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Class 8 student attacks teacher with iron rod after being scolded for not bringing books to school

A class 8 student of a government school allegedly attacked his class teacher with an iron rod Saturday after being scolded for not getting his textbooks and irregular attendance in south Delhi's Saket area, police said. The police were informed about the incident at 9.35 am, a police officer said. The police said the student had come to school after a gap of few days and was scolded by his teacher for not bringing textbooks, he said. When the teacher checked the student's bag, he found an iron rod and scolded the boy for not carrying textbooks, the officer said. During investigation, other students told the police that after taking the iron rod from the student, the teacher kept it on his table, the officer said. However, when the teacher got busy, the student picked up the rod from the table and kept it back inside his bag, he said. When this came to the teacher's notice, he tried to take away the student's bag and that is when the boy took out the rod and attacked him with it, the .

Student attacks class teacher with steel rod in Delhi

A 14-year-old student of a Delhi government school on Saturday attacked his class teacher with a steel rod after being scolded, police said.

TET exam to be held after finding exact number of vacancies

The West Bengal government will take a call on conducting primary Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) after finding the exact number of vacancies in state-run and state-aided primary schools, state Education minister Partha Chatterjee said Saturday. Besides, the student-teacher ratio in every primary school would be examined, he said. "After calculating these figures, we will arrive at the actual vacancy figure (in primary schools) and conduct the TET examination accordingly," Chatterjee told reporters. To appear for the TET examination, candidates must complete a two-year teacher training programme or secure at least 50 per cent in the Higher Secondary Examination.

Protests at Agra university against VC's remark on Jodha Bai

Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha members have held a series of protests, demanding the dismissal of Agra university vice chancellor over a remark on Rajput queen Jodha Bai. Although the vice chancellor of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Arvind Dixit, has apologised for his statement made at a seminar on Balmiki Jayanti on Wednesday, the members have demanded that he be sacked. On Thursday, the Mahasabha members burned his effigy and protested. The protest continued on Friday. Dixit reportedly said Jodha Bai was married off to Mughal emperor Akbar to secure power. In a written statement to the media, Dixit said his statement was misunderstood and taken out of context. Separately, a group of students are protesting at the campus against inadequate sports kits. Their protest turned violent on Thursday, when they indulged in stone-pelting. During the protest, a dozen people, including the chief proctor and the registrar of the university, were injured. The vice chancellor has warned the

12-year-old girl to appear in Class 10 Bengal board exam

The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has allowed a 12-year-old girl -- who never enrolled in school, and instead, studied at home -- to sit for the Madhyamik Examination 2019 as an external candidate. WBBSE president Kalyanmoy Ganguly said Saifa Khatun qualified the eligibility test conducted by the WBBSE for external candidates in August, and her case was "unprecedented" in the history of Madhyamik Examination (Class 10 board examination) in the past two decades. The minimum age to appear in the examination is 14, Ganguly said. Khatun, who hails from Howrah district, secured 52 per cent marks in the eligibility test, results of which were announced on October 11. Another board official said the girl's father Mohammed Ainul had moved the WBBSE to allow her to sit for the Madhyamik Examination 2019. The last such instance of an external candidate appearing in the board examination before the minimum age was in the early 90s, the official said.

Governing body seals office of Dyal Singh College's principal

The governing body of Dyal Singh College sealed the office of its principal for not abiding by the body's orders that had asked him to proceed on leave over allegation of him involving in financial and administrative irregularities. The governing body of the Delhi University college had initiated a probe last month against principal I S Bakshi over alleged financial and administrative irregularities and had directed him to proceed on an indefinite leave. However, Bakshi, the principal of Dyal Singh (Morning) College, had refuted the charges levelled against him. In a meeting on Friday, the governing body of the college said it decided to seal Bakshi's office as he was not cooperating in the inquiry against him. It said Bakshi continued to come to the college, defying the order. "As principal's office is sealed, he will be out of bounds from the college till the enquiry is completed. Now, Bakshi will come inside the college campus only after written information to the convenor of the ..

Notification issued for 2nd phase of panchayat polls in J-K

The Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Friday issued notification for the conduct of the second phase of panchayat polls in the state. In Kashmir division, the notification has been issued for panchayats in Kalaroos, Machil and Rajwar in Kupwara district; Ganstan and Nowgam in Bandipora district; Sangrama and Wagoora in Baramulla district; Kangan in Ganderbal district; Khanmoh in Srinagar district; Khansahib in Budgam district; Bijbehara and Anantnag in Anantnag district; Bhambatt, Karsha, Sankoo, Shaker Chaktan, Shargol and Lotchum in Kargil district; Khaltsi, Skurbuchan, Diskit, Turtuk, and Panamik in Leh district of Kashmir division," an official spokesman said here. In Jammu division, the second phase will be held in Trigam, Palmar, and Thakrai in Kishtwar district; Bhagwah and Kastigarh in Doda district; Banihal in Ramban district; Jaganoo, Sewna, Narsoo and Tikri in Udhampur district; Lohai Malhar, Baggan, and Duggain in Kathua district; Lamberi and Siot in Rajouri and

China pips India to No 2 spot, has maximum students in US varsities: report

American universities had as many as 481,106 Chinese and 249,763 Indian students in 2017

HC pulls up Mumbai University for staff shortage submission

The Bombay High Court Friday rapped the Mumbai University for its submission on staff shortage to justify a new '60-40 evaluation system' for Law students. The university, which filed an affidavit through its registrar, said that it had introduced the new evaluation system, comprising a semester-end exam for 60 marks and internal assessments, class projects etc for 40 marks, to avoid delays in evaluation of examination papers and the declaration of result. In the affidavit, the university said that, in the past, exam result had been delayed because of a shortage of staff to evaluate answer sheets. It said that for the 53 Law colleges under its jurisdiction, it only had 47 permanent teachers and added that often guest lecturers and lawyers had to fill in to conduct classes in these colleges. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and MS Karnik, however, took strong exception to the university's submission on the shortage of staff. "Why don't you put a lock and close down the university?" the ...

Delhi Waqf board to give Rs 5 lakh compensation to kin of madrasa student died in scuffle: Khan

Delhi Waqf Board chairman Amanatullah Khan Friday assured a compensation of Rs five lakh to the kin of eight-year-old madrasa student who died in a scuffle involving minors in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar. Ajim died Thursday after he sustained a head injury following a scuffle between two groups of minor boys. The incident occurred when the students objected to playing by a few local boys on a vacant land in front of the madrasa, police said. Khan accompanied by Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti visited the madrasa and announced the compensation. "The family of Ajim will be provided Rs five lakh compensation by Delhi government," he said. Khan said Bharti has promised to construct a boundary wall around the madrasa through his MLA local area development fund. He said Waqf Board will give no objection certificate as the belongs to it. He also claimed the local police officers have assured him that no slackness will be allowed in probing the death of the student. Four minor boys, who are .

Professor shot dead in Cameroon's restive anglophone region

Gunmen have killed a linguistics professor in francophone Cameroon's volatile English-speaking Northwest Region, hit by a bloody separatist campaign and a brutal security crackdown, a university official said Friday. Paul Kuban Mbufong was shot dead on Thursday while going to work in the University of Bamenda, the institution's rector, Emmanuel Suh Cheo, said in a statement. "He was killed by unidentified attackers who followed him to the place where he tried to hide" behind a nearby town hall, Cheo said, calling it a "macabre act". University staff said the murder of the academic, who was also in charge of administration, bore the hallmarks of the "Amba boys," or separatists fighting for an independent English-speaking state called Ambazonia. The two anglophone regions in western Cameroon are the site of an uprising by armed separatists, who have also called for a boycott of local schools. They argue the French-language education system penalises English-speaking students. Since the .

Class 10 student brings pistol to school to exact revenge on senior, apprehended

A class 10 student of a private school in west Delhi's Vikaspuri was apprehended after he allegedly brought a pistol to the institution to threaten his senior with whom he had a fight over a petty issue, police said Friday. The 15-year-old boy also brought two men with him to the school for helping him exact revenge on the class 12 student but they were held, police added. During a picnic organised by the school on Wednesday, two teenagers got into an argument after one of them directed the other to push the swing. The argument turned into a scuffle and the class 10 student was injured, a senior police officer said. Enraged over this, the class 10 student along with two others went to the school with a pistol on Thursday afternoon and started quarrelling with the senior and his friends and showed them a pistol, the officer said. They were overpowered by the guards in the school and handed over to police, the officer added. Following the incident, the class 10 student was apprehended ..

12-year-old to appear for Class 10 exam

A 12-year-old girl from Howrah district, who has never been to school, has been found eligible to sit for the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) examination in 2019, an official said on Thursday.

4 US colleges file lawsuit against Trump admin for changes in foreign student visa policy

Four US colleges, which depend heavily on foreign students including those from India, have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's recent changes in the student visa policy, saying it would impact America's standing as a center of global education. The lawsuit -- filed in a District Court in North Carolina by Guilford College International Club in North Carolina, The New School from New York City, Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California and Haverford College -- alleges that the latest move would make it difficult for foreign students to come to America. It also said that the changes by the Department of Homeland Security in August to non-immigrant visas could make it easier to bar international students from the US for periods of three or 10 years if they fall out of status. "The new policy's use of a backdated unlawful-presence clock will render tens of thousands of F, J, and M visa holders subject to three- and 10-year reentry bars without any ...

College asks students to wear 'proper uniform', invites MLA's wrath

An MLA of the opposition AIUDF has charged the authorities of a premier college in Assam's Nagaon district with "saffronising" the college environment by asking the students to wear "proper uniform". There cannot be any harm if some girl students go to college in 'hijab' (veil worn by Muslim women) and 'niqab' (clothing that covers the face), All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA Aminul Islam said in a Facebook post. Principal of Anandaram Dhekial Phookan (ADP) College Dr Surajit Kumar Bhagowati on Friday said he did not ban any religious outfit and only issued a notice before the Autumn vacation asking students to wear "proper uniform". Of the 20 per cent Muslim students of the college, only the MLA's daughter comes in burqa, Bhagowati said, adding that he was feeling threatened and has lodged a police complaint over the Facebook post of the AIUDF leader. In his October 24 post, Islam said, "No such decision (banning religious outfits) was taken in the last 60 years of the ...

HC asks AAP govt, Centre to sit together and decide fate of 99-yr-old dilapidated school

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre and the AAP government to sit together and work out a solution regarding the future of a 99-year-old school, which is in a dilapidated state, and the students studying there. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said the "endeavour at first instance" should be to provide a suitable alternative site to shift the Rajputana Rifles Heroes Memorial Senior Secondary School, currently located in Delhi Cantonment, and the second option ought to be accommodating the students in other schools. The direction by the court came after the Ministry of Defence said the land where the school is located cannot be handed over to the Delhi government for setting up a new institute. "Handing over the land in question is out of the question," the ministry told the bench. The Delhi government, on the other hand, said that while it can accommodate the students in other schools, it needs the school in question as its other educational ...

China: 14 kindergarten children injured in knife attack

A woman wielding a kitchen knife went on a stabbing spree wounding 14 children at a kindergarten school in China's Chongqing city on Friday.Chongqing City Banan District police said that the incident occurred at about 9:30 am (local time), when the children were going back to their classes after morning exercises, when the woman attacked them, CNN reported.The female attacker, aged 39 years old, was sent into police custody after being overpowered by the security guards and staff of the kindergarten school. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.In recent years, China has faced a string of unrelated knife attacks in high, middle and kindergarten schools.In April this year, nine students were stabbed to death in a similar attack at a middle school in Shaanxi province.

Kerala IT administrator first Indian to get AECT Award

K. Anvar Sadath, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of Kerala Infrastructure and Technology For Education (KITE), has become the first Indian to receive AECT's International Contributions Award.

Knife-wielding woman injures 14 children at China kindergarten

A knife-wielding woman attacked children at a kindergarten in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on Friday, injuring 14 of them. Police say a 39-year-old woman carrying a kitchen knife entered the school in Banan distric as the children were in the playground. The woman, whose surname was given as Liu, has been arrested, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post quoted a local state-run Chongqing Broadcasting Group as saying. The motive behind the attack is unclear, though some reports on social media say the woman had a grievance against the government. A mobile recording shared by the broadcaster showed the alleged suspect being dragged away by police, as well as an injured child lying on a hospital stretcher. A screenshot of a WeChat group said "a woman and her husband were arguing, and to take revenge against society she stabbed the children at the kindergarten with a knife", the report said. China has faced a string of unrelated knife attacks in school and kindergartens in ...

China police report 14 injured in kindergarten knife attack

Chinese police report 14 children have been injured in an attack by a knife-wielding assailant at a kindergarten in the western city of Chongqing. The report posted on the police force's microblog said the early Friday morning assault at the Xinshiji Kindergarten was carried out by a 39-year-old woman identified only by her surname, Liu. China has suffered a number of such incidents in recent years, blamed largely on the mentally ill or people bearing grudges.