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CU students without 60 pc attendance cannot appear for exams
The Calcutta University authorities Saturday asked affiliated colleges to ensure that students were not allowed to appear for examinations if their attendance is below 60 per cent, a university official said. Pro-Vice Chancellor (academic) Dipak Kar informed principals of several colleges at a meeting that 60 per cent attendance is a must for appearing in examinations for under-graduate and post-graduate courses. Kar also said at the meeting that there would be more Multiple Choice-type Questions (MCQ) across all streams from the next academic session. From the next academic session, Bengali, English and Environment answer sheets will be in Optical Mark Reader (OMR) format, the official said. It was also decided at the meeting that students will not be given honours if they failed to get below 40 per cent marks in a stream and will not be eligible for pass if they secured below 30 per cent marks in both theory and practical, the official said.
C'garh: HNLU students to go on hunger strike against VC
Students of Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) protesting against Vice Chancellor Dr Sukhpal Singh Saturday decided to go on an indefinite strike from October 1. Akansh Jain, a member of the Student Bar Association (SBA) of the university told PTI that students had lost faith in the "incompetent" administration and "arbitrary and discriminatory" decision making style of Dr Singh. Students have been protesting since September 25 demanding the VC's resignation. The student body held a meeting Saturday with Chancellor A K Tripathi but it did not yield any result as he did not indicate if he would ask Dr Singh to resign, Jain said. "Thereafter, the students decided to sit on a hunger strike from 8am Monday," Jain said. Jain said that no action had been taken despite allegations of financial irregularities with respect to purchase of items, and construction of the university located in Atal Nagar, the upcoming capital city of Chhattisgarh. He alleged that Dr Singh ...
Modi recalls Ambedkar, Lohia, Upadhyay for insight on education
Though rarely clubbed together, the disparate figures of Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Ram Manohar Lohia and Babasaheb Ambedkar were made allies in a speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, when he invoked the three modern India philosophers to conclude that they held "same views" on education and placed "character-building" higher than its other features.
U'khand to host 'Gyankumbh' in Haridwar
Education ministers of all states will converge in Uttarakhand's Haridwar on October 3 for a two-day brainstorming session to deliberate on methods to enhance the quality of higher education in the country. Unveiling the logo for the'Gyankumbh' Saturday, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said it will be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind. Distinguished academics and education ministers from all states will gather at the event to be held at Patanjali Yogpeeth to suggest ways to bring about a qualitative improvement in higher education, Rawat said. The event will be the first-of-its-kind, he said. An emphasis on innovation and research is required to expand the scope of education but it should be done in such a way that the basic purpose of education to inculcate values among students is not lost," the chief minister said. "Gyankumbh is being organised with the objective of qualitative improvement in higher education through innovation and research," he said.
Manipur University teachers, students spurn CM's talks offer
The Manipur University Teachers Association (MUTA) on Saturday rejected a proposal by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh for talks to end the months-old agitation against the removal of the Vice Chancellor.
TN Governor appoints Balasubramanian as Tamil varsity VC
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit Saturday appointed G Balasubramanian as Vice-Chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur, for a three-year period. Purohit is also the Chancellor of the university. Balasubramanian has vast experience in teaching, having served in various senior academic positions as dean and head of the department, a press release from Raj Bhavan said. He is Pro Vice Chancellor of Dravidian University and has published 22 research papers at national and international level and has authored four books, it said.
Education without aim no better than mere certificate: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed on innovation in education and character-building as its goal, saying that education without aim is nothing more than a certificate hanging on one's wall.
Over 600 prisoners, 700 students to take Gandhi Peace Exam
About 600 prisoners and over 700 college students will appear for the Gandhi Peace Examination Sunday ahead of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. October 2, Gandhi's birth anniversary, is globally observed as the International Non-violence Day. The examination, which tests the knowledge of Gandhi's life and thought, is organised by Sarvodaya Mandal every year. Inmates of Nagpur and Washim Central Jails along with officials of Washim Jail will appear for the examination on October 2, said TRK Somaiya of the Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal. Over 270 inmates of district jails of Dhule, Chandrapur, Alibaug and Akola appeared for the examination in September. Over 700 students of the Rustomjee College in Thane and K J Somaiya College and Bhausaheb Hiray College in Mumbai will appear for the examination Sunday. Somaiya also said that books on Gandhi will be sold at 50 per cent discount from October 2 to 11 at the Gandhi Book Centre in Mumbai.
Indian universities need to give emphasis to innovation: PM
Indian universities and higher educational institutions need to give equal emphasis to innovation as they give to knowledge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday stressing that life would become a burden without innovations. He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of 'Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence' organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The prime minister also emphasised the importance of character building over literacy and called for 'wholesome' education in the country. "Knowledge and education are not restricted to books. The purpose of education is to enable balanced growth of every dimension of a human being which is not possible without innovation," Modi said. "Innovation is very important because without it, life seems like a burden. In our ancient universities like Takshshila, Nalanda and Vikramashila, innovation was given emphasis along with knowledge. "I insist that students should give knowledge in classrooms of ...
Getting difficult to find, retain Maths, Science teachers in
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said Saturday it was becoming increasingly difficult to retain good science and mathematics teachers in village schools and these subjects were not being offered in the higher classes in such schools. He said such imbalance in school education should be corrected in order to develop scientific temper in the society. "It is becoming increasingly difficult to find and retain good mathematics and science teachers in village schools. Science and mathematics are not even offered as subjects for want of teachers in higher classes in these schools," Naidu said. He was addressing a function here in connection with inauguration of 100 digital classrooms in Madhya Pradesh. "This imbalance in school education must be corrected to develop scientific temper in our society," Naidu said, adding, fortunately, digital tools that can improve quality of education in our schools are present. "With digital classrooms equipped with multimedia environment, abstract scientific
PM Modi pitches for better education system in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pointed out the challenges the Indian education system is presently facing and shared central government's plans to enhance the system both in terms of achieving academic outcomes and also in the regulation of education.Addressing the 'Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence' here, the Prime Minister said, "Knowledge and education are not restricted to books. The purpose of education is to enable balanced growth of every dimension of a human being, which is not possible without innovation."The Prime Minister inaugurated the conference. Vice Chancellors and directors of over 350 higher education institutions participated in the conference. Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and others also addressed the conference.Talking about his government's initiatives towards achieving better education system in India, Prime Minister Modi said that the central government is focusing on improving the educational ...
Rahul attacks ABVP for insulting MP professor
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday criticised activists of the right-wing student body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for insulting a senior professor of in Madhya Pradesh.
Sambalpur varsity not to allow three students in hostel
The Sambalpur University syndicate has decided not to allow the three students, who allegedly attacked an assistant professor, to stay in hostel till completion of enquiry. The syndicate had earlier constituted a high level committee to inquirer into the attack on the assistant professor of the department of political science Rajat Kujur on September 24. Rajat Kujur was allegedly attacked by three students in his office chamber late on September 24. Kujur was allegedly attacked by the students as he did not attend a cultural event organised by them. The students, however, denied the allegation, made by Kujur. They alleged that Kujur called one student namely Biswa Ranjan Jena to his office chamber and attacked him. They also alleged that Kujur called some outsider and told them to beat up the students who were opposing him. Two separate cases have also been lodged in the Burla police station by both the groups in connection with the incident. The university syndicate ...
PM stresses on importance of character building
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday emphasised the importance of character building over literacy and called for 'wholesome' education in the country. He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of "Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence" organised by the HRD Ministry. "Knowledge and education are not restricted to books. The purpose of education is to enable balanced growth of every dimension of a human being, which is not possible without innovation," Modi said. "Ambedkar, Deen Dayal Upadhya and Ram Manohar Lohiya always emphasized on character-building over literacy. Swami Vivekananda stressed on wholesome education that makes us a human," he added. The prime minister asserted that without innovation life would become a burden. "Innovation is very important because without it, life seems like a burden. In our ancient universities like Takshshila, Nalanda and Vikramashila, innovation was given emphasis along with knowledge. "I insist that students should give ..
26 Agra schools to get sanitary pad vending machines
Twenty six schools in the Taj city will soon get sanitary pad vending machines installed, a Uttar Pradesh official said on Saturday.
Relocating, not demolishing 'Rancho Wall': Leh school principal
The Principal of Leh school, which shot to fame after it was featured in Aamir Khan's blockbuster 2009 film '3 Idiots', stated that the popular 'Rancho Wall' in its premises is being relocated and not getting demolished."I am personally shocked and surprised after hearing all this. Don't know from where this irresponsible and shocking declaration has come from (regarding demolition of Rancho Wall). We are worried about this," Stanzin Kunzang, the Principal of Druk Padma Karpo School told ANI.She further said that they took this decision as it was becoming difficult for them to handle large number of tourists."Sometimes, it becomes difficult for us to handle the tourists here. At times, we used to have 800 people at a time. Besides visiting the wall, tourists enter the hostel and litter the corridor. Sometimes, they even use students' toilet creating an unpleasant situation," Kunzang said."I want to clarify that we are just shifting the wall from the center of the school, where the ...
Raise qualifying marks for pursuing medical courses abroad: HC to MCI, Centre
The Madras High Court Friday restrained the Medical Council of India and the Centre from issuing eligibility certificate to foreign medical education aspirants if their score was less than 80 per cent in the qualifying Class XII exam. Flagging the low pass percentage in screening tests for foreign medical graduates, the court said minimum qualifying marks should be raised from 50 per cent to at least 80 per cent. Passing the order on a petition by a foreign medical degree holder, Justice N kirubakaran pointed out that in the past 10 years, only 15-25 per cent of doctors with foreign degrees managed to clear the mandatory screening test, the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, conducted by the National Board of Examination to practise the profession in India. "This would only make one to understand that the minimum marks of 50 per cent prescribed by MCI has to be revised and higher marks have to be prescribed," the judge noted. Therefore, for this year, the judge said the minimum ...
Manipur bandh partially affects normal life
Normal life was partially hit for the second day on Friday in the state, particularly in the valley districts, due to a 48-hour general strike by students' bodies demanding unconditional release of students and teachers of Manipur University, official sources said. Fifteen teachers and students of Manipur University were arrested by police on September 21 following a complaint by newly-appointed Acting Vice Chancellor K Yugindro Singh. Singh had alleged he was "gheraoed" by some students and teachers for assuming the charge of VC of the central university. The strike is not being supported by tribal students' bodies and life in the hill districts remained normal, the sources said. Tight security has been put in place and CRPF personnel have been deployed at Singjamei, in the vicinity of the Manipur University campus at Canchipur, Palace Compound and Keisampat areas in Greater Imphal area, officials said. State forces too remained vigilant to prevent any untoward incident and enforce ..
Patna HC initiates contempt proceedings against BSEB Chairman
The Patna High Court on Friday initiated contempt proceedings against the chairman of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) for deliberately not implementing its orders. Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh ordered the contempt proceedings against BSEB chairman Anand Kishore, an IAS officer, on a petition filed by a school in Vaishali district challenging the Board's order dated April 12, 2017 cancelling the school's affiliation. The authorities of the Sri Ram Chandra Senior Secondary School came up with a grievance that despite quashing of the order of cancellation of affiliation by the court, the school is not being treated as affiliated to the Board. "Quashing of the order of cancellation of affiliation has natural consequence of restoration of the affiliation. If this simple thing, the Chairman of the Bihar School Examination Board is not able to understand, then either he is thoroughly incompetent to hold the position, which he is holding, or he is deliberately attempting to ...
Space Education Centre inaugurated
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Friday inaugurated the Space Education Centre and Innovation Hub at the Nagaland Science Centre here. It is being set up by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Nagaland in collaboration with the National Council of Science Museum, Government of India. Rio said the centre has the potential to provide a strong foundation for young students and intellectuals. The chief minister expressed hope that it would produce many innovators. "In Nagaland, we need to support students with a scientific bent of mind and give them opportunities to hone their skills so that they can come up with solutions that can help solve problems that we face as a society," he said. Besides students and the scientific community, the centre would also attract tourists and visitors, Rio said.
