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Number of Indian students studying in US rises for 5th consecutive year
The number of Indians studying in the United States has increased by 5.4 per cent over the last year to 196,271, according to the 2018 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released on Tuesday.This marks the fifth consecutive year that the total number of Indian students pursuing their higher education in the United States has gone up.Speaking at the US-Indian Educational Foundation (USIEF), Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs Joseph Pomper said, "Looking at the past 10 years of data, the number of Indians going to the United States has doubled. The reasons are clear--Indian students are looking for a great education and the United States continues to offer this."Pomper also stated that the Embassy continues to see well qualified Indians applying to study in the United States as well as record attendance at the US university fairs held across the country.As per the report, Indians make up nearly 18 per cent of all international students in the United States, ...
Number of Indian students in US continue to rise
The number of Indian students studying in the US increased by 5 per cent since last year, coming second only to the Chinese students, a US Embassy official said on Tuesday.
Girls face barriers to education in Pakistan: HRW
Pakistan is failing to educate a huge proportion of the country's girls due to the government's under-investment in schools, prohibitive school fees and gender discrimination, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Tuesday.
India, China sent highest number of students to American institutions:report
India and China were among the top countries that sent the highest number of students to American institutions last year even as the number of new international students enrolling at US colleges and universities declined, according to a report. According to the '2017 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange', it is the first time that the number of students has declined in the twelve years. The report, released by Institute of International Education (IIE) and the US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, said while the overall number of international students studying in the US has increased, the number of new international students those enrolled at a US institution for the first time in fall 2016 - declined by nearly 10,000 students to about 291,000, a three per cent decrease from the previous year. "The scaling back of large Saudi and Brazil government scholarship programmes were a significant factor, as the number of students from those ...
Kids with family support more likely to stand up to bullying
Young people with good family relationships are more likely to intervene when they witness bullying or other aggressive behaviour at school and to step in if they see victims planning to retaliate, suggests new research.
India's higher education system needs drastic changes to address tech-induced challenges (Column: Active Voice)
As the world stands on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, powered by a wide range of new technology breakthroughs such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), advanced robotics, Internet of Things IoT), Cloud computing and 3D printing, major changes are expected in the labour market globally.
PM Modi to give awards to 'India-Singapore Hackathon 2018' winners Thursday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give awards on Thursday to winners of the first "India-Singapore Hackathon 2018", a 40-team competition which began here Monday. Singapore Education Minister Ong Ye Kung will be present at the award ceremony. The Prime Minister will visit Singapore on November 14-15 for a series of regional summits related to East Asia and will have a breakfast meeting with ASEAN leaders. During his official visit to Singapore on May 31-June 2, Modi had proposed to his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong that India and Singapore should organise a joint hackathon. Lee had welcomed the proposal. Singapore has designated the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and its innovation and enterprise arm - NTUitive -- to conduct the Hackathon. India has designated the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). High Commission of India in Singapore facilitated the event in collaboration with Singapore's Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs. Twenty teams, each
Hope TN govt will bestow full attention to introduce spoken English to students in Tamil medium: HC
The Madras High Court Monday hoped that the Tamil Nadu government would bestow its full attention to introduce spoken English course to students studying in Tamil medium in government schools. Passing interim orders on a public interest litigation, the division bench, comprising Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam impleaded the Directorate of State Council for Education Research and Training, Chennai as respondent to the PIL filed by former DMK MLA M Appavu. "This court, taking note of the fact that English is a link language for communication outside of the state, as well as outside of the country, hopes and trusts the government will bestow their full attention for introduction of spoken English course to the students studying in Tamil medium in the government schools," the bench said. It directed the authorities concerned to file a counter affidavit by December 6 and also impleaded the director of the State Council for Education, Research and Training, Chennai, as a ...
Delhi University deliberately delaying probe in Baisoya case: NSUI
Following the deferment of hearing of Ankiv Baisoya fake-degree case in the High Court here on Monday, the Congress-affiliated National Students' Union of India (NSUI) slammed the Delhi University for engaging in "dilatory tactics" in the way it is conducting the probe.
Pune residential school teacher booked for assaulting child
An art teacher of a Pune based residential school was booked for allegedly hitting a student in the face for not completing a drawing assignment. The child's parents, who filed a police complaint Monday, claimed the assault has led to the child suffering from "facial paralysis". The alleged incident took place between October 15-25 in the Shri Chhatrapatil Shivaji Maharaj Preparatory Military School (SSPMS) where the child is a Class VI student, police said. The parents Monday approached Shivajinagar police station where a case under section 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) was registered against the teacher who has been identified as Sandeep Gade, an official said. School principal S Patil said Gade had been suspended. "On November 3, we came to the school to take our child home for Diwali. However, we noticed some abnormalities in the left side of his face. Upon inquiring, our child told us that the teacher had hit him in the face and banged it against a bench ..
PB teachers protest: Soni blames unions for using teachers
Amid ongoing teachers' protest over pay cut issue, Punjab Education minister O P Soni Monday alleged unions were "using" teachers for their "vested interests". The minister was speaking at a function to give away appointment letters to Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and other societies' teachers, at the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) headquarters. Soni further said that the state government had given two options to the teachers, to either continue their services under societies or get regularised in the state education department. Till date, thousands of teachers, who took one of these options between Oct 8 to 23 were given the appointment letters, the minister informed. The state government has given a grade pay of Rs 5,000 to teachers, Soni said, adding that he personally thanked Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for the "act of kindness". Soni categorically said that the newly appointed teachers would be given a choice to choose their stations. The contractual teachers, under the ...
Bar gunman was 'out of control' in high school, coach says
A second high school coach of the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar recalled him as volatile and intimidating, and said that repeated complaints to school administrators about his behaviour failed to prompt any discipline. Evie Cluke coached Ian David Long on Newbury Park High School's track team in 2007 and 2008. In an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, she said Long was a "ticking time bomb" who constantly lost his temper, threw tantrums and would scream at coaches when he didn't like their decisions. She said she once witnessed him assault a fellow coach. That coach, Dominique Colell, said Long grabbed her rear and midsection after she refused to return a cellphone. Another time, he used his hand to mimic shooting her, Colell said, adding that she feared for herself whenever she was around him. Cluke said she also witnessed Long pretending to shoot Colell. "When Dominique turned around and saw that, she turned pale as a ghost and it was very, very
Air ambulance service to start in U'khand soon: CM Rawat
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said his government will soon start air ambulance service as part of its efforts to provide better healthcare services to the people living in remote hilly areas of the state. After inaugurating the 66th National Conference of Anatomical Society of India at AIIMS, Rishikesh, he said the institute here has increased its capacity to 900 beds in just six years and introduced several modern facilities thereby reducing the pressure on AIIMS, Delhi, by 30 per cent. "It has always been our effort to provide better treatment facilities to people in the remote areas. The air ambulance service which is going to be launched soon will be a step in that direction," Rawat said. Showering praise on AIIMS, Rishikesh, the chief minister thanked the faculty and staff of the institute for being ever-ready to extend a helping hand to the state government in providing medical care to the affected people in case of a crisis in a disaster-prone ...
Notice to TN on alleged swindling of funds for SC, ST students
: The Madras High Court Monday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a petition seeking action over alleged swindling of funds meant for the education of students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST). A division bench, comprising Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam, before which the public interest litigation (PIL) petition of advocate K Karthikeyan came up, ordered the notice to the Department of Adi-Dravidar and Welfare. The judges directed the government pleader in-charge Jayaprakash Narayan to get instructions and posted the matter for further hearing to December 10. The petitioner submitted that a team of auditors appointed by the state government to scrtunise the amount spent on SC and ST students in its report had revealed siphoning of over Rs 17 crore of public money by the authorities, including educational institutions. The funds were granted by the government to enhance the educational status of the SC and ST ...
Uniform mechanism needed for admissions in varsities: HC
The Bombay High Court has said that the Maharashtra government needs to have a uniform mechanism of admission process for students in all its universities. A division bench of Justices B R Gavai and M S Karnik observed earlier this month that there is disparity in the admission process in some educational institutions. It was hearing petitions filed by two students challenging decisions of two different colleges for refusing them admission to masters course in law. According to the petitioners, they had inadvertently mentioned marks secured by them in the final year of their graduation instead of the average marks secured during their three-year degree course. The bench noted that there is disparity in the procedure followed in different colleges and universities on the issue of which marks are to be taken into consideration. "On account of this disparity, students are suffering," the court said. In some universities, the marks obtained only in the last year are considered as those ...
Punjab CM flays Kirpal Singh's removal from Sikh History Resource Project
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has taken strong exception to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) decision to remove noted Sikh scholar and eminent historian Kirpal Singh as the chairman of the Sikh History Resource Editing Project amidst a controversy over alleged distortion of Sikhs history in class 12 textbooks.Singh flayed the decision, which he said was clearly taken by the SGPC at the behest of their Akali masters.Pointing to the timing of the decision, the Chief Minister termed the decision as "patently politically motivated". He further alleged that Akalis are indulging in cheap political gimmickry to divert public attention from their internal crisis and from the more serious issue of the sacrilege cases, in which the Justice (Retd) Ranjit Singh Commission had found them to be involved"Had the SGPC been even remotely concerned about the distortion of history syllabus of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), their two members, who were part of .
Six friends on picnic feared to have drowned in sea
: Six friends out on a picnic with their classmates were feared to have drowned off Yarada beach here Sunday, police said. The men, all aged betwen 20 to 22 years, were among a group of 10 friends from HB Colony in the city, who had gone to the beach for swimming. They were caught in strong undercurrents, which pulled them well into the sea, police said. Four of them were rescued by community guards, they said, adding that the others were missing and were feared to have drowned. Search operations have been launched to trace the missing men, police said One among these men was an ITI student and another an autorickshaw driver, they said.
Govt schools will be brought at par with private ones: Pb Education Minister
Punjab's Education Minister Om Parkash Soni Sunday said government schools in the state will be equipped with computers and will be brought at par with the private ones. He said the state government has removed the shortage of teachers in border areas and hoped the results of schools in these areas will be better this year. "Government schools will be equipped with computers and smart classrooms and will be brought at par with the best private schools, he said here. He also said teachers should become ideal teachers as country's future is in their hands. Presiding over a function to pay tributes to Jawahar Lal Nehru, Soni said the country's first prime minister had shown a new path to the nation. We should all strive hard to walk on the path shown by him, he said. Soni, who is also the Environment Minister, said it is our duty to save the environment. He said with the cooperation of farmers, stubble burning incidents have been less this year and air quality index has improved a lot in
CPI-M Minister's wife quits post after allegations
The wife of a CPI-M Minister in Kerala on Sunday quit her post in the University of Kerala following criticism that her husband played a role in getting her the job.
Sankara Nethralaya research associate wins optometry wizard
Mehal P Rathore, a research associate with city-based Sankara Nethralaya Medical Research Foundation, has won the India Vision Institute (IVI) Essilor Optometry Wizard of the Year Award for 2018. The announcement was made here on November 8 after the final of the three-round national quiz, held with the aim of bringing optometry practitioners, educators and students on a common platform and promote the need for constant skill and knowledge enhancement. "Organising the national quiz gives IVI immense satisfaction. In addition to vision screening, awareness campaigns and issuing free spectacles for underprivileged communities... are also a priority for us," IVI CEO Vinod Daniel said, congratulating the winners and runners up. The winner was awarded a purse of Rs 10,000 and certificate by IVI, an independent, not-for-profit registered trust established in 2012. According to the institute, it focuses on supporting and promoting eye health awareness, research, education and .