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Teacher eligibility tests to be conducted online: BSE
The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha will conduct the Odisha Teachers Eligibility Test (OTET) online henceforth, BSE president Jahan Ara Begum said here Friday. "The OTET, which are held twice in a year, will henceforth be conducted online," Begum said adding that the test that was cancelled in January this year due to the question paper leak, will now be held in April this year after completion of the matriculation examination. The BSE is responsible to conduct the matriculation examinations for the Odia medium schools in the state every year along with the supplementary examinations. Similarly, after the OTET was introduced in the year 2012 to identify the eligible teachers, the BSE had been holding the test. This year, on January 16, while over one lakh candidates were writing the first paper of the OTET examination in over 250 centres, the images of the second paper questions went viral on social media. Following this, the BSE was left with no option but to ...
Pb govt to give 1,38,000 bicycles to girls studying in Classes 11, 12
The Punjab government will give 1,38,000 bicycles to girls studying in Classes 11 and 12 in government schools in various parts of the state to boost girls' education, a state minister said Friday. The scheme under the Women and Child Development Department will cost nearly Rs 40 crore to the state exchequer, Education Minister Om Parkash Soni told reporters here. He said 11,085 bicycles will to be given to girls in Amritsar district alone. To begin with, as many as 940 girls of a government school here were given the bicycles, Soni added. "The aim of providing bicycles free of cost to girls is to encourage them to continue their education even after school," the minister said. He also said the government was working to provide better teaching facilities for students in government schools.
Delhi schools flouting laws, running co-ed in girls school, HC told
Various government schools in the national capital are flouting CBSE rules and regulations like running more than one school in the same building, a co-education school within the premises of a girls school and functioning as a senior secondary school despite being affiliated with secondary school, the Delhi High Court was told on Friday.
Robots will teach special children in TN: Minister
: Robots would be used to teach special children with learing disabilities in government schools in Tamil Nadu, state Education MinisterSengottaiyan said Friday. Efforts were being taken by the government for making use of the robots for the development of the special children, he told reporters here. Also, bio-metric attendance register for students was being installed in government schools across the state in a phased manner, the Minister said. The school where teachers had participated in the recent strike over various demands would function on Saturdays and Sundays to make up for loss of classes, he said. If necessary, the headmasters could ask the teachers to conduct special classes in evenings too, the Minister said. Parents and others had expressed concern over the nine-day strike by teachers since it came at a time when students were preparing for the board exams due shortly.
Meghalaya paper leak: police seek cyber expert's help
The Meghalaya Police is taking the help of a cyber expert to examine the alleged leakage of the Meghalaya Teachers' Eligibility Test (MTET) question papers hours before the examination on Thursday. Photos of the question paper flooded the social media since early morning, though the examinations were held as scheduled. The leakage was reported in the Garo Hills region and an FIR was lodged in this regard in Tura police station in West Garo Hills district. Candidates aspire to become teachers in lower and upper primary schools of the state appeared for the MTET. District Superintendent of Police Dr MGR Kumar admitted that the matter was serious. "We have already roped in a cyber expert on the matter and we should be able to get down to the bottom of this soon," he said. Meghalaya Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said the government is examining the matter and the police were trying to get to the bottom of it. "We are yet to decide if it demands inquiry by other agencies .
KIIT founder emphasises on importance of education
Founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), deemed to be University, Achyuta Samanta said Friday that education to all, particularly that of girl child, was solution to every problems. Samanta, who is a Rajya Sabha member, was speaking at Education Summit with the theme being Education for All, organised by the KIIT/KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) here. Education for all will change everything, it is solution for everything, particularly quality education, Samanta said. He said the institutions founded by him are organising such programme in 25 cities across the country and in every district of Odisha to make people aware of importance of education. Samanta said that education among girls has increased in Jharkhand, Odisha and Bihar. Education to girls moves forward the society. It is important, he added. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Shyama Prasad Mukerjee Universitys Vice Chancellor Prof. S N Munda delved on protection of the environment ...
Interim Budget 2019: Education gets 10% more
The education budget has been increased by about 10 per cent in the Interim Budget 2019, with research projects started by the government last year contributing to the enhanced part, while there is hardly any change in the funding for central universities.
Results of NIOS tests will not be published till Mar 29: HC
The Calcutta High Court Friday directed that the results of NIOS tests for untrained primary teachers in West Bengal will not be published till March 29, on a petition challenging cancellation of earlier examination held in December last year. Justice Samapti Chatterjee also directed that the candidates will have to sit for a re-examination of the two subjects, which had been earlier cancelled. The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has scheduled re-examination of the two subjects - Understanding Children in Inclusive Context and Community and Elementary Education, on February 3. Justice Chatterjee directed that the results for candidates from West Bengal will not be published till March 29, when the matter would be heard again. Additional Solicitor General Kaushik Chanda submitted that the earlier examination was cancelled owing to leak of question papers. The petitioner, a candidate, moved the high court, claiming that he had been prejudiced as after having sat for the ...
Akhilesh Yadav demands quota benefits for OBC students in state-funded central medical colleges
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday wrote to the Centre demanding reservation benefits for OBC students in state-funded central medical colleges. In a letter to HRD Minister Prakash Javedkar, he said, "The National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) is held every year for admission to 25,000 MBBS seats in the country. On the basis of marks, a list is prepared and under it 85 per cent seats are kept for state medical colleges in which reservation is given to OBCs." "On the remaining 15 per cent seats, kept for central medical colleges, one fourth are kept for Centre-funded colleges on which OBC reservation is applicable, but on the rest three-fourth seats kept for state-funded colleges OBCs are not given reservation," Yadav said. He said that due to this reason, every year 700 OBC students cannot get the benefit of reservation and added that the minister should consider the interest of students.
Teenaged couple from KL commit suicide by jumping before train
A teenaged couple from Kerala allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train here Friday, police said. They, were second year students of a private college at Adoor in Kerala. The couple, aged 19 and 18, decided to take the extreme step as their parents opposed the relationship, police said. On Thursday night, they boarded a train at Kollam in Kerala. They got down at Podanur early this morning, walked along the tracks and jumped in front of the Kollam-Chennai Express near Nanjundapuram town, police said.
India seeks consular access of its students detained in US
India on Friday requested consular access and details of the scores of Indian students who were arrested on Wednesday in the United States for violating immigration rules.External Affairs Ministry in a statement said it had accorded the highest priority to the situation. "As soon as we received the information regarding their detention, our Mission contacted the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security requesting for a list of the detained students along with relevant identity details, the place of their detention, etc. We have placed a formal request for consular access, emphasizing that the request may be taken as very high priority" the statement said.In a nationwide crackdown on Wednesday, US authorities arrested scores of Indian students, mainly from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, who were illegally staying in the country. A US federal court charged eight Indian student recruiters- six from Detroit and one each from Florida and Virginia. The Department of Homeland .
India seeks consular access to its students detained in the US
India has sought consular access to its students detained by the US authorities and has impressed upon the Trump administration the need to address the situation at the earliest, the external affairs ministry said on Friday. Asserting that the government was according the "highest priority" to the situation arising out of the detention of Indian students in the US, External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India has also highlighted that a distinction should be made between those involved in recruiting or enrolling students and students who have been duped or defrauded in the process. One-hundred-thirty foreign students arrested by US authorities for enroling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the US are largely Indians. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents made the arrests on Wednesday. "As soon as we received the information regarding their detention, our mission contacted the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security requesting for a ..
Indian students' detention in US: Missions in touch with authorities
The government is according top priority to the case of Indian students in the US facing detention under an alleged immigration fraud and is in touch with the Indian Embassy in Washington and other consulates, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday.
Minister stresses need for inculcating scientific temper in students
Union Minister Satya Pal Singh Friday stressed the need for inculcating scientific temper in students, while Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said the current government has done very little in this regard due to its own obscurantism. The leaders were addressing the opening session of the eighth edition of One Globe Forum, a knowledge conference, here. The Union Minister of State for Human Resource Parliament (HRD) said there are four components to the kind of education that children should be provided and said the kind of education India is imparting is devoid of basic human values. "We want a kind of education that can teach our children that there is no discrimination between man or woman, on the basis of caste and creed. The education should teach universal brotherhood and harmonious development. The education should have a scientific basis and must create a scientific temper among our students," he said. Congress leader Tharoor said, "We have a system of education in India that is .
Budget 2019-20: National Education Mission gets Rs 38,572 cr
The government on Friday announced a budget of Rs 38,572 crore for its National Education Mission which comprises the Centrally sponsored schemes for education under which it allocates funds to the states and union territories.
International Degree Opportunities for Pearl Academy Students in UK
/ -- Pearl Academy, India's leading institute of design, fashion, business and media and University of Derby, one of UK's top 30 Universities, signed a Memorandum of Understanding today at Pearl Academy's Rajouri Garden campus. This collaboration will provide new opportunities for academic and student exchanges, collaboration in research, and most importantly progression opportunity for Pearl Academy students into the final year at University of Derby to get awarded with an international degree in the United Kingdom. Pearl Academy continues to be committed to providing academic excellence and quality learning experience through industry and international exposure to its students. The academy's learning outcomes and academic rigour has always been acknowledged by international institutions and this alliance too, is a recognition of the same. This alliance with University of Derby will enable the sharing of global best practices, promote collaborative learning and enhance international
Sikkim govt signs pact with Microsoft for education sector
Aiming to transform the educational landscape in the state, the Sikkim government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with tech giant Microsoft, officials said. Sikkim Minister for Human Resource Development RB Subba said the state government was committed to harnessing the power of technology to transform e-governance and core sectors and partnering with Microsoft was a much-needed step to help prepare the future generation. He said the government's vision was to make the youth future-ready and Microsoft was an able partner for transformational initiatives. Additional Chief Secretary, HRD Department, GP Upadhyaya said the role of Microsoft India in the laptop distribution scheme to students in Sikkim was managed at a reasonable budget which led to the furthering of ties with the tech giant. As part of the collaboration, Microsoft would support the state in integrating IT content in the state board curriculum and build student capacity besides building ...
130 students arrested in US immigration fraud, attorneys cry foul
The 130 foreign students arrested for enroling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the US are largely Indians and were not aware of the varsity's illegitimate operation, immigration attorneys have said while criticising authorities for using "troubling" methods to trap them. The university in Detroit's Farmington Hills was part of an undercover operation by the Department of Homeland Security designed to expose immigration fraud, according to federal prosecutors who announced charges in the case. In what the authorities called a "pay-to-stay" scheme, foreign students knowingly enrolled in the fake school to falsely maintain their student visa status and remain in the United States, according to prosecutors. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents made the arrests in the early morning hours Wednesday, the same day federal indictments were unsealed that charged eight people, all of whom are either Indian nationals or Indian Americans -- in a visa fraud scheme. The .
Holocaust course introduced in Australian schools
Schools in South Australia have begun a trial of a Holocaust education program to fight the rise of anti-Semitism, an official said.
Maharastra: Snake found in mid-day meal of government school
A government school in Nanded came under fire after a snake was found in the mid-day meal that was being served to students.There are no reports so far if any student has consumed the meal.The incident took place on Thursday in Garagwhan Zilla Parishad primary school located in Hadgaon tehsil of Nanded district after the school staff started serving the 'khichdi', they found the snake in the large vessel.Soon as the matter came into light, the school administration stopped serving the meal and prevented around 80 girl-student from consuming it.The parents of girl reached school and demanded the woman who made the meal to be terminated and legal action school be taken against her.When contacted, the Nanded Education Department officials denied the claims and said that incident never happened. The district administration is yet to take action.The National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (Mid-Day Meal Scheme) was launched in 1995. The objective of this scheme was to