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DU's admissions committee to meet Tuesday, may discuss upper caste quota
The Admissions Committee of the Delhi University will meet here Tuesday and may discuss the implementation of 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker section of the general category, sources said Monday. The varsity's Academic Council, in its meeting which held on January 2, had decided to introduce 30 new courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in almost 20 colleges. Some of the approved courses include Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Honours) in Bhimrao Ambedkar college, BA (Hons) in Economics in Dyal Singh college and Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa college, BA (Hons) in Philosophy in Hansraj college among others. The post graduate courses which have been approved include Master of Arts (MA) in English in Gurunanak Dev college and Master of Science (MSc) in operational research at Shaheed Sukhdev college of Business Studies and Keshav college. The admissions committee officials, however, said that they had not received anything in writing about it till now. Sources claimed that ..
Row over cancellation of permission for retd judge's Fergusson
A row erupted Monday after the permission for retired high court justice and rights activist B G Kolse-Patil's lecture on the Indian Constitution at the prestigious Fergusson College here, was withdrawn at the last moment. Justice Kolse-Patil, however, went on to address students on the campus, after he was denied permission to deliver his lecture in the amphitheatre of the college. The organising committee members blamed the college authorities for the cancellation, however, the Deccan Education Society, which runs the college, said they had offered the organisers the venue other than the amphitheatre as it is under litigation, but didn't get any response. Tension prevailed on the campus for some time as activists of the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) objected to the lecture. However, police personnel separated the workers of the ABVP and other groups of students to avoid any law and order issue. Justice Kolse-Patil later told reporters that he
TN CM launches KG classes in govt schools
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami Monday kicked off a pilot project enabling children to attend kindergarten classes based on Montessori education in english medium at government middle schools with anganwadi centres in the State. Palaniswami formally launched the programme at a function held at a Government Girls Middle School here on Monday, an official release said. The project would benefit 52,933 children in 2,381 anganwadi centres in the State, it said. The kindergarten classes would be supervised by the head masters of the respective middle schools. The school education department would train the teachers under the Samakra Shiksha Abhiyaan scheme. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12. The children enrolled in the LKG, UKG classes would receive four pairs of uniforms, color pencils, crayons and footwear for free and a course completion ...
National capital JEE topper hopes for seat in IIT Delhi
After scoring the highest marks in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2019 (Main) in the national capital, 17-year-old Haryana lad Navneet Jindal now wants to focus on his board examination and is hoping for securing a seat in the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
Adolescent school students to be made aware of HIV-AIDS
The Odisha AIDS Control Society has launched a programme to sensitize adolescent students in schools on HIV, AIDS and sexual transmission diseases, an official said Monday. The adolescent education programme was launched in Ganjam district, having the highest number of HIV positive persons in the state. The children will be made aware of the cause of the spread of STDs by the teachers in the district, AIDS control programme officer in Ganjam, Hemant Sahu, said here. As many as 60 teachers - half of them women - of 30 high schools in at least 14 out of the 22 blocks, have been sensitized on the cause of HIV and how to prevent them, Sahu said. The programme has been launched in collaboration with the school and mass education department. Teachers from highly vulnerable blocks have been selected for training, he said adding that those teachers would create awareness among students, especially those studying in classes IX and X, at least once a week. "If the school students .
MP: Two juveniles held for sodomising junior student
Two youths were Monday detained for allegedly sodomising a class 8 student in their school hostel at Nipania area here in Madhya Pradesh, police said. The alleged incident occurred on the night of January 19 when the accused duo called the victim to their hostel room and sexually assaulted him, Vijay Nagar area City Superintendent of Police Pankaj Dixit told PTI. The youths are students of class 10 and 11 in a reputed English medium school. The police officer said a case has been registered against the accused duo under sections 377 (unnatural offences) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), after parents of the victim lodged a complaint with Lasudia police station Sunday afternoon. The principal of the school could not be contacted despite repeated calls.
Loyola College apologies for anti-Hindu paintings
City-based Catholic minority institution, Loyola College, on Monday apologised for its anti-Hindu, anti-Central government paintings that were exhibited at a cultural event held in its premises.
Raj govt mulling to set up petroleum university
The Rajasthan government has proposed a three-year diploma course in petroleum engineering at the Government Polytechnic College in Jodhpur and is mulling to set up a petroleum university in the state, the assembly was informed Monday. Replying to a question during the Question Hour, Minister of state for technical education Subhash Garg said the state government was also considering revision of syllabus and introducing courses in mechatronics engineering and automobile design in polytechnic colleges. He said the government will open new polytechnic colleges for women at district-level to provide quality education. The government has introduced a choice based credit system from the 2017-18 session in Rajasthan Technical University, Kota. The minister said that government has signed MoUs with various educational institutes which have helped students in setting up 13 start-ups in the past few years. The Rajasthan Technical University in Kota conducted 180 training programmes for ...
Will soon fill vacant posts to improve quality of education: Rajasthan minister
Rajasthan minister Govind Dotasara said Monday that the Education Department will soon fill vacant positions to improve the quality of education and provide jobs to unemployed youths. Replying to question in the Rajasthan Assembly, the minister said the previous government had announced vacancies for various posts without completing any formalities and the present government is committed to fill the vacant positions soon. As on January 1, 2019, posts of 1,642 principals, 1,158 headmasters, 9,912 lecturers, 224 grade-1 physical education teachers, 13,990 senior teachers, 496 and 5,056 grade-2 and grade-3 physical education teachers, 11,906 grade-3 level-1 teachers and 13,940 of grade-3 level-2 teachers were vacant, he said. Dotasara said 58,324 posts were vacant in the department.
IIST co-building satellite with California, Surrey institutes
After launching several satellites built by students of different universities, the ISRO will launch one built by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in collaboration with California Institute of Technology, an Indian space agency official said.
Karnataka's 111-year-old seer dead
Karnataka's 111-year-old revered seer, Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Mutt at Tumakuru, is dead, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced on Monday.
NMIMS Organises First Edition of International Conference on Advances in Materials Science & Applied Biology
/ -- - Padma Vibhushan Man Mohan Sharma talks about the science of the future at NMIMS International conference - More than 300 researchers and students attended International Conference on Advances in Materials Science & Applied Biology (AMSAB 2019) Sunandan Divatia School of Science, NMIMS, Mumbai organized its first edition of International Conference on Advances in Materials Science & Applied Biology on January 8th-10th, 2019. The chief guest of the conference, Padma Vibhushan Professor Man Mohan Sharma who is Former Director of Institute of Chemical Technology opened the session with his eloquent speech on the need of Blue Skies Research in the Indian society. (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/810903/NMIMS_International_Science_Conference.jpg ) "Blue skies research is absolutely essential to come out with the invention which then leads to the innovation. So the conference of Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Material Science is absolutely required to discover ...
J-K govt sets up panel for school infrastructure
The Jammu and Kashmir's administration has set up a panel for implementation of saturation of toilets, drinking water and electricity in government schools in the state, a senior official said Monday. The General Administrative Department (GAD) has ordered constitution of district-level committee on this issue. "Sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of a district-level committee for achieving 100 per cent, saturation of toilets, drinking water and electricity in the government schools in the state," Commissioner-Secretary to general administrative department (GAD), J-K, Hilal Ahmad said. A five-member committee will be headed by the district development commissioner as chairman. The committee will prepare a detailed project report after undertaking actual assessment of deficient schools on the minimum requirement basis. The panel will monitor the works executed by different agencies, including public health engineering, power development department and engineering wing of ...
Commitment to values essential in every sphere of life: Rajnath
Stressing on the significance of imparting good values to school children, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said providing education is not sufficient as "commitment to values" is the most important factor for every person who aims to ensure society's welfare. Speaking after laying the foundation stone for a Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) at a Central Industrial Security Force camp here, the minister urged the organisation of central schools to ensure quality education to children. "Imparting education to earn knowledge is not sufficient and it is very essential that children are imparted good values and culture. Commitment to values is very important for every person who wishes to ensure society's good and well being," the minister said. The KV, spread in a 5-acre area, which will largely admit children of central paramilitary personnel living here, was sanctioned by the central government last year.
Presidency VC tells fasting students to call off stir
Presidency University Vice Chancellor Anuradha Lohia on Sunday urged a section of agitating students to immediately withdraw their stir against a disciplinary action by the varsity. Lohia met the seven students, who have been fasting since Friday to protest the December 19 notification by Presidency authorities to suspend three students for locking the gate of the university in September, during the agitation regarding accommodation at the Hindu Hostel. "This is not the way. Please withdraw your fast immediately," the VC, who came to the varsity to attend the 202nd Founders' Day programme, told the agitating students. The seven protesting students include the three facing suspension. One of the agitating students, Ujan, said the VC had wanted the three to offer an "unconditional apology" but "we cannot do that". Lohia had earlier reduced the suspension period from one year to six months "considering their career prospects". A university official said the authorities are ..
Citizenship Bill: Protests held across Manipur
Women vendors of temporary market in the main business centre here, staged a sit-in against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 on Sunday. Women vendors of Khwairamban Bazaar demanded resignation of MPs and MLAs who were supporting the controversial bill. Protests were also held at different places of the state by students, women and civil society organisations at Keisampat Thokchom Leikai, Keisamthong To Leirak, Singjamei Bazar, Kakwa Bazar in Imphal West district, Nambol in Bishnupur district, Kakching Bazaar in Kakching district and at Yairipok Bazaar in Thoubal district. A joint meeting convened by six student organisations -- All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU), Manipur Students' Federation (MSF), Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM), Kangleipak Students' Association (KSA), Students' Union of Kangleipak (SUK) and Apunba Ireipakki Maheiroi Sinpanglup (AIMS) -- along with general public and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) were held at the ...
Atmosphere needed to attract brightest minds to teaching:
Former President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday stressed on the need for creating a conducive atmosphere to attract brightest of the bright into teaching, research and innovation. "There are 767 universities in the country and is expanding. There is a huge development of physical infrastructure in higher education.... But I regret to point out that the quality of education, which we are providing in our our institutions of higher education, are not upto the world standard," Mukherjee said. "We will have to create a conducive atmosphere in which brightest of the bright come to the teaching, research and innvoation.... Our future progress will depend increasingly on our ability to innovate, to devise efficient processes for the industrial sector and better solutions for governance," Mukherjee said. He was addressing the annual convocation of the Patna University. Stating that IIT graduates will be found at top places in international organisations, he said they were not required
Post of vice principal to be created in all HP senior secondary schools: CM
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Sunday said vice principal posts will be created in all senior secondary schools and the nomenclature of post graduate teachers posted in schools will be changed to lecturers. Speaking at the fourth regional seminar of Himachal Pradesh Teachers Union (shikshak manasangh) in Gondpur Banhera, Una district, Thakur said notification with regard to these announcements would be issued soon. Explaining the importance of 'value added education', the chief minister said, "Teachers should educate the students regarding our culture, tradition so that he or she feels proud of their rich history." Thakur said despite being a small state, Himachal had been adjudged the best state in education. The chief minister said teachers should check the practice of cheating among students during examinations. He said the teachers should set an example by their own conduct and character. Further, Thakur asked the teachers to fight the menace of drug abuse among ...
KISS to run centres in other states and Bangladesh
The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) that provides free education from kindergarten to post-graduation to 50,000 tribal students in Odisha, on Sunday said it would run similar centres in other states and Bangladesh. A KISS centre for poor children is expected to start functioning at Kolkata from next year, it's founder Achyuta Samanta said here Sunday. The KISS has entered into an agreement with a Kolkata based NGO to run the centre for 1000 poor children in the metropolis from the academic session of 2020, he said. Bhumi Pujan has already taken place at Joka area and construction going on at a faster pace. Declared a Deemed to be University by the Union Human Resource Development ministry in August last year, the KISS would start a centre near Ranchi in Jharkhand from 2020. Jharkhand cabinet has already approved 28 acre of land for the KISS campus, Samanta, a Rajya Sabha member from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) said. The KISS that runs a centre for 600 ...
2 engineering students go missing while taking bath in sea
Two students of an engineering college went missing while they were taking bath near Jahania Pir at Astarang in Odishas Puri district Sunday, police said. Two others were rescued from the sea by the locals. Police said the students of a Bhubaneswar-based private engineering college had gone for a picnic near the seashore at Jahania Pir of Astarang this morning. Four of them had gone to sea for bathing when they were caught in a current. The local people could rescue two of them while as many number of boys were still missing, police said. Of the two rescued boys, the condition of one was critical, police said. Fire Services personnel from Astarang have launched an operation to trace the missing students.