the students' body said. "JNUSU gave JNU VC ample time to undo his mistake of harassing JNUSU and students through lies. In the face of JNU administration's politically motivated ploy to deny the democratic rights of a popularly elected JNUSU from participation in decision making process, JNUSU has been forced to take the legal course," the statement said.

DUTA, JNUTA welcome govt decision to bring ordinance on reservation roster for faculty positions

Teachers' associations at DU and JNU on Thursday welcomed the government decision to bring an ordinance on reservation mechanism for appointment of faculties in universities. Earlier Thursday, Union minister Arun Jaitley said the Cabinet has cleared an ordinance on the matter. Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar earlier this week said the Centre was committed to restoring the reservation roster in educational institutions following a series of protests on the issue by various students' and teachers' organisations. They had been urging the government to bring an ordinance to restore the 200-point roster taking college or university as a unit for reservation in teaching posts. The Delhi University Teachers' Association said the "overdue cabinet decision" to bring in a law through an ordinance to restore the college/department -wise 200-point roster is a victory. "It is a victory for the principled struggle of the DUTA, the principled struggles carried on by various ...

College for hearing impaired students to come up in Assam

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Friday laid the foundation stone of a college here exclusively for students with hearing inability. Students of Assam and other Northeastern states will receive quality higher education in the North East College for Hearing Impaired, Sonowal said at a function at Berubari area. It will play a great role in fulfilling the aspirations of the people with hearing inability with regard to pursuing higher education, the chief minister said. The state government has set up the first ITI for differently abled youths in Dibrugarh and would establish a university exclusively for them, he said. Sonowal claimed that no government has done anything for the welfare of the differently abled people during the last 70 years. But ever since the BJP-led dispensation has come to power, the Narendra Modi government has taken several path breaking initiatives for their socio-economic and educational development, he said. Sonowal said his government in ...

Scholarship scheme for civil services aspirants in Manipur

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Thursday launched the CM scholarship scheme for civil services coaching worth over Rs 1 crore. Singh said that many students coming from weak economic background who aspire for a career in the civil services have to abandon the idea due to high costs of attending coaching classes and living in big cities. "This scheme has been conceptualized to provide the much-needed support to those deserving and meritorious students," Singh said at the secretariat here. He said that his government has partnered with the Delhi-based Alertnative Learning System -IAS Institute (ALS-IAS) for the endeavour. "At least 150 civil services aspirants will be provided 100 per cent scholarship under the scheme for which an amount of Rs 1.06 crore has been earmarked by the state government," he said. The scheme also includes various forms of financial assistance for the other 300 aspirants who will be selected based on their performances in a test to be ...

HRD Ministry to begin faculty recruitment 'immediately'

Following the Union Cabinet decision on recruitment, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said he will ask universities to begin the recruiting process "immediately".

30% girls from poorest families in India never set foot inside school: RTE convenor

Calling the current scenario of girls education in India as "precarious", national convenor of the RTE forum Ambarish Rai Thursday said about 30 per cent of girls from the poorest families in the country have never set foot inside a classroom. In a statement issued on the eve of International Women's Day, Rai said more than 60 million children were out of school in India. "This is the highest number of 'out of school' children of any country in the world. About 25 per cent of boys and girls are unable to read Standard 2 level text. Around 36 per cent girls and 38 per cent boys are unable to read words in English. Moreover, about 42 per cent girls and 39 per cent boys are unable to do basic subtraction arithmetic," he said. "When the whole world is going to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, the current scenario of girls' education in India is very precarious. Nearly 40 per cent of adolescent girls aged 15-18 years are not attending any educational institution. About 30 ..

Exhibition shows success stories of Indian women scientists to celebrate Int'l Women's Day

A nine-day photo exhibition showcasing success stories of Indian women scientists was set in motion here on Thursday by the Ministry of Science and Technology on the eve of International Women's Day. The exhibition 'Celebrating Indian Women in Science: An Incredible Journey', with posters and stories of 40 women scientists who have made a mark in the field, was inaugurated by Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the Ministry. She urged women to get inspired by the women who have contributed immensely in the field of science in the country. "The objective of this exhibition is to show the budding scientists, researchers and students that women have played a key role in the field of science in our country and to get inspired by their stories and pursue their dream of becoming a scientist," Swarup said. The exhibition will go on till March 15. Swarup also launched a book featuring women scientists from various fields of science. The event was attended by ...

Shashijit Infraprojects secures project for construction of school building at Vapi

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Rajasthan govt renames 15 schools after slain security forces personnel

Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara Thursday announced renaming 15 government schools after slain security forces personnel to pay tributes to the "real life heroes" and promote nationalism among students. In a statement, he said three schools each in Churu, Nagaur and Jhunjhunu districts, two each in Alwar and Sikar, and one each in Jaisalmer and Jodhpur districts have been renamed after the slain personnel. "We salute martyrdom of the soldiers protecting the country's borders," Dotsara said. He said the files on renaming these government schools had been pending in the previous BJP dispensation and have been cleared by his party's government.