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Centre approves ordinance on teacher recruitment
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved an ordinance for considering the university as the recruiting unit for faculty members.
TIFR to pay half of net Feb salary to staff due to fund crunch
The government-run Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) here will pay only half of the net salary to its staff for February due to fund crunch. "Due to insufficient funds, all staff members and students/post-doctoral fellows of TIFR, its centres and field stations will be paid 50 per cent of the net salary for the month of February immediately," TIFR registrar Wing Commander (retd) George Antony said in a letter to the staff. "Remaining part of the salary will be paid when sufficient funds are available," he said in the letter. Antony declined to comment when contacted by PTI. TIFR is a national centre of the Government of India under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy, as well as a deemed university awarding degrees for master's and doctoral programmes. The institute was founded in 1945 with support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust under the vision of Dr Homi Bhabha. TIFR carries out basic research in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science and
JU Faculty Council backs 90% reservation under domicile policy
The Jadavpur University's Faculty Council of Engineering and Technology (FET) has recommended reservation of 90 per cent of general seats in undergraduate courses under the domicile quota, an official said here on Thursday.
JU engineering faculty council for 90 pc home students in
The Faculty Council of engineering and technology departments of the Jadavpur University Wednesday adopted a resolution for implementing a domicile policy which will keep 90 per cent BE course seats in general category reserved for students of the home state. After 13 of the 16 departments voiced opinion in favour of such a move, it was decided that the resolution would be forwarded to the Executive Council, the highest decision making body of the university, Dean of Engineering Chiranjib Bhattacharya said. If a domicile policy as adopted in the resolution comes into effect, 90 per cent of the BE course general category seats in the 16 engineering and technology departments would be reserved for 'home students' - those having passed their Plus-II exams from West Bengal. "Most of the faculty council meeting participants felt that since JU is a state university, students from the state should get priority," he said. "While 13 departments of the engineering and technology .
Delhi approves policy for guest teachers to continue till age of superannuation; ball in LG's court
The Delhi Cabinet Wednesday approved a policy to allow guest and contract teachers to continue in the 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. "I request you to implement this policy immediately so that the phase of uncertainty which these guest and contract teachers face not just once a year but several times during a year comes to an end," Sisodia said in a letter to Baijal. According to the policy, the appointments of guest teachers in government school were necessitated to ensure uninterrupted education of children mandated under the Right to Education Act. The cabinet decided that all guest and contract teachers who were roped in on merit basis in the past have been appointed until the date of notification of the policy and shall be .
Karate school gives young athletes hope in rural Gambia
Many teenagers in an eastern Gambian town had their lives turned around when a karate champion opened a few months ago the first school dedicated to the martial art.
IIT Delhi placements surpass 10-year record
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi this year broke its last 10 years' record for number of placements, with its students grabbing over 900 offers from various national and international employers so far.
Delhi govt ready to take over MCD schools on providing adequate funds: HC told
The AAP government on Wednesday agreed in-principle in the Delhi High Court to run schools operated by the MCD and other bodies to avert "educational crisis" in the national capital if adequate funding is provided for them. The Directorate of Education (DoE) said in an affidavit that it is ready to take over the schools run by the Municipal Corporations, Delhi Cantonment Board and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) if legal provisions permit and adequate funds are provided. The affidavit was filed before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao which listed the matter for further hearing on April 23. DoE filed the response through Delhi government standing counsel Ramesh Singh on a petition filed by NGO Social Jurist which had sought implementation of an NCERT-panel recommendation to bring all public-funded schools under the Delhi government for betterment of education. The NGO's plea, filed through advocate Ashok Agarwal, said that over 25 lakh students study ..
Cluster University gets new V-C
The Himachal Pradesh government has appointed C L Chandan as the vice-chancellor of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Cluster University in Mandi, an official spokesperson said Wednesday. His appointment has been made for a period of three years or attaining the age of 65, whichever is earlier. Earlier, Chandan was rendering his services as a professor and dean of the school of management at Bahra University in Solan district.
Examination committee to decide fate of students whose answer
The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Wednesday said the fate of the 108 matriculation examinees whose answer sheets went missing would be decided by the examination committee of the board after the completion of the examination on March 8. The answer sheets of 108 students went missing from the examination center in Malkangiri district last week. "The examination committee will take a call on this soon after the ongoing examinations are over on Friday," said BSE Secretary Ramsis Hazra here. He said the OMR answer sheets of about 108 students, who were appearing the Mathematics examination at Podia SSD High School in Malkangiri district, were found missing after the invigilators had collected them on the completion of the examination. Expressing shock and anguish over the incident, the BSE president Jahan Ara Begum had said that the standard protocol of the examination was not adhered to by the Center Superintendent and the invigilators. While the BSE had hinted about ..
Normalisation may lead to candidate scoring more than total marks in RRB exam: Railways
The Railways Wednesday issued a clarification on the Level-1 Railway Recruitment Board exams, saying marks secured by candidates are subject to normalisation which may result in students securing more than the total marks for the paper. The clarification came after a purported score sheet of a candidate of a group-D exam went viral on social networking sites Tuesday, showing the student scored 102, 109, 130, 148, 354 marks out of 100 in different sections of the test. The railways said the scorecard was morphed. "A candidate score sheet with very high score is being made viral. Please note that this score sheet is morphed. The correct score sheet is given below. Please don't be misguided by unscrupulous elements," the railways had tweeted on Tuesday. In its clarification Wednesday, the railways said it had not introduced any new method of result preparation. Normalisation is a process for ensuring that students are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged by the difficulty of papers they .
Services of 5,178 teachers regularised in Punjab; SAD calls it 'election ploy'
Acceding to the long-pending demand of contractual teachers, the Punjab cabinet on Wednesday approved the regularisation of 5,178 teachers with full pay scale from October 2019. However, protesting teachers expressed displeasure with the government for "going back" on its promise of giving full pay scale from February and not addressing the issues of those involved with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). The opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) dubbed it a "ploy" to woo the teaching fraternity ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, scheduled for April-May. In a cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, it was decided to regularise the services of 5,178 teachers with full pay scale from October 1, 2019. The cabinet also regularised 650 nurses of the health department as per the department's probation rules, according to an official release here. Of the 5,178 teachers, 5,078 were recruited in the master's cadre and 100 as ...
Was it the duty of IAF pilots to land and count casualties, asks Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday slammed those questioning the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan's Balakot and asked if it was the duty of pilots to land and count the number of persons killed after hitting the given targets.Praising the IAF for carrying out an attack on Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed camps in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Rajnath said: "The way the IAF attacked the terror camps set up in our neighbouring country is absolutely remarkable. But there are a few people who are questioning it, I want to ask them: was it the duty of pilots to land and then count the numbers to know how many were killed after hitting the given targets?""The IAF pilots didn't shower flowers, they hit terror camps. If no casualty took place then why did Pakistan get scared and send their jets into our territory?" he asked.Rajnath, who laid the foundation stone of three new schools here, said the government should hire teachers who ..
Services of 5,178 teachers, 650 nurses regularised in Punjab
Acceding to the long-pending demand of contractual teachers, the Punjab cabinet approved the regularisation of 5,178 teachers with full pay scale on Wednesday. Besides, the cabinet also regularised 650 nurses of the health department as per the department's probation rules, according to an official release here. Of the 5,178 teachers, 5,078 were recruited in the master's cadre and 100 as classical and vernacular teachers by the education department in 2014, 2015 and 2016. They will get full pay scale with effect from October 2019, release said. The cabinet has also reduced the probation period from three years to two years, it said. Further, the teachers would be assigned seniority from the date of completion of their probation period. These teachers are currently paid Rs 7,500 per month and their salary would be now fixed at minimum of grade pay which is Rs 15,300 per month till the time they are given full scale, the release said. The government has formed an eight-member committee .
Skill India: NITTTR, SVSU ink pact to collaborate on academic activities
The National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) and Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSU) signed an agreement Wednesday to collaborate towards purposeful engagement of faculty, experts and industry partners for various academic activities. The memorandum of understanding will be in force for three years. Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde, who was present on the occasion, said the endeavour being made by SVSU, Gurugram, and the NITTTR, Bhopal, is a step to strengthen the vision and mission of the government's Skill India programme. He also said the two parties would focus on output-based quality-conscious road map to make skill training effective and aspirational for the youth. The minister added that skill development and upgradation has to be a continuous effort. He said curriculum of training institutions must be updated regularly. The collaboration between the National Institute of Technical Teachers ...
School attended by Trump says it concealed his grades
A military academy that Donald Trump attended as a teenager concealed his academic records in 2011 in response to pressure from Trump allies, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The New York Military Academy came under such pressure after Trump challenged then president Barack Obama to release his own academic records, with Trump saying he was surprised such a "terrible student" got into Ivy League Schools. Evan Jones, the headmaster of the military academy at the time, told the Post that the superintendent of the private school "came to me in a panic because he had been accosted by prominent, wealthy alumni of the school who were Mr Trump's friends" and wanted to keep his academic records secret. Trump has consistently boasted he was a superb student throughout his youth. The school's superintendent, or director, at the time, Jeffrey Coverdale, told the paper that he rejected a request from members of the school's board of trustees to hand over Trump's records to them. "I moved ...
FIR registered in circulation of fake news about CBSE question paper leak
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday approached Delhi Police in connection with circulation of fake news about question paper leak, following which an FIR was registered. "The board has located a number of uploads available on YouTube falsely claiming to have access to the original question papers of subjects in which examinations are yet to be conducted such as Accountancy, Chemistry, Geography for Class XII and English, Mathematics and Science for Class X," a senior CBSE official said. "An FIR has been registered today in this connection and police has also been appealed to (take) suitable and strict action against the miscreants under relevant provisions of IPC and IT Act so that the sanctity of examination is not adversely affected," the official said. The board has also appealed to students and parents to remain vigilant and calm and cooperate with it in dealing with such unsolicited situations. A complaint was received at Madhu Vihar police station from ..
HIV spreads via premarital/extra martial sex, says Kerala textbook
Will 'pre-marital' or 'extra-marital' sex lead to the transmission of deadly Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV)? Yes, says the 10th standard biology textbook under the state syllabus being taught in Kerala schools. It is stated in Chapter 4 titled "Keeping Diseases Away" of the textbook that HIV can spread through 'premarital/extra marital sexual contact'. To the question, "What are the ways by which HIV spreads?", the text book also states that "by sharing the needle and syringe used by AIDS patients", "through body fluids" and "from HIV-infected mother to foetus". The startling fact is that the text book, prepared by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), has been used in state schools since 2016 and no teacher or school authorities had pointed out the blunder till some netizens uploaded the snippet from it on social media platforms recently. After it had gone viral on social media, several doctors and experts objected to it. When contacted, SCERT director
Delhi Cabinet allows guest teachers to work till 60 years
In a move to help guest teachers in state government schools, the Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy to allow them to work till the age of 60 - like regular teachers, Education Minister Manish Sisodia said.
3 Jharkhand districts top in Niti's development ranking
Three Jharkhand districts of Chatra Sahibganj, and Hazaribagh have topped in the ranking of aspirational districts by Niti Aayog for the December-January period of 2018-19. The ranking released by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday showed that these three districts of Jharkhand have also performed well in 'health and nutrition' parameters. Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), Sahibganj (Jharkhand) and Chatra (Jharkhand) emerged as top three ranking districts on the education parameter. The delta rankings measures the incremental progress made by 112 aspirational districts in December 2018-January 2019 across six developmental areas. The development areas include health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development, and basic infrastructure. The aspirational district programme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 5, 2018. Of 115 aspirational districts, only 112 participated in the survey. Three aspirational districts ..