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Jharkhand: Jayant Sinha lauds school students for making drone
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Saturday praised the efforts made by the students of a school to make a drone."Today is a historic day for us. As part of our drone policy, which has been praised all over the world, students of Sri Guru Nanak Public School here have made a drone. Being an engineer myself, I feel proud when I see such efforts from the students. We have taught these students how to use a drone," Sinha said.Sinha added that besides textbooks the students should also analyse the world and learn different things.The drone has been made completely by the students.
Edu dept collecting data to stop frauds, claims AAP; BJP says exercise for 'political purposes'
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Saturday said the exercise of the education department to verify residence proof of school students was aimed at restraining the "mafia" involved in admission frauds. His remark came after the Election Commission reportedly asked the AAP government to stop the exercise of collecting voter identification details of families of school students. Sisodia also said poll panel had no mandate in this matter, even as the Delhi BJP hit out at AAP government and accused it of collecting data for "political purposes". The education mafia is causing this controversy. The EC's mandate is not to support the BJP's education mafia, but to conduct elections. As long as the voter card is a valid address proof, the EC cannot ask us to stop the exercise, the deputy chief minister told reporters. Sisodia, who is in-charge of the education department, said the "education mafia" exists in Delhi and it runs fake admission rackets. "During checking it was found that .
SRK emphasises on importance of education
"I really believe in education and with the intervention of social media we have a larger platform to promote it," said Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan during an event in Mumbai.The superstar attended the event with Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis.Talking about how social media affects the education sector, the 53-year-old highlighted the importance of collaboration of existing colleges and universities."I truly believe that specialised education can happen in collaborations with foreign universities. Students in Mumbai and in all other parts of the country need to be educated because the world is changing so much with greater competition," said SRK.Taking to his Instagram, the actor thanked Fadnavis for making him a part of the event. He wrote, "Thank u sir @Dev_Fadnavis for making me a part of Mumbai 2.0. This is our city and we will do everything with you to make it more creative, competitive & culturally inclusive. Aamchi Magical Mumbai."He further said that ...
TMCP urges Partha to find out solution of attendance impasse
The students' wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday urged the state education minister to find out a solution as students in several colleges in the city are agitating after they were not allowed to appear for an examination due to shortage of attendance. The students were to sit for first semester examination of the Calcutta University but only those with a minimum of 60 per cent attendance were allowed. Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) president Trinankur Bhattacharya said the organisation leaders met Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and requested him to find out a solution which would bring normalcy in academic functioning in colleges and be acceptable to all sides. He said student representatives from six-seven colleges asked TMCP leadership "to find an way out to the present impasse" over the decision of the authorities to strictly enforce the 60 per cent attendance rule. A TMCP source said the union also urged Chatterjee to see if there ...
Sisodia hits out at Centre over denial of Austria visit
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday lashed out the Narendra Modi government for denial of permission for his Austria visit to speak about the 'Happiness Curriculum' introduced by AAP government in Delhi schools. "They did not give any reason for denying permission to my Austria visit for the three day conference," Sisodia, who had to leave on Saturday night, said at a press conference. Sisodia's case comes days after another Delhi Minister, Satyendar Jain, alleged that the BJP-led central government had denied him permission to travel to Australia on the invitation of a university in Sydney. Sisodia said that the Happiness curriculum introduced in Delhi government run schools has started showing positive results with teachers and principles reporting increased attendance of students, focus on study, peaceful behaviour of children and overall improvement in education. "It would earn fame for the country, if I spoke about our education model but the Centre due to petty ...
Delhi fixes weight of school bags for students
The weight of a school bag in Delhi is officially fixed, according to a Delhi government circular on Saturday. It says school bags for students in Class I and II should not be above 1.5 kg; for Classes III to V (two-three kg), classes VI-VII (four kg), Classes VIII-IX (4.5 kg), and Class X (five kg).
Administrative officer of Naval housing colony held for graft
The administrative officer of a naval housing colony in Mumbai has been arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking bribe for allowing a tuition to run from the colony. Mohammed Hussain Mujawar, the accused, is Commander and Administrative Officer of Naval Civilian Housing Colony (NCHC) in suburban Kanjur Marg, a CBI release said Saturday. Mujawar was caught Friday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000, it said. He had allegedly demanded Rs 25,000 from a person to allow him to run tuition classes in the colony, and later agreed to accept Rs 20,000, it said. Following a complaint, the CBI laid a trapand caught Mujawar red-handed. Further probe is on, the release said.
Unsuccessful ISCE, ISC students to get another chance in same
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) will give unsuccessful candidates a second chance to pass the examination in the same year, from 2019. CISCE secretary Gerry Arathoon said compartmental exams will be held for ISC candidates having failed in the fourth subject and ICSE candidates in the fifth subject, in the same year, shortly after publication of the respective board results. Arathoon was addressing participants at the Association of Schools for the Indian School Certificate Conference here on Friday. Students of Class 12, having passed in English and two other subjects but not in the fourth subject and Class 10 candidates, making it in English and three other subjects, but failing in the fifth subject, won't have to waste one year under the new system, he said. Those candidates can sit for the supplementary (compartmental) test in June-July, Arathoon said. The results of the compartmental exam can then be published by August to enable ..
Goa aims to double incubation centres by 2020
The Goa government aims to double the number of incubation centres in the state by 2020 providing the working space for incubating 200 companies, a senior functionary has said. The Goa State Innovation Council (GSINC) has been formed with the mandate to encourage more incubation centres, specially in the institutes providing technological education. "The Council is on the drive to double the number of incubation centres in the State from existing seven to fifteen by the year 2020. "The incubation Centres that are existing in Goa are working on Information Technology (IT) and IT-Enabled Services (ITES) besides few in food processing sector," GSINC chairman Jose Manuel Noronha told PTI. "It would be possible when we set up these centres across all the institutes in the State providing technology education like engineering colleges, polytechnic colleges and others," he said. The current centres spread across the state are incubating around 100 companies, and with the ...
Dutch Ambassador Launches Orange Tulip Scholarships at Bengaluru Tech Summit to Boost Study in Holland Program
/ -- - Karnataka Emerges as Key Talent Hub With 19 Dutch Universities Offering Around 55 Scholarships in 2019-20 Worth INR 3.65 Cr to Attract Indian Students - Five Students From IIIT Bangalore Trump Indian Colleges to Participate in First Ever Indo-Dutch Summer School on Cyber Security in the Hague The 400-year-old Indo-Dutch relations is at an all time high. Indo-Dutch bi-lateral trade and cultural relations founded on the bedrock of its talented people will be enhanced with greater student mobility from India to Netherlands. In this context, Dutch Ambassador, Marten van den Berg launched Orange Tulip scholarship (OTS) during the Bengaluru Tech Summit held on 30th November, 2018 at Bangalore Palace. "We are happy to formally launch the 2019-20 Orange Tulip Scholarships for Indian students to study in Holland. OTS was piloted in 2017 under Nuffic Netherlands Education Support Office (NESO) India. This year, 19 Dutch universities are offering around 55 scholarships in bachelors and ..
Students of 2 colleges demonstrate over shortage of attendance
Students of two colleges in the city held demonstrations on Friday after they were denied permission to appear for an upcoming examinations due to shortage of attendance, officials said. While affected students of the South City college put up road blockade in Golpark area, those of the Gurudas College agitated inside the college campus in Maniktala in north Kolkata. Around 300 students of the South City college blockaded Gariahat Road (South) for over an hour. They were demanding relaxation of the the minimum 60 per cent attendance criteria to appear for university examinations. One of the agitating students Asutosh Sharma said the blockade was withdrawn after senior police officers informed them that the state government will talk to the students over the issue by Saturday. In the second incident at Maniktala, a section of students of the Gurudas College agitated in the campus in protest against omission of their names from the list of examinees because of poor ...
Sisodia claims Centre has denied him permission to visit Austria
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Friday alleged the Centre has "denied" him permission to visit Austria, where, the AAP leader said, he wanted to share the "Happiness Curriculum" with the world. The curriculum launched by the Delhi government in July includes meditation, value education, and mental exercises for students of nursery up to class 8. On his deputy's allegation that the Centre had denied him permission to visit Austria, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter said this is "dirty politics". The event is being organised by an organisation, and the deputy chief minister was supposed to go to Austria on Saturday for three days, according to a statement. "(Prime Minister Narendra)Modi ji does not want to let me present the message of happiness curriculum of the Delhi government's schools before the world. "The Modi government has not given me permission to deliver my thoughts about happiness classes in Austria due to which I had to cancel my visit," Sisodia ...
More UK-India cooperation in Tourism needed: British envoy
British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith has expressed keen interest in having more cooperation between the UK and India in the Tourism sector. This was stated by the High Commissioner when he called on Kerala governor P Sathasivam at the Raj Bhavan here Thursday. He was accompanied by Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford, British Deputy High Commissioner, Chennai and Rudy Fernandez, political adviser, a Raj Bhavan press release said Friday. Expressing happiness over the World Bank's willingness to help in rebuilding Kerala, the High Commissioner said the UK was a major donor to the Bank's projects. He also expressed keen interest in having more cooperation between the UK and Kerala in tourism. The Kerala governor suggested increasing facilities for students and others who intended to go to the UK for higher studies. As Chancellor of the Universities, Sathasivam also promised all help to British students who wish to pursue education in Kerala and to learn more about the ...
Teaching fraternity should refrain from student politics: HP governor
Teaching fraternity should refrain from student politics as it affects the educational environment in the campus, Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat said Friday. Presiding over the annual court meeting of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) here, Devvrat said, "Political activities at university level are uncalled for". The universities are centres of higher learning and human development, but unfortunately political activities in such institutions pollute the educational environment, he said. The governor called for collective efforts to make this university of an international standard. Sunder Nagar MLA Rakesh Jamwal unanimously was elected as a member of the Executive Council from the University Court on this occasion.
WB cabinet nod for welfare board for fire fighters
West Bengal cabinet Friday gave its nod to set up welfare board for fire fighters on the lines of the one for the police, state Fire and Emergency Services Minister Firhad Hakim said. We will soon formulate the welfare board for the fire department just like what has been done for the police department. The cabinet has given its nod today, Hakim said after the Cabinet meeting here at the state secretariat. Besides, senior officials of the department, there will be representatives from each sections of the department in the board, he said. Meanwhile, the Cabinet also gave its nod for the recruitment of 6878 teachers in 2198 primary and upper primary schools in the state. Of them 6594 teachers will be recruited for Bengali, Hindi and Al-chiki languages, 284 Santhal teachers, Hakim said. The cabinet also gave the green signal to set up a 10 megawatt solar power plant in 52-acre of land in Raniganj in West Burdwan district, the minister said.
Assam school to take oath on not to use betel nut or tobacco
Around 45 lakh children studying in government schools across Assam will be administered an oath on Saturday not to use betel nut or tobacco. They would take the oath under the 'Pledge for Life' initiative of the department of education again on December 14, a statement by the organisers said on Friday. The oath, as per the instructions from the department of Education reads: "I pledge not to use betel nut or tobacco in any form, including smoking cigarettes, bidis, etc, or chewing tobacco as gutka, etc., for the rest of my life and also encourage my family and friends not to do so." "Assam has more than 45 lakh students in 50,131 Government schools. We want children to have a healthy life and are protected from the tobacco epidemic," it said. This initiative has been taken by the education department with support from a number of organisations. Stating that the Sambandh Health Foundation (SHF),one of the organisers, has developed an android-based app 'Pledge for Life', .
University can't be platform for anti-India baiting: MoS PMO Jitendra Singh
Asserting that a university cannot be used as a platform for anti-India baiting, Union minister Jitendra Singh Friday said free flow of thoughts was welcome in educational institutes but it had to be guided by the bottom-line of patriotic and nationalistic commitment. Addressing an interactive programme of students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here, he said there were certain individuals who, in a haste to prove their false intellectual pretensions, try to sound unorthodox or unconventional and in the process forget to draw the line of their commitment to the nation. Even in the most advanced democracies of the world, including the UK and the US, Singh said not only the natives but even those from other countries who acquire citizenship were careful not to utter a word, directly or indirectly, which would hurt the pride of the country in which they have settled. "It is, therefore, a perverted mind which thinks it will be possible to make news and attract attention by abusing .
Fifth edition of 'Umeed 1000' Cyclothon flagged off
In a bid to promote education for under-privileged girl children, RBL Bank flagged off the fifth edition of 'Umeed 1000, a 1000 kilometre Cyclothon, here on Friday.
Jammu University professor suspended for terrorist remark on Bhagat Singh
A professor of Jammu University was suspended on Friday for his alleged terrorist remark against freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
Jammu University professor calls Bhagat Singh terrorist, panel to probe
A professor of Jammu Universitytriggered a controversy by allegedly referring to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh as a "terrorist", prompting authorities to set up a panel to probe the matter. While delivering a lecture at the department of political science on Thursday, Prof Mohammad Tajuddin allegedly made the reference. Soon after students took up the matter with the vice chancellor. Some students of the political science department met the Vice Chancellor on Thursday evening and told him about the incident. They submitted a CD as a proof",Spokesperson of Jammu University, Dr Vinay Thusoo told PTI. Taking immediate action, Vice Chancellor Prof Manoj K Dhar ordered a probe and ordereddisassociation of Prof Tajuddin from teaching. "Following a complaint by some students against ProfTajuddin on Thursday, the University on the same dayconstituted an Inquiry Committee, which is headed by DeanAcademic Affairs of the University, Prof Keshiv Sharma", DrThusoo said. He said the committee has ...