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Bihar: Students made to sleep on street, teacher suspended
A school teacher has been suspended for making students, who had gone on an excursion, sleep on the street after their bus broke down on Tuesday night.The students from a school in East Champaran district had gone on an excursion as part of the Mukhyamantri Bihar Darshan Yojna. Apparently the children were made to sleep on the road outside the Patna zoo as the bus in which they were travelling broke down.The zoo is situated near the Chief Minister's residence but no help was extended to the stranded students. However, as soon as the matter was brought to the notice of the administration, the state government suspended Anand Singh, the teacher who was accompanying the students.
China executes man who killed 9 children in knife attack
China on Thursday executed a man who stabbed nine secondary school students to death and injured 11 others in April in Shaanxi province.
Two thrashed after harassing women in separate incidents in UP
Two men allegedly harassed girl students in the district in Uttar Pradesh in separate incidents following which they were thrashed by onlookers, police said Thursday. According to SHO DK Tyagi, a man harassed a girl when she was going for her tuition near Meenakshi Chowk here. Sadik was thrashed by a crowd which handed him over to the police later. A case was registered against him and he was arrested, the SHO said. In the second incident, a girl was harassed by a man when she was on her way to college on Bhopa road. He was thrashed by people who later handed him to the police. A case was registered against Anmol Sharma and he was arrested. The victim alleged that she was being harassed from some days on her way to college.
China executes man who stabbed nine children to death
A man whose brutal knife attack left nine schoolchildren dead and injured 12 others was executed in China on Thursday. Zhao Zewei was sentenced to death in July for the massacre -- reportedly motivated by a grudge against the school in northern Shaanxi province, which he had attended as a child. The defendant "intentionally deprived others of their lives," the court that handed down the decision said in a statement on its official social media account. "Because his work and life were not going well, Zhao Zewei held a grudge in his heart and took it out on innocents," it said. The April attack on the Number Three Middle School came as children were heading home from class. At the time, Zhao told police he had been "bullied" when he attended the school as a child, "hated" his classmates and decided to use a "dagger" to exact revenge. Knife attacks are not uncommon in China. Incidents have targeted schoolchildren in the past, forcing authorities to increase security around schools. In ...
Mexicans stage rally on 4th anniversary of student abduction
Thousands of Mexicans staged a rally here to demand justice for the 43 students who went missing four years ago.
Residential school director held for raping 5 students
At least five students, some of them minor, were allegedly raped and three others molested by the director of a residential school for tribals in Maharashtra's Sangli district, police said Wednesday. The accused, who has been arrested, sexually exploited the students after promising them good marks in exams and providing free education in the school, they said. The school is located at Kurlap in Walva tehsil of Sangli in western Maharashtra, a police official said. The director, Arvind Pawar (61), used to approach the victims through his aide Manisha Kamble (40) with the promise of free food, free education and good marks in exams, he said. "The director of the school, Arvind Pawar, and his aide Manisha Kamble have been apprehended by the police in connection with rape and molestation," Assistant Police Inspector Vivek Patil, in-charge of the Kurlap Police Station told PTI over the phone. The incident came to light on Tuesday after the police received an anonymous letter about ...
Manipur CM urges students to withdraw their call for 48-hour bandh
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh appealed to several student organisations to withdraw their call for a 48-hour state-wide bandh beginning from Wednesday midnight, demanding release of the arrested teachers and students of the Manipur University. The chief minister said any issue can be resolved through dialogue and his government is ready to hold talks with the students anywhere and anytime. The bandh call was given after 89 students and six teachers of the Manipur University were arrested on September 21 following an agitation on the institute's campus the day before. A team of officers raided the university hostel and the residential quarters at around 1 am and took the students and the teachers into custody based on a complaint filed by newly appointed Acting Vice Chancellor K Yugindro Singh. On Monday also, the chief minister had appealed to the students, teachers and employees of the university to work together to bring a solution rather than prolonging the impasse. Since ...
Suspended Manipur VC fails to appear before probe panel
Suspended vice-chancellor of Manipur University Prof Aditya Prasad Pandey, against whom a probe has been initiated, failed to "appear in person" before the enquiry committee on Wednesday, a statement issued by the panel said here. The two-member committee had asked him to appear in person for three consecutive days starting Wednesday when all the witnesses will be examined. The Committee, headed by retired Justice Th Nandakumar of the Meghalaya High Court, was instituted by Ministry of Human Resources Development, to probe the charges of financial and administrative irregularities committed by Pandey. The Manipur University Students Union (MUSU), the Manipur University Teachers Association (MUTA)and the Manipur University Staff's Association (MUSA) had raised the allegations against the suspended vice-chancellor. Pandey last week did not accept the notice issued by the committee asking him to appear before it in person and the notice was pasted on the wall of his ...
Bihar teacher suspended for making students sleep on roadside
A government school teacher posted in East Champaran district of Bihar was on Wednesday placed under suspension for making a group of students sleep on the roadside while they were on a tour of the state capital. Anand Kumar Singh, principal of a secondary school in East Champarans Kotwa block, was suspended by an order of the District Education Officer which took note of media reports of students having been made to sleep on the roadside earlier this week. As per the reports, the students were brought here on Tuesday as part of Mukhyamantri Bihar Darshan scheme under which tours of historical monuments across the state are organized by schools. They were made to sleep on the pavement beside a busy road near the zoo, a stones throw from the Raj Bhavan, the Chief Ministers residence, besides bungalows of a number of VIPs as the bus hired for the trip had developed a snag and return journey during the night had to be postponed. In the suspension order, the reported ...
Cong rule responsible for 'shaky' economy: Pradhan
In a veiled attack on the Congress and its chief Rahul Gandhi, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Wednesday said those responsible for the bad condition of the economy are now questionning Prime Minister Narendra Modi over creation of jobs. Pradhan, who also holds the charge of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ministry, said the "family that ruled the country for four generations" is responsible for the "shaky" economy. "The family that ruled the country for four generations and is responsible for the shaky economy is now questioning the Prime Minister over jobs," he said. Pradhan was addressing an employment fair organised by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) here in Madhya Pradesh. Gandhi had said the Prime Minister did not keep his electoral promise of providing jobs to two crore youth in a year. Pradhan also questionned the format of current education system. "One gets job due to skills he/she possesses. Only education cannot get job. ...
Amit Shah to inaugurate Acharyakulam's new campus
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah will inaugurate the new campus of Patanjali-backed Acharyakulam - a school based on Indian education system - in Haridwar on Thursday.A press release from Patanjali read, "Acharyakulam is the alternative for the Macaulay education system which the British designed to make us slaves. Acharyakulam is based on Indian education system where along with Modern and Vedic education, the creation of the world-class citizens is also done.""Along with its work for economic independence for India, Patanjali is working tirelessly towards saving India from the dependence and slavery of foreign education systems, foreign medical systems, foreign food and foreign thought process. Acharyakulam will play a significant role in taking India out of the trap of foreign system of education," the statement read.The release claims that students at the Acharyakulam, who study the Vedas as part of their curriculum, have scored over 99 per cent in 10th standard ...
CBSE to hold vocational courses' exam in February
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to hold exams for 'skill education' (vocational) and related subjects in the second half of February from next year onwards, it said on Wednesday.
J&K guv seeks seventh pay commission wages for SSA teachers
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday directedadvisor Khursheed Ganai to ensure seventh pay commission recommendations are followed for SSA teachers in the state. The governor issued the directive during a meeting with a delegation of SSA teachers at Raj Bhavan here, an official spokesman said. The governor described teachers as the catalyst to progress. He urged them to remain devoted towards their students.
Girls banned from wearing skirts, jeans at Govt Medical College of Amritsar
The Government Medical College (GMC) of Amritsar has banned girls from wearing skirts, t-shirts, jeans and shorts in the college premises. Boys have also been asked to wear formal trousers instead of jeans, according to a circular issued by college Principal Sujata Sharma. The head of the department has been asked to ensure that the dress code is followed by all the students, it said. The new dress code will come into effect from October 1. A group of students, led by their leader Mansimrat Singh, Wednesday met the college principal, requesting her to withdraw the circular. However, Sharma declined to withdraw it, the students said.
BHU violence: Students made to vacate 5 varsity hostels
Five hostels of Banaras Hindu University were vacated Wednesday and the security in and around the campus was heightened with the police maintaining security using drone cameras, said officials. The five hostels whose boarders were ordered to move out were Birla, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Dhanwantri, Ruiya Medical and Ruiya Annexe. The students of Birla and Lal Bahadur Shastri hostel sat on a dharna on Tuesday, demanding revocation of yesterday's hostel vacation order. The students' dharna ended late on Tuesday night (around 2 am) after District Magistrate Surendra Singh met them and promised strict action against outsiders who 'instigated' violence in the campus. The students vacated their hostel rooms by 5.00 pm on Wednesday. "The five hostels have been vacated and the atmosphere in the campus was peaceful after the violence on Monday night," BHU public relations officer Rajesh Singh said. Meanwhile, the resident doctors have gone on strike in protest of the clash between them and the ...
IIT Indore makes world university ranking debut
India has enhanced its presence in a definitive world university rankings released here on Wednesday by claiming 49 places this year, up from 42 last year. In what was described as an impressive debut entry by the annual 'Times Higher Education World University Rankings', the Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore) becomes India's second highest ranked university and a global top 400 institution with its strong scoring for research volume and impact. It overtakes IIT Bombay, which slips from the 351-400 rankings band to the 401-500 band. India's highest ranked institution remains the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, followed by IITs Indore, Bombay and Roorkee with Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara University from Karnataka making a debut this year to complete the country's top five. "Our efforts in making research the focus of the institute is now reflected in the form of citation and other impact metrics of research, said Pradeep Mathur, Director of IIT ...
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.