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Revamp of Kerala education sector: Panel submits report to CM
: An expert panel Thursday recommended to the Kerala government to upgrade the professional qualification of teachers and bring the school education sector under a single directorate, in an effort to revamp it. The committee, headed by M A Khader, entrusted with the task of studying of the redesigning of the school education sector, handed over the report to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his office here. The present Directorate of Public Instructions and Higher Secondary and Vocational Higher Secondary Directorates should be conjoined to form a single directorate to control and coordinate the affairs of the education sector, the panel said. To improve the standard of education, teachers should be professionals and their qualification be upgraded, it said. Pre-schooling facility should be provided for children from the age of three till they join schools, it said adding that the government should form a pre-schooling policy. That scientific training in arts and ...
Presidency students continue with sit-in outside VC's office
A section of students of Presidency University on Thursday continued with their sit-in outside the vice-chancellor's office demanding that the authorities revoke the suspension of three students for locking the varsity's main gate on September 10. The Vice-Chancellor Anuradha Lohia said the three students should first offer unconditional apology for their conduct. The agitating students, six of whom were also on an indefinite fast since January 19 are demanding that the varsity authorities immediately revoke the suspension order or share the findings of the inquiry committee, which had recommended the suspension order. The students are holding the sit-in outside the VC's office since Wednesday afternoon. The VC told a press meet in her office on Thursday, the inquiry committee had found the three students took the most active role in bolting the main gate and preventing the faculty and non-teaching staff to enter the campus which led to severe disruption of functioning .
GL teachers awaiting salaries for six months in J-K, urge guv to intervene
General line teachers in Jammu and Kashmir, who are awaiting their salaries for the past six months, have urged Governor Satya Pal Malik to intervene in the matter. There are over 15,000 such teachers awaiting their wages for the past six months. "We are awaiting salaries for the past six months. We urge the governor to intervene into the matter and decide out fate," a general line teacher of a primary school in Ramban, Mohmmad Younis Katoch, told reporters here. Katoch said the teachers will demonstrate a protest if there demands were not fulfilled. "My wife is in a hospital in Jammu. I have to feed three children and educate them. How can I feed them without my salary," Katoch said. An association of these teachers have already met the governor and apprised him of the situation.
Rahul congratulates CA topper Shadab Hussain
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday extended his best wishes to CA exam topper Shadab Hussain, who cleared the exam in the very first attempt.
My grandson didn't do anything wrong by taking out Tiranga Yatra: BJP's Dalbir Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Dalbir Singh on Thursday expressed disappointment over the show-cause notice issued by Aligarh Muslim University to his grandson and others for taking out a Tiranga Yatra on campus recently."Unfortunate that my grandson and his nephew Ajay were issued a notice by AMU administration. Don't think they did anything wrong. Daily some rally or the other is organised on various issues, one was even in support of Afzal Guru, so what is wrong in a Tiranga yatra?" "It is not a crime. Everyone should be patriotic and by flagging a march is a good start," he added.The University administration on Wednesday issued a notice to two students for holding a Tiranga Yatra. The students had held a bike rally chanting 'Vande Mataram' from the Education Department to the Baba Syed Gate, in remembrance of the sacrifice made by freedom fighters.The varsity administration alleged that it had not given permission to carry out the Yatra.The notice issued by the proctor sought a
Insight: U.S. universities unplug from China's Huawei under pressure from Trump
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top U.S. universities are ditching telecom equipment made by Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies to avoid losing federal funding under a new national security law backed by the Trump administration.
Maruti Suzuki India signs MoU with Haryana Govt. for setting up Japan-India Institute of Manufacturing
JIM Uncha Majra will be equipped with modern classrooms and latest training tools and equipment, including mini vehicle assembly line. Industry experts will impart training in eight trades related to automobile manufacturing, maintenance and service. Besides the core curriculum prescribed by NCVT, JIM will groom students in values of safety, quality, discipline, punctuality, Kaizen and other Japanese shop floor practices.
Show-cause notice to AMU students for taking out Tiranga Yatra inside campus
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to two of its student leaders for taking out "Tiranga Yatra" on bikes inside the campus.The varsity administration alleged that it had given no permission to carry out the Yatra.The notice issued by the proctor sought a reply within 24 hours failing which ex-parte action would be taken against the student leaders.Omar Saleem Peerzada, Public Relation Officer (PRO), AMU said that the students violated the code of conduct and varsity rules and regulations."There was no permission and their step was illegal. On 26 January and 15 August every year University holds one week programme, the students should participate in that. Show-Cause notices have been issued and action would be taken against them as per the university rules," said PRO.
Man arrested for raping and killing minor girl
A man has been arrested for allegedly raping and killing a six-year-old girl in Loni area here, police said Wednesday. "The girl had gone for tuition along with her brother on Monday evening. After returning, she again went outside and didn't return thereafter. Her parents and neighbours searched for her till late night but in vain," they said. On Tuesday morning, when the girl's father was going to offer prayers he discovered his child's body lying in a deserted plot near a mosque, said DIG Upendra Agarwal. The girl was a kindergarten student, and she also would take tuition, the father told the police. The minor was raped strangulated with a scarf by her tutor, officials said. On Wednesday, the tutor Faizul Islam from Alvi nagar was arrested. He confessed to the crime. The autopsy report confirmed the girl was raped. Islam has been booked under sections 302, 376 and 5/6 of POCSO Act. In another case, Modi Nagar Police arrested a rape accused named Anuj alias Anu Sharma (25) from ...
4 science parks, 22 science centres to come up in J&K
Four science parks and 22 science centres will be established in secondary and higher secondary schools across Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Wednesday. "As part of quality improvement in education, the Samagra Shiksha will establish four science parks in the secondary and higher secondary schools of the state -- two each in the Jammu and Kashmir divisions," Arun Manhas, Director, Samagra Shiksha, said in a statement here. In addition to the four science parks, 22 science centres will also be established with one such centre in each district, he added. The school education directors in the Jammu and Kashmir divisions had been asked to identify suitable educational institutions in their respective areas for establishing the science parks and science centres, the officer said.
Indian university VC calls for internationalisation of higher education in Davos
The future of higher education depends on internationalisation of public and private universities and great institutions worldwide have a direct relationship with the development of economy and society, Vice Chanceller of O P Jindal Global University (JGU) C Raj Kumar has said. Speaking at the Caspian Week at the 2019 World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland, he said there was a need to take universities seriously which required significant funding, resources and better governance. "In the era of robotics, mega-data, artificial intelligence and dynamic change, only universities of global standards will prosper, equipped with the ability to innovate and grasp the latest cutting-edge knowledge and research," said a JGU statement quoting Kumar. Speaking on the theme, 'Philanthropy and Higher Education', Kumar urged the leaders representing government organisations, trade and industry to focus on the growth and development of universities. "We need to take our universities more ...
No headway in talks between VC, agitating Presi students
Presidency University Vice-Chancellor Anuradha Lohia held talks with students, agitating over the suspension of three of their batchmates but the talks remained deadlocked till Wednesday night. The students were holding a sit-in outside Lohia's office in the main administrative building and six of them were on hunger strike since January 19. During the talks, the VC insisted that the six withdraw their fast while the students demanded withdrawal of the suspension on three students, one of the agitators said. Otherwise, the authorities should reveal the grounds on which three students were singled out "from hundred others" for closing the main gate on September 10 and put under suspension, he said. Terming the decision of the students to go on fast as "nothing short of blackmail", Lohia told reporters, "No discussion on any issue can be possible till the students withdraw their fast." Lohia held series of talks with the agitating students in her chamber since afternoon, ..
HC asks striking TN govt school teachers to return to work
The Madras High Court Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu government school teachers, on an indefinite strike since Tuesday, to return to work considering the interest of the students. A division bench comprising justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam gave the interim direction on a petition by a class XII student opposing the strike. It directed the teachers to join duty not later than January 25 and adjourned the matter to February 18. The members of the Joint Action Council of Teachers Organisations- Government Employees Organisations (JACTO-GEO) have been on the strike since Tuesday, pressing their nine-point charter of demands, including reverting to the old pension scheme and seeking salary arrears. Earlier on January 21, a single judge bench of the court had refused to entertain the petition. The petitioner contended that the strike by the teachers associations would result in him being insufficiently equipped to compete on an equal footing during the ...
Future of higher education depends on internationalisation of public, private universities: JGU
Future of higher education depends on internationalisation of public and private universities and great institutions worldwide have a direct relationship to the development of economy and society, Vice Chanceller of O P Jindal Global University (JGU) C Raj Kumar has said. Speaking at the Caspian Week at the 2019 World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland, he said there is a need to take universities seriously which require significant funding, resources and better governance. "In the era of robotics, mega-data, artificial intelligence and dynamic change, only universities of global standards will prosper, equipped with the ability to innovate and grasp the latest cutting edge knowledge and research," said a JGU statement quoting Kumar. Speaking on the theme, 'Philanthropy and Higher Education', he urged the leaders representing government organisations, trade and industry to focus on the growth and development of universities. "We need to take our universities more seriously. Our ...
Delhi govt forms high-level panel to frame anti-bullying policy for schools
The Delhi government has formed a high-level committee to frame anti-bullying and ragging policy for schools and a mechanism to monitor its implementation, according to an official order. The schools have also been asked to circulate the message - 'bullying is strictly prohibited inside the premises and no such act will go unnoticed or unpunished' - through school magazines and display the message at prominent places in the campus. "In order to have an amiable and teaching-learning conducive environment in the school it is indispensable that they must be free from bullying and ragging. There must be respectful relationship among students, school administration and families," an official order by the Directorate of Education (DoE) said. "A standing committee will be constituted at the headquarter-level comprising senior officers of the DoE to frame anti-bullying policy and monitor its implementation in the state at district-level and school-level," it added. The committee will be ...
Indian-origin teenager defends scholarship to top UK school
A socialist Indian-origin teenager has defended his scholarship to one of Britain's most well-known schools associated largely with the rich and famous as a means to tackle injustice. Hasan Patel, a staunch supporter of Britain's Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn who became the youngest person to address the party's annual conference last year at the age of 15, bagged a GBP 76,000 scholarship to the prestigious Eton College in London after a series of rigorous entrance requirements. He was attacked on social media as a "champagne socialist" for accepting the privilege but he fought back. "I'm being called a 'traitor, hypocrite, selfish champagne socialist' for accepting a scholarship to Eton College. I've worked so hard for this and you're not going to put me down," he wrote on Twitter. "Instead of attacking me, why aren't we talking about the inequalities in the education system," he questioned. The 16-year-old, who has attracted thousands of supporters online with his ...
Prohibitory orders in a part of Kendrapara town
The Kendrapara district administration Wednesday clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in a part of this district headquarter town as a precautionary measure following a quarrel between two groups of youths. Tension mounted up in the afternoon as the two groups were locked in a verbal duel over organisation of a function at the local government high school playground. "Order has been restored. The tense situation has been diffused. As a precautionary measure, Section 144 CrPC prohibitory order was enforced at areas near the playground," said Ranjan Kumar Dey, Sub Divisional Police Officer.
NGT slams Delhi govt over rainwater harvesting system in schools, colleges
The National Green Tribunal Wednesday slammed the Delhi government for its failure to install rainwater harvesting system in schools and colleges and summoned senior official of the education department with complete records. A bench of Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore and expert member S S Garbyal expressed surprise over the AAP government's inability to apprise it about the exact number of schools and colleges in the city. "What action have you (Delhi govt) taken to install rainwater harvesting system? The tribunal has passed the order on November 16, 2017, and asked you to complete the exercise in two months. Show us what action have you taken?" the bench said. The lawyer appearing for the Delhi government informed it that out of 1,600 private schools, 901 have installed, while 699 are remaining and out of 742 government schools only 528 have have set up the rainwater harvesting system. When the bench asked about the number of aided and unaided schools in the city, the lawyer was ...
In AI age, only varsities of global standards will prosper: Indian VC Raj Kumar at Davos
In an age of robotics and artificial intelligence, only universities of gloabal standards will prosper and they need to be multi-disciplinary and not focus only on the scientific stream, the Vice Chancellor of a private Indian university said during the Caspian Week at the World Economic Forum (WEF) here.
Kokuyo Camlin launches a revolutionary geometry box
Kokuyo Camlin, the premier stationery brand true to its commitment of creating innovative ways of making learning fun and better for children through its products launched the '2 in 1 Geometry and Pencil box' at KidZania.Satish Veerappa, CEO Kokuyo Camlin, unveiled the first-of-its-kind product which would be very useful for the children.The '2 in 1 Geometry and Pencil box' is an ergonomically designed, sleek yet tough transparent geometry cum pencil box made out of high quality unbreakable plastic with slots for pencils and geometry instruments organized in separate compartments and at the same time offering space for more components.At a time when the kids are overburdened with a heavy school bag where there is a jostle for space, this product comes as a blessing as it will reduce the space taken in the bag and will serve the purpose of both - geometry and pencil box. The MRP of the product is an affordable Rs. 200 per piece. The product is a result of intensive research the company