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JNU to have Swami Vivekanand's statue
The Jawaharlal Nehru University will soon have a statue of Swami Vivekanand, which has led the students' union and teachers' association to wonder where the funds are coming from, sources said. The Executive Council had given the approval for it last year in July, following which a committee was formed, they said. The sources said that the statue will be towards the right side of the administration block, opposite the statue of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The JNU Students' Union and the Teachers' Association questioned the source of funds for the construction of the statue. They said, on one hand, the varsity does not have money for library funds and for disbursal of the Merit-cum-Mean Scholarship to students and on the other hand it is busy in constructing statues.
Adishakti school win KBD Juniors Bengaluru leg
Sri Adishakti Higher Primary School defeated Delhi Public School 38-18 in the final of the KBD Juniors Kabaddi Season 2 Bengaluru leg here.
University bills not aimed at election : Partha
The Kanyashree University Bill and Harichand Guruchand University Bill 2018 introduced by the West Bengal government are not election gimmicks, state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee asserted on Wednesday. Chatterjee was replying to allegations raised by BJP MLA and the party state unit president Dilip Ghosh assembly during the discussion on the bills in the assembly that though Harichand Guruchand University, proposed to be set up at Thakurnagar at North 24 Parganas, is a welcome step but should have been introduced much earlier. The Kanyashree University is the second university exclusively in the state with emphasis to the women under the Kanyashree Prakalpa ensuring the empowerment of adolescent girls who complete school education. He said the bill has been introduced at this juncture with an eye on the impending general election next year and to woo voters in the name of education. Ghosh also expressed doubts whether the announcements for new universities would .
Four students suspended after clash between ABVP and Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha
Four students, including a Dalit leader, of Deen Dayal Upadhyay University were suspended on Wednesday following a clash between the ABVP and the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha. The clash between the two groups broke out Tuesday when the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha members opposed to a programme organised by the ABVP at the varsity campus in which saffron flags were shown, the university officials said. The event was organised without any official permission, they said, adding the situation was brought under control after the intervention of proctor Gopal Prasad and the police. The proctor suspended four students on the spot, including Dalit leader Anu Prasad, who was a SP candidate in the DDU student's union election this year. The election, however, was cancelled by the varsity, claiming unsuitable environment was not suitable to conduct the polls. Other suspended students include SP supporter Shiv Shankar Gaur and ABVP student members Saurabh Gaur and Anoop Bharti.
Flags of ULFA(I) found in Assam on outfit's Protest Day
Flags of the proscribed ULFA-I were found in different parts of Assam, including in Guwahati and in three school compounds during the outfit's 'Pratibad Divas' (Protest Day) on Wednesday, police said. The outfit has been observing November 28 as Protest Day ever since ULFA was declared a banned outfit 21 years ago on this date. The flags were spotted by locals and CRPF pesonnel and informed the police who immediately removed them. Two flags of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent were found in Guwahati - one of them in the compound of Borbari High School and another on a nearby hillock, the police said. The third flag of the militant outfit was found hoisted in Lakhimpur district in the compound of Dakhin Dhalpur Balika Higher Secondary School at Kochua by CRPF personnel, who informed the police about it. The fourth flag was found hoisted at Chamrajaan in Dhemaji district along NH 15, the sources said adding a fifth one was recovered from the compound
Pearl Academy Mumbai introduces design through workshops to children of Salaam Baalak Trust
As part of the #MumbaiByDesign initiative, Pearl Academy hosted children from Salaam Baalak Trust, an NGO that works for street children, at its campus at Andheri East in Mumbai.#MumbaiByDesign is a design initiative conceptualized by Pearl Academy that demonstrates the power of design thinking to reimagine Mumbai with the aim of developing sustainable solutions to the city's many functional and environmental problems.The first phase of the initiative was held in two segments. In the first segment, children from the Salaam Baalak Trust were invited for an immersive workshop on Art and Design. The children were divided into three groups, based on age, and were taught various primary and secondary colors associated with particular shapes, creating new colors, layout design and design composition.In the second segment, Salaam Balak Trust assigned a portion of a large wall in its Andheri shelter for Pearl students to paint. The three-day activity was an exhilarating experience for the ...
Jharkhand students made to cut paddy crops: AJSU
A regional party in Jharkhand on Wednesday raised the issue of missionary schools making students harvest paddy crops on the outskirts of the state capital.
PhD holders from top foreign varsities eligible for direct recruitment as assistant professor: UGC
Doctoral degree holders from the top 500 foreign universities are now eligible for direct recruitment as an assistant professor in Indian varsities, according to the UGC. As per the new recruitment norms, the top 500 ranking of the university shall be referred from four famous world university ranking systems -- Quacquarelli Symonds , Times Higher Education rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. "The direct recruitment eligibility of international PhD holders is applicable for the disciplines of Arts, Commerce, Humanities, Education, Law, Social Sciences, Sciences, Languages, Library Science, Physical Education and Journalism and Mass Communication. This will help students learn from global talent in India itself, " a senior University Grants Commission (UGC) official said. Earlier, the candidates eligible for the post were required to have minimum 55 per cent marks in the Master's degree in concerned subject from an Indian ...
DLF Foundation's Scholar, Kartik Sawhney inspires the children of Gurugram
It was a moment of great joy and pride for the students of Summer Fields and Ridge Valley School, Gurugram when Kartik Sawhney visited them and interacted with them.Kartik a specially-abled boy, with 100% visual impairment is the first blind student in India to pursue science in class XI and beyond. Often called as the face of ability this boy changed the way Indian educators look at disabled students. Kartik completed his majors in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction at Stanford University.Currently, he is working with Microsoft as IT Engineer in California. Kartik is a DLF Foundation's scholar who received DLF Raghvendra Scholarship to pursue his higher studies at Stanford University.Despite scoring 96 percent in his class 12 CBSE examinations and becoming the first visually impaired student to achieve this feat in Science stream, Kartik was denied a chance to study at India's most valued IITs due to his visual impairment. But he, .
Plea in HC seeks elections to DU's Gwyer Hall student union
The Delhi High Court has sought Delhi University's stand on a plea by a student alleging that the students union of the varsity's prestigious Gwyer Hall continued to be in power since last year as no polls have been held in the hostel for the 2018-19 academic session. Justice Yogesh Khanna sought response of DU and the hostel by December 20 on the petition which has contended that the current president "in nexus with (hostel) authorities was involved in various malpractices" there. The plea by Umang Bhardwaj, a differently-abled student residing in Gwyer Hall hostel, has claimed that the administration was taking action against students who were objecting to the not holding of election there. His petition, filed through advocates Harsh Ahuja and Kushal Sharma, has contended that disciplinary action was taken against two students who had made a representation for the post of mess secretary in the hostel union. The plea also opposes the hostel's notice reducing tenure of PhD students at
Ahmedabad: 'Chak de India' formation by students to support Indian team in Hockey WC
With India hosting the 2018 edition of Men's Hockey World Cup, fans of the game are rooting for the Indian contingent in their own unique ways.Young students are not far behind in showing support to the 'men in blue'.Students of HB Kapadia New High School in Ahmedabad made a formation that read 'Chak De India' to rally their support for the Indian hockey team, who are among the 16 teams participating in the event.Approximately 250 students of classes 5th to 8th, were part of the formation in tricolours of India's national flag, said the school's activity coordinator Bharat Vincent.Talking about the unique activity, Vincent said that the idea was to support the Indian hockey team in the tournament, as well as promoting the sport."The school is dedicated to moulding its students into global citizens. In this regard, we have been integrating different events, international days and upcoming sporting events with its curriculum. For Men's Hockey World Cup, we made a plan to inculcate ...
Gujarat government collecting data of Muslim students
The BJP-ruled Gujarat government has been collecting data of Muslim students, appearing for Class 10 and 12 board examinations, for the last five years, state Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said here on Tuesday.
Minor school boy killed in van-auto collision
A minor boy was on Tuesday killed and two other students injured in a collision between an overcrowded school van they were travelling in and a speeding auto-rickshaw in north Delhi, police said.
Significant spike in number of challans issued against school van and cab drivers
The Delhi Police issued 6,532 challans to school van and cab drivers for traffic violations this year, almost three times the number of challans issued last year. An eight-year-old boy was killed and a minor girl injured after an autorickshaw hit their school van in north Delhi's Timarpur on Tuesday, police said. In a similar incident in April, a seven-year-old girl was killed and 17 students injured when a milk tanker rammed into their private school van near Kanhaiya Nagar Metro Station in northwest Delhi. A senior traffic police officer said, "The lives of children are precious. It has been observed that school vans and cabs are often driven rashly, risking the lives of children. We have held meetings in schools and requested the principals to create awareness among parents. We have also spoken to parent-teacher associations about it." While the Delhi Traffic Police issued 6,532 challans this year till November 15, in the same period last year 2,183 challans were issued. As many as
Post Surat fire that killed minor, Guj plans tuition class
A day after a 7-year-old boy was killed in a fire that swept through a building which housed his tuition class, a Gujarat minister Tuesday said the government would move to regulate such classes. Manthan Jadhav died of suffocation on Monday in the fire that took place in Surat's Vesu area. Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said, "We are planning to introduce a system wherein people need to take permission from the authorities to start tuition classes. Officials will grant permission only after visiting the premises to determine if it is safe to conduct classes." "As of now, there is no mechanism to regulate tuition classes. But, after this incident, we feel that the government must take immediate steps. We are in no mood to allow people to make money at the cost of other's lives," he said. He added that a final decision in this regard will be taken soon after a meeting with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
Nursery admission process in Delhi schools from Dec 15
The nursery admission in private schools of Delhi for the academic session 2019-20 will begin from December 15. The last date for the submission of application forms in schools is January 7. The whole admission process will be over by March 31.Delhi has approximately 1,600 private schools. The government has fixed the upper age limit at 4 years for admission in nursery, 5 years for KG and six years for Class I as on March 31, as per the circular of Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE).The first list of selected candidates including the waiting list will be out on February 4 while the second list will be out on February 21. DoE has informed that the subsequent list if any would be out on March 15.The DoE has instructed all private schools to upload the admission criteria on their official website by December 14. 25 per cent of the seats in Nursery, KG and Class I are reserved for the children, belonging to economically weaker section (EWS) and disadvantaged group (DG).
British Indian businessman helps fund Bristol University's new campus
One of Britain's leading Indian-origin businessmen, who features regularly on the country's annual rich list, has contributed one million pounds to the University of Bristol for a new campus it is building. Bhikhu Patel, himself an architecture graduate from the university, and his wife Shashi, contributed the funds recently towards the new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus (TQEC), which the university said is set to revolutionise teaching and learning. "I fell in love with Bristol the university and city. I couldn't have achieved what I have in my business and personal life without my degree. I've always followed the university and been very proud of its research and teaching successes," said Patel, who graduated from Bristol University in 1973. "Education is very important to me. I came to the UK from Kenya with virtually nothing and was the beneficiary of a first-class education," he said. After leaving the university, Patel followed a career as an architect before taking on a ...
Following "lungi dance" controversy, Visva-Bharati asks all to
The Visva Bharati University has asked all the departments not to hold any programme which could be against the ethics of the institution set up by Rabindranath Tagore. The directive came in a notification following the "lungi dance" controversy over the Teachers' Day celebration at the music department of the central university. "It has come to the notice of the competent authority of the university that an incident took place at Sangeet Bhavan, Visva Bharati at the time of celebration of Teachers' Day, on September 5, 2018," the notification read. "In order to avoid repetition of the said incident, it is directed to convey for information of all concerned that no Bhavana/Vibhaga, Department, Centre of the university shall conduct such programme which is against the ethics and dignity of the university," the November 25 notification, which was available on Tuesday, said. The notification urged everyone concerned to strictly comply with the directive "as the matter of ...
Delhi Assembly: BJP MLAs stage walkout from House
Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta and two BJP MLAs staged a walkout from the House Tuesday to register their protest after their requests for discussion on their respective issues were turned down by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel. As the House proceedings of second and the concluding day of the special session began, Gupta demanded an adjournment motion for a discussion in the House on "poor condition of education system". Following Gupta's demand, Sharma and Pradhan also made requests for calling attention motion to discuss health and other issues. The session also saw heated arguments between AAP MLAs and the Opposition members. The Speaker asked Gupta to meet him personally before filing such requests. "I had made a request for adjournment motion for a discussion in the House on the poor condition of education system in Delhi, but my request was turned down by the Speaker," Gupta told PTI. As Speaker Goel turned down the requests of BJP legislators saying only ...
Nursery admissions in Delhi from Dec 15; upper age limit to take effect
The nursery admission process for approximately 1,600 private schools in the national capital will begin from December 15 with the government imposing an upper age limit from this year. Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) has released a detailed schedule as per which the last date of submitting application forms for nursery class admission for 2019-20 session is January 7. The first list of selected children, along with marks secured by them, will be out on February 4. The second list will be out on February 21 and the nursery admission process will conclude on March 31. Twenty-five per cent seats in pre-school, pre-primary and Class 1 will be reserved for economically weaker sections/disadvantaged groups (EWS/DG). The directorate has instructed all private schools to upload their criteria (with points for each criterion) for admission in open seats, on its official website by December 14. The government has also set an upper age limit of less than four years to be ...