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ICAR leaves 2,500-plus agri seats vacant, millions in fees not refunded

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) left more than 2,500 seats vacant from its all-India quota in the last four years, a reply to an RTI query has revealed, despite there being thousands of eligible candidates.

Delhi government holds consultation workshop for EntrepreneurshipCurriculum

The Delhi government on Monday organised a consultation workshop to gather information and prepare its Entrepreneurship Curriculum with over 80 NGOs, individuals and school students.

Sonowal urges students not to get swayed by "misinformation

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Monday urged students to stay alert and not get swayed by the "misinformation campaign" on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) by vested interest groups. The chief minister assured students of the Bishnu Ram Medhi Government Law College, Guwahati during an interaction at the Assam Assembly complex, that 1.9 crore foreigners are not going to enter Assam once the CAB is passed as being projected by certain quarters to destabilise the state. "The state government is working resolutely for the holistic development of the young generation of the state and I appeal to all sections of the society not to create any distraction for the students by spreading false information regarding the bill", Sonowal said. He urged the law students to educate themselves about the right connotations of the bill so that they can spread the correct message in the society as future lawyers. During the last two and half years, the Assam government has been ..

Why scrapping no-detention policy isn't enough to improve learning outcomes

The parliament passed an amendment to the RTE Act on January 2, 2019, empowering states to choose to detain students in grades V and VIII

Gujarat University bans petrol, diesel vehicles on campus to curb pollution

In its bid to make its campus pollution free and maintain the health of teachers and students, Parul University here has banned petrol and diesel vehicles inside the campus, and introduced bicycle as the only means of transport.For achieving its goal of greener and cleaner environment, the varsity has introduced 100 bicycles at the first stage with 4 stands all across the campus. The riders can rent a bicycle at a minimal cost for hours, days, weeks or months, as per their convenience. The varsity has decided that once inside the campus, everyone including the teachers, students, and staff either have to paddle their way up to their departments or destination or have to travel by foot."Our campus is spread over 120 acres and the staff and students many times complain that it takes a lot of time travelling from one point to another inside the campus. We got the proposal from the hexi bikes and have introduced 100 bicycles at the initial stage," said Devenshu Patel, Chairman, Parul ...

Must transform students from being job seekers to job creators: VP Naidu

Vice President Vekaiah Naidu stated that the students should be transformed from being job seekers to job creators."We can transform our students from being job seekers to job creators by building the proper ecosystem for imparting skill-based training in every higher educational institution," he said.Addressing the students of the Dr D Rama Naidu Vignana Institute of Rural Development and the members of the Vignana Jyothi Society, the Vice President said that an ideal educational institution must focus on making a student into a holistic individual by equipping them to face the challenges of life with equanimity and stability. He advised educational institutions to employ counsellors to provide support and guidance to students during challenging times.He also applauded the initiatives of the Vignana Jyothi Society formed by a group of selfless philanthropic entrepreneurs for establishing a string of educational institutions, which have grown into centres of excellence over the ...

ICAR leaves 2500-plus seats vacant in agri universities despite candidates (Special)

Despite there being thousands of candidates eligible for admission, the Indian Council of Agricultural Rsearch (ICAR) left more than 2,500 seats vacant from its all-India quota in the last four years, an RTI has revealed.

Transform students from job seekers to job creators: VP

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said educational institutions should impart skill based training to transform students from being job seekers to job creators, suggesting need to revamp education system to meet world class learning.

Difficult Dialogues 2019 ends on a high note

The fourth edition of Difficult Dialogues 2019 ended on a high note here with the platform witnessing a series of discussions on education and its myriad facets. International experts, academics, leading thinkers and policy makers talked on the crucial factors affecting education in contemporary times during the final session on Saturday. New threats to academic freedom, curriculum and pedagogy and role of technology in reshaping the education system were some of the topics taken up on the last day of the two-day annual conference. "While there is freedom in matters like choice of courses and papers to publish, the biggest threat is the stifling of freedom of expression to voice opinions that are not popular with the government authorities. Unfortunately, such incidences are on the rise," the panellists said. The panel was represented by UGC Vice Chairman Bhushan Patwardhan, Dean, O P Jindal Global University R Sudarshan, Paul Flather from the University of Oxford, UK and others. It ..

HP CM thanks Modi for laying foundation stone of college

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for laying the foundation stone of a college in Chamba online, officials said. Congratulating the people of the district, Thakur said the multi-crore government model degree college will benefit thousands of students. Modi was on a visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday to inaugurate several development projects.

Students from abroad must come to India to study: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that his dream was to see students from foreign countries coming to India for higher studies.

Edu must lay foundation for a society grounded in ethics: VP

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Sunday said education must lay the foundation for developing a society that is strongly grounded in morals, ethics and value systems. He said education should make students think innovatively and come out with bright solutions to overcome challenges. According to an official release, the vice president also suggested, "Our education system should focus on our traditional crafts, arts and the way we preserve and protect local varieties of seeds." Addressing the students of Dr D Rama Naidu Vignana Institute of Rural Development and members of the Vignana Jyothi Society here, Naidu said, "We can transform our students from being job seekers to job creators by building the proper ecosystem for imparting skill-based training in every higher educational institution." The vice president said an ideal educational institution must focus on making a student into a holistic individual by equipping them to face the challenges of life with equanimity and stability. .

KITE develops portal to provide details of Kerala schools

In a first of its kind, the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), has developed a comprehensive portal to provide details of over 15,000 schools in the state. 'Sametham-school data bank' comprises basic details of schools like infrastructure, numbers of students, details of teachers and non-teaching staff, location etc, a statement issued by the KITE said. The Kerala government has issued an order approving the use of 'Sametham' for the official purpose of the General Education Department, it said. "Schools and public can now access Sametham and verify the details," said K Anvar Sadath, the vice chairman and executive director of KITE. The portal would be officially launched by February 20, he said. Five types of schools -- primary, upper primary, high school, higher secondary and vocational higher secondary -- are classified in a single campus model in the portal.

Most students aware of just seven career options: Study

Majority of students in India are aware of just seven career paths, out of over 250 options they can pursue in the country, according to a survey. The survey, based on responses from over 10,000 students in the age group 14-21 across India, shows that most are ignorant of the multitudes of options available to them. As much as 93 per cent of the students were aware of only seven careers, which included law, engineering, design and management, according to the survey conducted by Mindler, an online career-counselling platform. There are over 250 careers across 40 domains covering of over 5,000 job types that one can pursue in India, researchers said. "Our research on over 10,000 students across India suggests an alarming ignorance of the career options available to students today," said Prateek Bhargava, founder and CEO of Mindler, who has recently launched a platform for career counselling in tier II and tier III cities across India. India has limited trained career counsellors ...

Organised sports not enough to keep kids physically fit: Study

Parents, take note! Letting your kids run around and play with their neighbourhood friends is essential for their physical wellbeing, say scientists who found that organised sports is not enough for kids to stay fit. Researchers from Rice University in the US studied data gathered from 100 home-schooled children age 10-17 to back up their assumption that such activities are sufficient to keep children physically fit. The data, published in the Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, proved them wrong. The problem lies in how much activity is part of organised regimens, said Laura Kabiri, a sports medicine lecturer at Rice University. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), children should get about an hour of primarily aerobic activity a day, but other studies have noted children involved in non-elite sports actually get only 20 to 30 minutes of the moderate to vigorous exercise they require during practice. The researchers decided to quantify it through statistics

Children should go out and play: Study

In this age of computer games, it is important that children should go out and play with neighbourhood kids.

Portal having 15,441 Kerala schools' data to launch on Feb 20

In a bid to provide consolidated data of government-run aided and non-aided schools, Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has prepared a website of 15,441 institutions.

Weight of Indian govt is behind students detained in US: Indian Ambassador

Washington DC [USA], Feb 03 (ANI): Reassuring the students detained in the US, Indian Ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Saturday (local time) said that the "weight of the government of India is behind" them and that all efforts are being made to protect their interests.He told ANI that officials from the Indian Embassy and Consulates are meeting the detained students and by Monday "we will have access to almost all our students"."We are obviously concerned and distressed that so many Indian students have been implicated in this issue regarding the University of Farmington in Farmington Hills, Michigan. We have been very quick off the block in trying to ensure that the interests of our students are protected," Shringla said.In a countrwide crackdown on Wednesday, US authorities arrested scores of Indian students, mainly from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, who were illegally staying in the country.The students had allegedly enrolled in a fraudulent university in order to take ...

Defence Ministry not giving land to shift 99-yr-old school: AAP govt to HC

The AAP government has told the Delhi High Court that since the Centre was refusing to hand over land to shift a 99-year-old school, whose building is in a dilapidated state, the students studying there would be relocated to other schools from the next academic year. At a meeting held on November 28 last pursuant to orders of the high court to work out a solution regarding the future of the school, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has asked the Directorate of Education (DoE) to shift the school to another site, the Delhi government has told the court. In an affidavit placed before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao, theDoE has said that in view of the stand taken by the MoD, it has no other option but to relocate the students to other schools in the next academic year. It has urged the court to direct the ministry to provide an alternate piece of land to construct a school building or to hand over the site where it is located now. According to the minutes, the ...

Will have access to all students by Monday: Indian Ambassador to the US

Washington DC [USA], Feb 03 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said that the "weight of the government of India" is behind the detained students in the country, while confirming that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will have access to all students by Monday.Speaking exclusively to ANI, Shringla said, "We are obviously concerned and distressed that so many Indian students have been implicated in this issue regarding the University of Farmington in Farmington Hills, Michigan. We have been very quick off the block in trying to ensure that the interests of our students are protected.""We have either met or are scheduled to meet shortly a majority of students under detention. We have had our people go to each and every center across the country to access our citizens and to ensure the students are okay. By Monday we will have access to almost all our students," he added.Shringla, the former High Commissioner to Bangladesh, said that they have been ..