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Crimea school reopens after gun massacre

The college in Crimea where a teenage gunman killed 20 people last week reopened Wednesday with tearful students attending classes in different buildings as some parents chose to withdraw their children. The Kerch technical college, which admits children from the age of 14, lost 20 students and staff last Wednesday when student Vladislav Roslyakov went on a shooting rampage. The 18-year-old also set off explosives in one of the school's buildings. That section, which was seriously damaged in the explosion, has now been closed off and classes rescheduled in other buildings nearby. Police were overseeing security on the grounds, an AFP correspondent observed. About one hundred final-year students have been sent away on internships to allow the college to function on limited premises, Crimea governor Sergei Aksyonov told local media. Nearly 50 people are still hospitalised with injuries sustained in the attack, he said. Twenty-two families have said they want their children to go to ...

Teachers, parents key to children's' scientific temperament

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday exhorted teachers and parents to contribute towards building scientific temperament among children from an early age. Sonowal, inaugurating the 26th state-level conference of National Children's Science Congress 2018 here, said evil forces in the society can only be eliminated by good citizens, who can take the nation forward. "Teachers and parents must play their roles in building scientific temperament among the children from an early age," he said. "Society cannot grow without getting rid of the superstitions and false notions," the CM said. Altogether 284 child scientists from 33 districts of the state are participating in the four-day event. Informing that the 'Mukhyamantrir Bigyan Darshan' (Chief Minister's Science Tour) programme will start from November 15 to give scientific exposure to students and village heads, he asserted that the state government is committed to protect the rights of indigenous people and

Sabzar Sofi not our student, says Jamia

Jamia Milia Islamia on Wednesday dismissed news reports which claimed Sabzar Ahmad Sofi, who was killed by security forces in a shootout in Kashmir earlier in the day, was its student, saying that Sofi never studied at the university.

Syllabi for school children should be halved; Venkaiah Naidu

:Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Wednesdaysaid syllabifor school children in the country should behalvedandstudents should learn "50per centfrom their classrooms and the restfrom playgrounds." He was interacting with students of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavanhere. The Vice President saidthe concept ofexaminations should be based on measuring the child's capacity simply to question the things around him or her. Naidu urged the young students to never let their marks define or restrict them in any way. "You are much more than the numbers on your report card,"he told the students. Along with physical fitness, schools should also encourage other extracurricular activities, an official release quoted the Vice President as saying. "The syllabi for school children in the country should be halved and students should learn 50per centfrom their classrooms and the restfrom playgrounds," he said. The Vice President said Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has played a pivotal role in the education ...

Govt school principal caught taking bribe in Udaipur

A government school principal was caught taking bribe of Rs 15,000 in Rajasthan's Udaipur district Wednesday, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said. The accused Dilip Jain (53) posted at a senior secondary school in Kanuwada of Udaipur had demanded Rs 15,000 to release security deposit of Rs 4 lakh for construction works, ACB DSP Rajiv Joshi said. The accused was arrested and booked under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, the official said, adding that further investigation is on.

EU's education fair in India to begin Thursday

The European Union is organising an education fair beginning Thursday to connect European higher education institutes with Indian students. Through a series of web-based seminars, the students will get an opportunity to explore a wide range of education courses offered by 54 leading universities from 20 countries of the European Union (EU), an official statement said Wednesday. In the four-day fair, aspiring students will get a chance to directly interact with officials from leading higher education institutions (HEIs) in the web seminars. "This is the third edition of the EU Higher Education Virtual Fair a unique opportunity to connect some of the best European academic institutions with Indian students. At any point of time, there are more than 50,000 Indian students pursuing education endeavours in Europe," Ambassador of the EU to India Tomasz Kozlowski said. He said over the years, increasing number of Indian students have started looking at European Universities due to ...

O P Jindal University breaks into QS Asia ranking

O P Jindal Global University (JGU) has been identified as a leading university in Asia according to QS ASIA University Rankings 2019. A research intensive university founded in 2009, JGU has been ranked among the leading 450 universities in Asia, placing it in the top 3 per cent of more than 13,000 universities in the region. Congress M P Shashi Tharoor congratulated the university on twitter for its extraordinary laurel by tweeting, "It is a proud moment not only for JGU, but for India as well. Congrats to Chancellor Naveen Jindal and my young friend V C Prof Raj Kumar who shared his dream with me in 2005". Naveen Jindal, founding Chancellor and benefactor of JGU said on achieving this milestone that to be recognized as the Youngest Indian university in a prestigious international ranking is a testament to the hard work and contribution of the faculty member, students and staff of JGU. "We are deeply humbled by this international recognition that will further motivate and inspire us .

Raghavendra Rathore's design school participates at Rajasthan Heritage Week

Designer Raghavendra Rathore's Gurukul School of Design (GSD) has created an installation for Rajasthan Heritage Week which will showcase installation under the theme - Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.

WB NUJS suspends 8 students

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) has suspended eight male students for their alleged involvement in a brawl in the campus in September, sources in the institute said Wednesday. The premier law school notified this order on October 11 after an inquiry, which was launched on September 25. The law school notification, the copy of which was made available to the media Wednesday, said that "...Acts of physical violence [were] committed by [the accused] students on the intervening night of September 19 and September 20 on the campus resulting in a complete breakdown of discipline..." It said that three students, including two final year LLB students, were suspended from the NUJS for the winter semester this year. The two final year students will, however, be allowed to complete their 10th semester next year, the notification said. Another four students, including one LLM (Master of Law) student were suspended from the hostel for the winter ...

The Naropa fellowship aims to help youth from hills to be agents of change

The two founders of the fellowship are His Eminence Drukpa Thuksey Rinpoche and former dean of ISB and one of the founders of Ashoka University, Pramath Sinha

4 children injured as gunmen open fire at school in Pakistan

At least four children were injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a school in Pakistan's Quetta city in the restive Balochistan province. The gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on the gate of Danish Kadah School - a private school located in the city suburbs, the Dawn reported. Four students received bullet injuries on their legs in the firing. The injured students -- three boys and a girl - are aged 9 to 12 years. The injured children were taken to the Civil Hospital, and are now in stable condition. Balochistan Home Minister Mir Saleem Ahmed Khosa condemned the firing incident and said those involved in the attack will be apprehended soon. In 2014, Taliban militants stormed an army-run school in Peshawar, killing 149 people, mostly children. The Human Rights Watch in a report last year said that attacks by the Taliban and other militant groups disrupted the education of hundreds of thousands of children, particularly girls, in Pakistan.

Spell Bee League - the new age game show for kids

Nowadays children are in a league of their own, bursting with talent and ready to take on the world. Singing, dancing and cooking reality shows, bring out the talent in kids.But not many options are available to challenge their minds and enhance their mental edge by doing so.So, Spell Bee League, a yet another contest for spellings is what makes things different and exciting.Spell Bee League is not just about spellings, or pronunciations or word origins. It takes a leap towards inculcating confidence and a love affair for the English language that lasts a lifetime, with mind stimulating activities leading up to the competition days. Refreshing, isn't it?Exclusively for students, this one of a kind competition (Shows), will have different categories based on the age of the child. Each category will have five levels before the target can be reached.The categories will be Tiny Tots for Standards 1 & 2, Sub Juniors for Standards 3 & 4, juniors for standards 5 & 6 and Seniors ..

IIT Madras disappointed over not granted IoE status; writes to HRD Min

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has written to Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar expressing disappointment over not figuring in the list of Institutes of Eminence (IoE) despite a recommendation from the UGC-mandated selection panel. According to sources, the premier institution has argued that it matched the calibre of the selected institutions on various parameters and it being ignored in the IoE race had impacted the morale of students and teachers. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry had in July granted 'Institutions of Eminence' status to three public and private institutes each, enabling them to get full autonomy and special incentives to project them as "world class universities". While the ministry will grant Rs 1,000 crore funds to the three public institutions in the next five years, the private institutes will not be eligible for government funding. The government granted IoE status to IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay and Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of ...

Unregistered coaching centres put on notice in Jammu

The Department of Education has put unregistered coaching centres and tutorials on notice in Jammu, officials said Wednesday. Acting on the directives of Director of School Education Rakesh Kumar Srangal, a team of Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ), headed by Joint Director School Education Latif Choudhary, conducted surprise inspections at various private tuitions and coaching centres. The team examined records regarding registration, fee, faculty, infrastructure and other requirements. On-the-spot directions were issued to the centre owners to ensure full compliance of the regulations, an official of the education department said. The inspections were carried out to list and crack the whip on all unregistered coaching institutions in Jammu division, he said. Notices were issued to all the centres which were not registered and they were asked to get registered immediately, failing which necessary action would be initiated, the officer said. The DSEJ has already received ..

Women demand compensation over Japan university discrimination

A group of women is demanding compensation from a Japanese medical university that admitted routinely altering the scores of female applicants to keep them out, lawyers said Wednesday. More than 20 former applicants are demanding Tokyo Medical University make amends for the scandal, which led to the discovery of similar discrimination in other medical schools after prompting a government investigation. Lawyers for the women, who were rejected by the school after taking entrance exams at the school from 2006 onwards, are expected to present a claim to the university next week. They acknowledge they cannot yet prove whether they were rejected because of discrimination or insufficient test scores, but are calling on the university to disclose their results. They are also asking for 100,000 yen (USD 890) each in compensation for "mental anguish" and for the university to reimburse money they paid to take the entrance exams, travel to the school and stay in the area during the application .

MAHE's Department of European Studies bags prestigious Jean Monnet Centre of excellence award

The Department of European Studies (DES) of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has been selected for the prestigious Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (CoE) Award given by the European Union. With this, it becomes the only Centre of Excellence in European Studies in the country. This recognition comes along with a grant of close to one lakh euros for various activities planned for the next three years. The chances of selection in this global competition are less than 20 per cent considering the applications are received from the best of the universities in the world.Dr H Vinod Bhat, the Vice Chancellor of MAHE said, "The announcement of CoE came within 10 days of MAHE being titled as an Institute of Eminence by the Government of India. CoE is another feather in the cap of MAHE. This came in just as we were discussing about making each of the units, institutions within Manipal strive for excellence in their respective fields. I congratulate the team DES led by Dr Neeta Inamdar ..

900 NITUK students demand safer campus, leave for home in protest

Over 900 students of the National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand have left en massefor theirhomes to press for their demand that the institute be shifted from its present "unsafe" location along National Highway 58 to a permanent campus, officials said. The NITUK's temporary campus comprises two clusters. The hostels and classes are located on the government polytechnic campus while the administrative buildings and laboratories are located at the government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) located 400 metres away. Students have been agitating since October 4 demanding that the institute be shiftedfrom its present location along NH 58 in the town which, according to them, was "unsafe". Three B.Tech students had met with accidents while commuting from one cluster of the institute's temporary campus to another along the highway. Two girl students of the institute were badlyinjured after being hitby a vehicle earlier this month while going from one cluster of the campusto the ...

IIT KGP students on mission mode to reduce plastics in campus

A group of students at the IIT Kharagpur is on a mission mode to reduce usage of single-use plastic within the campus. The students, numbering around 30, are in the process of forming a students society which will tackle environmental issues and work towards creating awareness in collecting and disposing plastic waste, including e-waste, an IIT Kharagpur statement said Wednesday. The students are themselves not using single-use plastic for over four months and now wanted to inspire other students in the campus to follow their example, it said. Over 500 students have shown interest in joining the society and taken up the cause, the statement said. The students' society, named 'Vision Prabaho', will be undertaking projects to come up with innovative ways of organic, inorganic and electronic waste disposal. The group has also performed street plays in the campus market as part of the awareness campaign. "We hold a great responsibility to actively participate in dealing with .

JNU's maiden online entrance test in December

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will be conducting its maiden online entrance test between December 27-30, it said on Tuesday.

Blood donation helps eradicate caste-based discrimination: HPU V-C

Vice-chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) Sikander Kumar said blood donation helps in eradication of caste-based discrimination in society. Inaugurating a blood donation camp, organised by a non-government organisation (NGO) Umang Foundation to mark Valmiki Jayanti at the varsity campus, the V-C pledged to donate his eyes along with 30 other persons. As many as 60 persons donated blood at the camp. The V-C lauded the efforts of the foundation in the field of social service. The member of HPU Executive Council Ajai Srivastava said blood donation should be an essential part of the people's lives as it not only saves lives but demolishes the artificial barriers of caste, colour and religion. The donors included teachers, employees and a large number of students. Members of Valmiki Sabha with its former general secretary Raj Pal were also present.