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Delhi govt-school principals to get training at Cambridge
The Delhi government is sending as many as 60 principals of its government schools to the prestigious Cambridge University in England for a training programme. Announcing the decision on Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the principals would be sent in two batches of 30 each for the Inspiring Leadership Improving Performance. While the first batch will be at Cambridge between October 8 -17, the training for the next batch will be from October 19-28. "The Delhi government has increased it teachers-training budget more than 11 times from Rs 9 crore to Rs 102 crore. After the improvement in infrastructure in government schools, the next target is that the teachers should be trained at the best level," Sisodia said, while addressing a gathering of principals here. "Teachers should have first-hand experience of the best education practices of the world and it is with this perspective that our government stresses on teachers' training at best institutes of the world," the ...
Haryana's MDU ranked cleanest govt varsity by HRD Ministry
Haryana's Maharashi Dayanand University has been ranked the cleanest government university by the HRD Ministry followed by Guru Nanak Dev University in neighbouring Punjab's Amritsar. Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar announced the "Swachh Campus rankings" under different categories on Monday. The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in the national capital has been ranked third among the government institutions followed by the Algappa University in Karaikudi and the Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur. Among the residential campuses of private universities, Pune's Symbiosis International University has been ranked at the top followed by OP Jindal Global University in Sonipat, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research in Belagavi and Manipal University in Jaipur. Raipur's ITM University has been ranked at the top among non-residential campuses of private universities. The Northcap University in Gurugram and Dr CV Raman University in Bilaspur ..
NDA govt trying to divide society alleges Kanhaiya Kumar
All India Students Federation leader Kanhaiya Kumar Monday claimed that the NDA government and the RSS-BJP combine were trying to divide society to further their Hindutva agenda. Alleging that "corporate loot" was going on with BJP at the helm of affairs in the country, the former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president said PSU companies were being destroyed. "Health budget is being reduced," he claimed, speaking at a lecture on 'Safeguarding the Constitution'. CPI's state secretary for Telangana Chada Venkat Reddy, former MP Azeez Pasha and The Siasat Urdu daily Editor Zahid Ali Khan also spoke.
Mahatma Gandhi's 150th anniv: Campaign aims at mobilizing change ideas from youth
As the nation gears up to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary Tuesday, a nationwide campaign is aiming to mobilize over a million change ideas from youngsters around India inspired by Bapu's change mantra. 'CHANGE150' by LetterFarms, a non-profit organisation, is inviting the youth of India to handwrite one change that they passionately wish to see in the world on a postcard, over the next 12 months. The initiative will culminate with 150 specially handpicked change ideas - capturing the collective voice, aspiration and hope ofyoung India being presented to key decision makers of our country, including the President, the Prime Minister, the Governors of States and Chief Ministers on October 2 next year. "Gandhiji's change mantra is timeless, and 'CHANGE150' is a timely 'change-hunt' amongst the youth to identify 150 most compelling change ideas from across the country," Saji Mathew, Co-Founder of LetterFarms, said. "Small or big, zoom into that one change that you feel
Education, financial freedom important for women: Shabana Azmi
Veteran actress-activist Shabana Azmi, who runs NGO Mijwan Welfare Society, says women must be educated and have financial freedom.
Telangana: Cop babysits child while mother writes exam
As a goodwill gesture, a Telangana police official babysit a child while the infant's mother wrote her exam at the Boys Junior College in Mahbubnagar here.A heartwarming photograph of Head Constable Mujeeb-ur-Rehman trying to comfort the crying baby outside the exam centre went viral after it was shared on Twitter by IPS officer Rema Rajeswari."Head Constable Officer Mujeeb-ur-Rehman (of Moosapet PS) who was on duty for conducting SCTPC exam in Boys Junior College, Mahbubnagar, trying to console a crying baby, whose mother was writing exam inside the hall," Rajeswari wrote alongside the image.Rahman, who is posted at Moosapet police station, was deployed at the examination centre at the college as part of the security arrangement for the police constable examination on Sunday.
'Threatened' MP professor touches feet of students in college; video goes viral
A video purportedly showing a government college professor in Madhya Pradesh touching the feet of some ABVP activists after they threatened to lodge a police complaint against him over his objection to them raising "patriotic" slogans has surfaced. According to sources in the Government Commerce College in Mandasaur, professor Dinesh Gupta was teaching students on September 26 when Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists raised "patriotic" slogans. Gupta came out of the classroom and asked them not to disturb but they ignored him. The activists threatened the professor that they would approaching the police for trying to stop them from raising 'patriotic' slogans, they said. The professor got scared and touched the feet of the activists and apologised to them, the sources claimed. When contacted, ABVP Mandsaur district convenor Pawan Sharma said it was an "emotional act" by the professor and occurred when BSc students were awaiting results of their third semester ...
Land issue hindered training academy in Bengal: Official
All India Council for Technical Education, that is building four training and learning academies in the country, could not come to an agreement with West Bengal over the land for the construction of a similar institution here, a top official said here on Sunday.
Higher education institutes must opt for accreditation: Official
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Chairman Anil Dattaraya Sahasrabudhe on Sunday urged all higher education institutions in the country to get accredited by 2022.
AICTE setting up 4 teacher training academies
The AICTE is setting up four teacher training academies in the country which will equip candidates with the latest changes in technical education, the council's Chairman Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe said Sunday. The academies, coming up at Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati, Baroda and Jaipur, will have eight modules that are semester-based, Sahasrabudhe told reporters on the sidelines of 'The National Conference on Indian Higher Education: Quality Assurance, Accreditation & Ranking' here. While the 2-acre Jaipur academy will start in one-and-a-half years, the other three academies will also start functioning within two years. The academies were being built on land provided free of cost by the respective state governments with minimum built-up infrastructure facility around the area. The academies will produce "motivated teachers, who will be conversant with fast changing technology in the technical education sector and the teachers' training course curriculum was being ...
Scolded for using phone in class, Chhattisgarh girl hangs self
A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Korba district after she was reportedly reprimanded by her teacher for using a mobile phone during class, police said Sunday. Babli Yadav, a Class IX student, hung herself from a tree in the premises of the government high school in Nonbirra village Saturday afternoon, Dipka station house officer (SHO) Sharad Chandra said. He said that preliminary investigation has revealed that Yadav was spotted by her teacher while she was speaking on her mobile phone during class. "Yadav threw the phone from the class window but the teacher retrieved it and complained to the school principal. She also scolded Yadav," the SHO said. While Yadav's father, a farmer, was called to school by the principal to discuss the incident, he could not come due to work commitments, the official said. "Later, when the girl did not reach home after school got over for the day, her brother went looking for her and
Boys' primary school blown up in Pakistan
A boys' primary school was blown up on Sunday by the Taliban in Pakistan's restive northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan. It was the only school in Chitral district's Arandu village, a remote area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The attack, carried out through bombs planted around the boundary wall, has demolished two rooms and partially damaged the main building, police said. A senior police officer said that 80 to 90 students are enrolled in the school. No one was injured as the school was closed due to Sunday. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Jamatul Ahrar have claimed responsibility for bombing the school. The Taliban militants have attacked hundreds of schools in northwestern Pakistan in the past. According to security officials, the school is situated at Dogam area where a girls' primary school was attacked in the recent past. Educational institutions are often attacked by terrorists in Pakistan. Last month, 12 schools, half of them all-girls', had been burnt down by ...
DU forms mock teams, sends questionnaires to depts ahead of NAAC visit
Does the DU department celebrate national festivals or observe birth and death anniversaries of great Indian personalities? Is there a policy in place to check plagiarism? These form part of the questionnaire sent by the Delhi University to its departments ahead of the NAAC visit next month, an official said. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) will be visiting various departments of the varsity from October 29 to 31. The grading provided by the Council is crucial for the funds and grants allotted to the varsity by the University Grants Commission (UGC), he said. In the lead up to the visit, the varsity's mock teams are conducting visits to various departments and checking whether they are adequately prepared for the visit, a professor said. The administration had also recently mailed a questionnaire of 103 questions to various department heads in this regard. "Does the Department observe national festivals and birth/death anniversaries of great Indian ...
MUTA sets pre-conditions for talks on Manipur University
The Manipur University Teachers Association (MUTA) has said that they will sit for talks to end a month-long agitation only after their demands, including "unconditional release" of 15 teachers and students, are met. The students and teachers of the Manipur University were arrested on September 21. A team of officers had raided the university hostel and the residential quarters and took the students and the teachers into custody based on a complaint filed by newly appointed Acting Vice Chancellor K Yugindro Singh. MUTA also demanded withdrawal of the FIR lodged by Yugindro Singh and removal of all security forces from the university campus as a pre-condition for talks, it said in a statement Saturday night. The teachers' body strongly condemned the action of security forces on September 21, but welcomed any move by an individual or organisation keen on bringing an end to the crisis which began from May 30 after Manipur University Students Union (MUSU) launched agitation for removal of
Babar Ali's inspiring story: How a nine-year-old's zeal brought education to Bengal's poor (IANS Special Series)
Walking home from school in a small town in West Bengal, a nine-year-old boy saw some of his friends work as rag-pickers. The thought that his companions were unable to study like him because they were poor so agonised the young Babar Ali that he decided to do something about it and bring school to those who could not afford it.
Chennai school creates Mahatma Gandhi's portrait with 2,500 LED lights
To mark the150th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, around 1,500 students and teachers of Chennai-based Everwin Matriculation Higher Secondary School have paid tribute to him by making his portrait with the help of 2,500 LED lights."We feel blessed to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. He is my idol. We are celebrating his 150th birth anniversary," said a student from the school.The students also took a pledge to work towards the welfare of the society."It's a pleasure to be a part of this great event. It was just a kind of medium through which we have given a message to the society so that they can come up with what we want to deliver," said a school official.Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary falls on October 2, 2019.
MP announces 52nd district, decision to come into effect from Oct 1
The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday announced the creation of a new district 'Niwari'.The new district would include three tehsils of the present Tikamgarh district - Niwari, Orchha and Prithvipur. The government's decision will come into effect from October 1.With Niwari, the total number of districts in the state now stands at 52. The district has been carved out of the Tikamgarh district.The decision comes ahead of the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, which is scheduled to be held by the end of this year.
DU executive council defers decision on signing MoU among varsity, HRD Ministry, UGC
The Delhi University's executive council has deferred taking a decision on the signing of an MoU among the varsity, HRD Ministry and the UGC over funds even after extensive deliberations, an official said Saturday. The meeting of the executive council (EC) started Thursday and the zero hour lasted till 3 am Friday. It resumed 12 hours later, but was adjourned 3 am Saturday, an EC member said, adding that it will meet again on October 3. The contentious issue of whether the varsity should sign the MoU to continue receiving funds from the University Grants Commission (UGC), was deferred for the next meeting, another EC member said. The UGC had shared the draft with the university and a committee of the EC was formed to study and revise it. But the revised draft was shared with the EC members just a few hours before the meeting, the member said. "It was felt that the MoU needed a discussion and the revised draft has to be studied in detail. The decision on the MoU was deferred till the ..
Bihar: Magadh University students set bus on fire
Violence broke out in Bodh Gaya on Saturday, when Magadh University students came out in large numbers to lodge protest over the cancellation of affiliation of 32 colleges.The future of as many as 86,000 BA Part III students looms in despair, after the decision to cancel affiliation of 32 colleges.In order to register their protest, agitated students raised slogans and set a bus on fire.As many as 86,000 students of disaffiliated colleges of Magadh University were not allowed to appear for the degree Part-III exams scheduled to commence from October 1, in light of the Patna High Court order that stayed publication of previous results of examinees appearing from disaffiliated colleges.
Lack of basic facilities turns 150 students violent in Bengal college
A group of students in a college of West Bengal's Murshidabad district turned violent on Saturday while submitting a deputation complaining of irregular attendance of teachers and lack of basic facilities.
