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Govt schemes encouraging students to pursue research: Javadekar
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today rued that the country was lagging behind in innovation and said the government has launched several schemes to change the orientation of students towards research. He referred to schemes such as "Smart India Hackathon" and "Prime Minister Research Fellowship" to highlight the government's initiatives in this regard. Javadekar was speaking at the valedictory function of Patna University centenary celebrations at Bapu Sabhagar in the state capital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the centenary celebrations of the Patna University in October last year. The function was presided over by Govenor-cum-Chancellor of universities Lalji Tandon, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Education Minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma and Patna University Vice-Chancellor Ras Bihari Prasad Singh. "India lacks innovation. We are behind in carrying out innovation and research...The country will become prosperous when it carries out innovation... ...
Presidency Univ impasse: Agitating students to undertake
A section of students of Presidency University, who have been demanding accommodation in the Hindu hostel which is presently under repair, today said they will launch a signature campaign apart from continuing with their sit-in to bolster their demand. Around 50 students have been agitating in the university campus since Augist 3. A spokesman of the agitating students, Subho Biswas, told PTI, the boarders will launch a signature campaign among the university students from Monday to raise awareness about the difficulties faced by the boarders of the Hindu Hostel and the reasons behind the current stir. "While continuing the sit-in, we will take the battle among the students in general and seek their opinion about the future course of action by undertaking a signature campaign. We will then organise a mass convention in the first week of September and based on the feedback from these two campaigns, we will decide whether to approach any higher authority to address our ...
Instagram testing feature to connect students to college communities
Photo-messaging app Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature that would help college students discover and connect with fellow batchmates from the same college community.
Minister asks AICTE to explore internship opportunities in agriculture & allied fields
Laying emphasis on the need to create more job opportunities and enhance employability of the youth, junior HRD Minister Satyapal Singh today suggested the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to explore internship opportunities in varied fields including agriculture. Recent initiatives of the AICTE will help students of technical institutes learn new skills in coming years, he said at an event at the council headquarters here. "The country needs development in other fields besides industry. Internships in agriculture and other such fields could help train a large number of youths in the country. Efforts should be made to start internships in these fields besides technical and professional subjects," he said. The Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) lamented that overemphasis on getting degrees and diplomas has lowered the standard of education in the country. "With all efforts focussed on getting degrees and diplomas, the entire education system geared .
150 youths detained for rave party in Sonipat, released
The police today busted a rave party at a guest house in Sonipat on Delhi's outskirts and detained around 150 students, including 8 foreign nationals. Three persons, including a customs official, were arrested in connection with the incident, the police said. The students, found in an inebriated state, were released after interrogation, they said. On the basis of a tip-off, a raid was conducted at a guest house in Sonipat's Rai industrial area, DSP Jitendra Gehlawat said. He said around 150 students from different universities were found in inebriated state and were medically examined. Nearly 215 tablets, two dozen injections of drugs and bottles and of English wines and beer were seized from the guest house, Gehlawat said. A case was registered under relevant Sections and three persons were arrested, he said, adding that the students were released after interrogation.
Maoist supporters decried for attempts at break-up of country
A group of right-wing activists on Friday slammmed Maoist supporters for attempting to "break up the country" and called for reclaiming the space in higher education from academics with Maoist/Leninist ideology.
DU agrees in HC to declare results of students with short attendance
The Delhi University today agreed before the Delhi High Court to declare within three days the results of law students who were allowed to sit for their semester exams on court orders despite shortage of attendance. The undertaking is applicable only for those students who had approached the court, the varsity made it clear. The university also consented that those students who have failed in the exams would be given one more opportunity to appear in the forthcoming supplementary exams and their results would be declared thereafter. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said it was of the considered view that the undertaking given by the university, regarding those students who approached the high court, meets the ends of justice. The court was hearing the appeals of Delhi University against a single judge order asking the law faculty members to conduct at least 139 hours of extra classes or tutorials for those students who are desirous to attend the lectures to .
Malnutrition, poor education hit Odisha's development: NITI
The pace of development has been hit in Odisha owing to social exclusion, malnutrition and fall in education quality, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said today. "Social exclusion, malnutrition and degradation in quality education are the major challenges and break the speed of development process," Kumar said at the inauguration of the three-day 'Odisha Vikash Conclave-2018' here. Grassroot level development needs inclusion of all the stakeholders like civil society organizations, policy makers, government officials, academia and community-based organizations, Kumar said. Noting that four out of 10 children in the state are undernourished and suffer from mental disorder, he said the major cause of this situation is lack of adequate nutrition and balanced diet, unhealthy environment and unhygienic practices. This creates an alarming situation for the state and need to be addressed immediately, said Kumar. He said the Centre is focusing on education for all and is ..
HC raps Delhi government for denying re-admission to 42,000 students
The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the city government for denying re-admission to 42,503 students who had failed in the 2018 Class 10 CBSE examination.
128 private schools in Delhi roll back 'arbitrary' fee hike
Around 128 schools in the national capital have rolled back their "arbitrary" fee hikes following complaints from parents, a government official said. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had issued directions to the schools to roll back their "arbitrary" fee hike after receiving several complaints from parents. The Directorate of Education (DoE) had in April sent notices to 195 private schools of the city and asked the school heads to roll back their fee hike. Last month, Kejriwal had asked DoE to submit a compliance report on whether the private schools had rolled back their fee hike as ordered by the government. "Out of 195 private schools, 128 have informed us that they are rolling back their hiked fees. Remaining 67 private schools will soon be served show-cause notices for not complying with the orders," a DoE official said. Education Minister Manish Sisodia would be meeting the representatives of all the 128 schools who had complied with the government's directive, the official said.
Chhattisgarh: Girl to become first doctor from Naxal-hit Dornapal
While growing up in Naxal-hit Dornapal district of Chhattisgarh, Maya Kashyap had one dream- to become a doctor. She came one step closer to her dream in June after she cleared the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), conducted annually for getting admission into courses related to the profession.The teenage girl, who studied at a government school, will be the first doctor from Dornapal after completing MBBS degree in 2023 from Ambikapur medical college.Securing a medical seat was not a cake walk for Maya as her family had to struggle to make ends meet after her father passed away when she was in sixth standard. With undaunted determination to achieve her goal, Maya managed to clear the exam in her second attempt.Recalling the hardships faced by her, she said, "My mother had to take care of my three siblings besides me. They too, were studying in school at that time. I only used to get Rs 500 as pocket money for a month. Though, due to the paucity of funds I faced a lot of .
Speaking native tongue at home boosts IQ in bilingual children
Bilingual children who regularly use their native language at home while growing up in a different country have higher intelligence, a study has found. Research carried out by the University of Reading in the UK showed that children who spoke one language at school but practised their native tongue at home with their families scored better in intelligence tests than those who spoke only their non-native language. The study of 100 Turkish children, aged 7-11, living in the UK used a non-verbal IQ test to compare those who spoke English at school and Turkish at home with those who spoke English at both. "It is easier to develop concepts at a young age in a first language and then learn a new word for it later in a different language," said Michael Daller, associate professor at the University of Reading in the UK. "Children who have to learn to understand things for the first time in a less familiar language will find it much harder, so it follows that the children in our study who had .
Indian students win startup award in Singapore
Three Indian students studying in Singapore have jointly won an award for their startup idea about automating the process of medical claims. Akshay Gupta, Vinayak RD, and Sachin Sanjeev, who are from India and studying doing Global Master of Business Administration at SP Jain School of Global Management, won the Flywire Challenge, jointly organised by the school and payment transaction group Flywire, a statement said yesterday. The trio received cash prize of SGD 10,000 for their project automating the process of medical claims. The automating of the usually-manual processes helps both patients and healthcare professionals, SP Jain said in the statement. Jointly organised by Flywire and SP Jain, the Flywire Challenge seeks to demonstrate how the collaboration between FinTech and educational institutions can power a new generation of entrepreneurs. The challenge had attracted over 20 entries from universities in Singapore.
Attendance must for JNU faculties
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in its 275th Executive Council Meeting on Thursday decided to introduce compulsory attendance for all regular faculty members of the University."The EC approved the revised guidelines for the conferment of Professor Emeritus in JNU. After detailed discussions, the EC has decided to introduce attendance for all regular faculty members of the University which is in conformity with the recent resolution of the JNU's Academic Council and the 'UGC regulations on minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges and measures for the maintenance of standards in higher education, 2018," a press statement issued by the JNU Registrar said.The Executive Council, while paying a tribute to the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, proposed to name the School of Management and Entrepreneurship as "Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship."It also decided to adopt the Central ...
UGC directs universities to ban junk food on campus
The University Grants Commission has issued a notice to vice-chancellors of all universities, directing them to ban junk food in college premises.This comes as a reminder of the advisory issued in November 2016 for banning junk food in colleges to 'set new standards for healthy food and reduce obesity levels in young learners'.The UGC, in the advisory, stated that banning junk food in colleges would set new standards for healthy food habits, and subsequently instill a sense of healthy eating and awareness on the same.Speaking to ANI, UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain noted that although the directive wasn't compulsory, colleges were expected to comply with the guidelines and help create awareness regarding the ill effects of junk food and the impact of the consumption of the same."UGC, in the interest of the health of all the students of the universities and colleges, issued an advisory on August 21, which is a reinforcement of an earlier advisory issued on November 10, 2016, where we asked .
JNU issues show-cause notices to 48 professors
The JNU administration today issued show-cause notices to 48 teachers for allegedly participating in a day strike on July 31 against the policies implemented by the vice chancellor, said a varsity professor. The decision was finalised at the Executive Council meeting of the varsity held today, claimed JNU Professor Ayesha Kidwai. "The notices issued say that the act of a peaceful strike is in contravention of the statutes, rules and regulations of the university. We are extremely disturbed by the manner in which a democratic act of protest is being treated as an act of indiscipline and illegality," Kidwai said. On July 31, teachers carried placards and wore black badges to express their resistance to the policy decisions of the vice chancellor. Meanwhile a statement from the varsity said that the Executive Council (EC) today proposed to name the School of Management and Entrepreneurship as Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship to pay tribute to the former ...
Medical students assault youth 'for stealing' from hostel
One youth was beaten up after medical students at the city's JB Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital caught him allegedly stealing valuables from their hostel, police said. Medical students tied up the accused with an electric pole inside the college campus in Ultadanga police station area and beat him up. Police later rescued the youth and detained him for questioning. "We are looking into the matter. If he is found guilty of stealing things from the medical college campus we will act as per the law. The same goes for the students," a police officer said. In 2014, a mentally unstable man was beaten to death for allegedly stealing a mobile phone by a group of junior doctors of NRS Medical College and Hospital.
Irregularities detected at Ravenshaw University
Several irregularities have been detected in the purchase of study materials and recruitment of faculties in the Ravenshaw University here, an education department official said today. Additional secretary of higher education department P K Das has been asked to probe into allegation of irregularities. It was found during the investigation that though the university vice-chancellor used official vehicle, he availed transport allowances to the tune of Rs 40,000 every month, the officer said. Many purchases have been made by the authorities in 2014-15 without floating tenders and norms were ignored in instances where tender had been floated, Das said. In the academic year of 2015-16, contractual faculties were appointed as assistant professors in gross violation of the recruitment policy. "Similarly, in 2017-18, guest faculties were engaged by some departments without proper advertisements," Das told newsmen. He said he would submit a consolidated report of his findings to
DU unit of AAP student wing gets new office-bearers
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) student wing on Thursday announced office-bearers for its Delhi University (DU) unit, ahead of the DU Students Union (DUSU) elections slated for the second week of September.
HC directs TN govt to issue circular to schools on hiring PE teachers
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue a circular, making it compulsory for all the schools with a strength of at least 250 students to hire physical education (PE) teachers, noting that the students have to be given physical education to ensure a healthy mind in a healthy body. A division bench of justices Huluvadi G Ramesh and K Kalyanasundaram gave the direction while disposing of an appeal filed by the director of school education and two other subordinates, challenging an April 15, 2013 order of a single-judge bench of the court. The single-judge bench had, on a writ petition filed by Shri Shanthi Vijay High School in Nilgiris district, directed the authorities concerned to grant approval to the appointment of a PE teacher in the school. However, the authorities had refused to approve the appointment citing a December 29, 1997 government order (GO) issued by the Education, Science and Technology department, which stated that if the strength in ...
