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CBSE cancels affiliation of school following gang-rape of minor student
The CBSE has cancelled the affiliation of a leading private boarding school here after it allegedly kept under wraps the gang-rape of a minor student for over a month. The Central Board of Secondary Education issued an order on Tuesday cancelling the affiliation of GRD World School, Bhauwala, for not giving a satisfactory reply to a show cause notice served to it by the regional office of the board in the wake of the incident, Regional Officer CBSE, Dehradun, Ranvir Singh said. The action follows a recommendation to this effect by the state government after the chief education officer visited the school premises following the incident and found it guilty of violating various norms, including non-installation of CCTV cameras and non-deployment of enough security staff on the campus, he said. It is for the first time that such action has been taken against any educational institution in the state. Singh, however, said guardians of students already enrolled in the school have nothing to .
Amazon launches its fourth community centre in Haryana
With the vision of 'Creating Opportunities and Transforming lives', Amazon has partnered with American Indian Foundation (AIF) to establish and launch a Community Resource Centre.The Centre will benefit the members of two villages, Bhora Kalan, the largest village of Gurugram district of Haryana and Binola Village. Based on the needs of the local community, Amazon Cares has designed programs to impact and enhance the lives of more than 14,000 people in the community in the three areas of education, health and hygiene and women empowerment."We hope our regular workshops, training and awareness programs will help us engage with them effectively and will play a key role in their growth and development," said VP, India Customer Fulfilment, Amazon India, Akhil Saxena.The Education initiative focuses on creating opportunities and enabling access to quality education for the community children. The Centre works with the government schools and the local community to address the gaps and ...
41,000 posts in govt schools lying vacant in Assam
Around 41,000 posts, including those of over 27,000 teachers, are lying vacant in various government run schools across Assam, the state assembly was informed on Wednesday. The government had a plan to appoint teachers but it was now pending in court, Minister of State for Education Pallab Lochan Das said replying to a query by AGP MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita. Das said a total of 40,845 posts are lying vacant in various government-run schools and out of these, 27,202 posts are of teachers. The state government had advertised to appoint 9,513 posts, but the matter has been dragged to the court, he said. "We also wanted to appoint and regularise 6,200 teachers in middle level schools, but that too has been challenged in court," Das said.
School students spend night on pavement
Around 75 students of a government school on an educational trip to Patna were forced to spend the night on a pavement near the zoo here after they could not return home as their vehicle developed a fault, officials said on Wednesday.
Skill India: Govt proposes skills universities, council for vocational education
To give a push to the skilling ecosystem, the government has proposed establishing the National Council for Vocational Education & Training, along with skills universities that will offer degrees like master and bachelor of skills. The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has placed the guidelines on setting up skills universities in India in the public domain and sought comments within 15 days. According to the draft norms, the universities will have specialised skill training labs, studios and centres of excellence developed in collaboration with industry. They will also have a counselling cell to assess the aptitude of students prior to their enrolment in a skill-based programme, apart from career counselling during their course. Moreover, the placement cell shall organise campus recruitment by forging appropriate linkages with the industry. "Presently, skill based courses are being offered under degrees of varying names. There is a need to have a uniformity in ...
'Prove yourself a hygiene champion, become DM for a day'
Prove yourself to be a hygiene champion and become Shahjahanpur's DM for a day, albeit minus financial powers. The offer has been made by Shahjahanpur District Magistrate Amrit Tripathi himself. Tripathi has made the offer apparently taking the cue from Anil Kapoor-starer 'Nayak - the Real Hero', with an aim to educate and inspire villagers about hygiene and cleanliness with the help from college students. The DM told PTI he has constituted four or five teams of local college students to work for the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' and spread the message for the need of hygiene among the residents of the villages allocated to them. The students have been given the task to inspire villagers to keep their surroundings clean, use toilets and have their houses white-washed. They have also been asked to supervise the distribution of mid-day meals in village schools and the anti-pest fogging there, he said. They have been further asked to present plans for better utilisation of the unused funds for
Interdisciplinary approach to improve critical thinking: Pearson MyPedia Study
Interdisciplinary learning engages students and helps them to develop knowledge, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and a passion for learning, suggests Pearson MyPedia study. With an aim to examine the success of intended learner outcomes, the study highlights that learners have shown an annual gain up to 8% in their scores on tests measuring target skills.During the study, 2000 stakeholders including academic leaders, teachers, and parents highlighted that lack of minimal teaching and pedagogy skills among teachers is one of the key attributing factors to low learning level. To provide learners an engaging and enriched learning experience, Pearson India offers MyPedia that integrates all learning and teaching tools in a well-designed scientific manner to transform education delivery and enhance the way of 'How Children Learn'.MyPedia, the only fully integrated learning programme is convenient, easy to use and delivers intended outcomes including improvement in learner's ...
Disciplinary action if govt employees don't attend office
The Manipur government has said that disciplinary action would be taken against government employees if they don't attend offices during the 48-hour general strike called by joint students organisations which will commence from Wednesday midnight. Chief Secretary J Suresh Babu Tuesday evening issued an order stating that disciplinary action would be initiated against those officials who fail to attend offices during the 48-hour general strike called by student bodies. Suresh Babu also informed that "attendance report should be sent to the concerned administrative secretaries" failing which disciplinary actions would be initiated against those who fails to attend duty. He directed all Deputy Commissioners of districts to ensure attendance in all the district's of the state during the strike. Joint students organisation comprising of different student bodies have called the general strike to demand "unconditional release" of all the Manipur University students and ...
BHU students protest against order to vacate hostels
Students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Wednesday staged a protest against the administration's order to vacate seven hostels, including two medical students' hostels, within 24 hours, following an incident of violence in the campus a day before. The university has suspended classes till September 28.One of the protesting students told ANI, "We want hostels back. There is a video of Chief Proctor instigating students for violence. We demand her dismissal and an inquiry needs to be set up."The BHU administration on Tuesday beefed up heavy security in and around campus. The step was taken after a scuffle broke out between Sir Sunderlal Hospital's junior doctors and relatives of a patient on Monday. One person was detained following the scuffle."From what we have been told by the hospital authorities, the family of the patient wanted the doctor to attend to her first. We are now further investigating the matter," Varanasi's ACM First Prem Pandey had said. The patient apparently
Facebook launches programme to boost coding skills of students
Facebook has launched in the US free online education programme CodeFWDTo to increase the numbers of underrepresented and female students interested in pursuing computer programming.
WB bandh: Buses torched, trains blocked by protesters
Violent protests erupted on Wednesday in West Bengal during a 12-hour bandh called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against the deaths of two students who died following a clash with police in North Dinajpur's Islampur recently.The agitated protesters vandalised and torched two government buses in West Midnapore, causing traffic snarls.Not only that, the coachmen ferrying passengers from Cooch Behar area have been directed to wear helmets as protesters in the area also destroyed several vehicles to mark their protest.Scores of passengers also faced rail chaos after the demonstrators blocked Howrah-Bardhaman Main Line, Sealdah-Barasat Bongaon section of Eastern Railway Sealdah Division, Sealdah-Diamond Harbour Section and Bandel Katwa section on Eastern Railways Howrah Division.Meanwhile, security has also been beefed up across the city in view of the bandh.Trouble had brewed at Islampur's Daribhit High School after the administration recruited Urdu teachers at the time when the ...
Indian Americans donated USD 1.2 billion to 37 US universities from 2000 to 2018
Indian Americans donated USD 1.2 billion to 37 US universities between 2000 and 2018, according to an Indiaspora research of publicly available information from 68 such donations of more than USD 1 million. Released by the not-for-profit Indiaspora, which aims at transforming the success of Indian Americans into a meaningful impact worldwide, the first-of-its-kind report is part of its project -- Monitor of University Giving. It is a "living database" to keep abreast of Indian American philanthropic donations to higher education, said Silicon Valley-based philanthropist and venture capitalist M R Rangaswami. The brain behind Indiaspora, Rangaswami said the goal of such a database was to illustrate how Indian Americans, the most highly-educated ethnic minority in America, were giving back to higher education in their adopted homeland. According to the report, 50 individuals made 68 donations of USD 1 million or more, amounting to over USD 1.2 billion. Of them, nearly half are repeat ...
No quota for local students in Pondicherry University: VC
Pondicherry University Vice Chancellor Gurmeet Singh said Tuesday there was no scope of having a separate quota for students of the Union Territory to gain admission into various disciplines available in the varsity. The Pondicherry University is a centrally-sponsored higher education institution established through an Act of Parliament. Talking to reporters here, Singh said only statutory reservations were available for students in keeping with the guarantees contained in the Constitution and other statues. On demands from various quarters and a resolution adopted by the territorial Assembly seeking special quota for the students of the Union Territory in various courses in the university, the VC said, "India is one country and the statutorily approved quotas of reservation would alone be available. "There is no scope for any reservation for the local students," he asserted. Singh, however, said even in the absence of such a quota for local students, a number of students from the ...
JNU campus is most peaceful: VC
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus is the most peaceful, its vice-chancellor M Jagdesh Kumar said on Tuesday, weeks after violence erupted there between members of Left student groups and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The vice-chancellor made these comments at the Nehru Memorial Lecture. Spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, delivered the lecture, that was in a question and answer format. "When Mohit Chauhan was singing here, he said, I have come to JNU for the first time and I have heard so many things'. Sadhguru, please believe that our campus is the most peaceful campus," Kumar said as students started clapping loudly. He also said he is proud of his students, which was again met with a loud applause from students. "Our students are real gems. I am very proud of my students and they have one very good quality. They engage in debate, discussion and critical thinking," he added. Violence erupted on the JNU campus after a united front of Left .
Political temperature soars in Bengal on eve of BJP-sponsored shutdown
The political temperature soared in West Bengal on the eve of the BJP-sponsored shutdown in West Bengal as the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP on Tuesday brought out rallies in the city and the districts opposing and backing the proposed disruption.
Bengal shutdown call: Minister warns private schools declaring holiday
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday urged all government as well as private schools to remain open, assuring them that the state government will counter the 12-hour shutdown called by the BJP on Wednesday across the state.
Educational institute for poor, minorities by 2020: Naqvi
Rajasthan's Alwar will get India's first world-class educational institute for poor, backward and minorities by 2020, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday.
15 J&K children hospitalised after measles vaccination
As many as fifteen students of a government school allegedly fell ill after they were administered measles-rubella (MR) vaccine in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The health officials appealed to the parents to not panic and assured them that World Health Organisation (WHO) approved vaccine was administered to the children. The officials said at least 15 students of a government school at village Sangla in Surankote area complained of nausea, stomach ache and vomiting after receiving MR vaccine on Tuesday morning. They said the students were shifted to Surankote Hospital late in the afternoon after "worried parents created a scene" at the school. Block Medical Officer, Surankote, Zulfikar Choudhary said there was no need to panic and asked the public to not pay any attention to "rumours". "After getting information, we rushed to the said school along with a paediatrician who checked the students and found them alright," Choudhary said, adding that the students ...
BHU violence: Univ closed till Sept 28, students asked to vacate hostels
The Banaras Hindu University Tuesday suspended classes and asked students to vacate five of its hostels within 24 hours following a late night incident of violence and arson on the campus. The decision by BHU Registrar Neeraj Tripathi prompted some of the hostellers to go in for a sit-in on a road opposite the Birla hostel to protest the measure. At least six students were injured in clashes that erupted between BHU resident doctors and hostellers on campus here allegedly over non-allotment of bed to a patient, the police said Tuesday. The incident took place late Monday night after students of some hostels in the varsity joined the patient's family members who were engaged in an scuffle with the resident doctors. The BHU registrar ordered closure of the university for till September 28 and asked students living in five of its hostels to vacate them by 12 noon Wednesday. The five hostels whose residents were ordered to move out are Birla Hostel, Lal Bahadur Shastri Hostel, Dhanvantri .
2 teachers booked under SC/ST Act; colleagues seek VC's intervention
A day after the Uttar Pradesh police booked two teachers of the Gorakhpur university following the suicide attempt of a Dalit student, teachers of the varsity met the vice-chancellor and demanded his intervention. Deepak Kumar, a research scholar of the philosophy department, attempted suicide last Thursday and recorded a video that went viral on social media. In his suicide note, the student said he took the step in depression after he was allegedly discriminated due to his caste by Dwarika Nath, the head of the philosophy department; and C P Srivastav, the dean of the faculty of arts. The condition of the student, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital, is stable. A case was registered against the two teachers under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Monday, but they have not been arrested yet. Led by the teachers' association president, Vinod Kumar, some teachers met Vice-Chancellor V K Singh at 11 am on Tuesday and demanded that the ...
