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Delhi Govt sends notice to school after boy lost part of finger
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has come down heavily on St. Columba's School after a sixth standard student lost a part of his finger in the institution's premises.Taking cognizance of the case, the commission has issued a notice to the school directing them to state the sequence of events on an affidavit, along with the names of persons involved and of those who accompanied the child to the hospital.In the notice to the principal, the child right's body has asked the school to describe the reasons behind occurrence of the incident and those for delay in providing adequate medical attention. The institution has also been asked to furnish its existing plan of action to deal with similar occurrences and details of action taken against those responsible.Putting the onus of the child's well being on the school, the commission has also asked them to submit details of steps taken to mitigate the damage caused to the student's physical and psychological health.The school
Manipur university likely to reopen
The Manipur University, which has been closed for 78 days following a demand for the removal of the Vice Chancellor, is likely re-open following an agreement on Thursday. Students and teachers have sought the VC's removal for allegedly administrative and financial irregularities.
Manipur University agitation to be suspended from tomorrow
The 75-day long agitation at Manipur University will be temporarily suspended from tomorrow after the stakeholders reached a mutual agreement today. The students of the university have been demanding the removal of Vice-Chancellor AP Pandey and constitution of an Independent Enquiry Committee to look into the allegations of administrative and financial lapses made by the V-C. The decision to temporarily suspend the agitation was made today following rounds of talk held consecutively from August 14, according to a copy of the memorandum made available to the media. The memorandum, signed by Joint Secretary GC Hosur of the Union HRD Ministry, Commissioner (Higher and Technical Education) Government of Manipur and leaders of the agitating bodies, stated that there will be "temporary suspension" after issuance of the official orders tomorrow. The agitation, that began on May 30, is being spearheaded by the University Community functioning under the aegis of Manipur ...
Khan Academy unveils LearnStorm India, a nationwide inter-school challenge
Khan Academy launches LearnStorm India (learnstormin.khanacademy.org), a free, six-week online learning challenge for grades 3-12.By combining practice problems and mindset activities, LearnStorm helps students master core academic subjects, motivate classrooms, and builds student confidence.Teachers can sign up beginning August 14, and the LearnStorm program will run from September 5 through October 19, 2018. Teachers can enroll quickly and easily in LearnStorm using their free Khan Academy account, or by creating one at www.khanacademy.org.Sandeep Bapna, India MD, Khan Academy said, "With Khan Academy's teacher specific tools, educators can finally leverage technology to deliver on the dream of personalizing learning for every student. We're excited to give teachers a fun way to engage students with LearnStorm India. It has a rewards system that will literally have students across the country leaping out of their chairs, no matter where they are in their educational journey."The ...
16 students fall ill after having food in school in Mumbai
At least 16 students and a staff member of a private school here were hospitalised today due to suspected food poisoning, a civic official said. The Class 7 students and the staff member ate food (dal khichdi) served to them at the Sahyadri Vidya Mandir in suburban Bhandup following which they complained of stomachache. They were admitted to a hospital in Mulund, the official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said. The students -- 12 girls and four boys -- and the school staffer were responding to the treatment and will be kept under observation for 24 hours, a doctor attending them said. Food poisoning is suspected to be the cause of the illness, the civic official said, adding that an inquiry would be conducted into the matter. On August 10, a girl student of a civic-run school in Govandi area here died while over 400 other students were hospitalised due to suspected poisoning after they took iron- boosting medicines given by the school.
Madarsa teachers stop children from reciting national anthem, case filed
A case of treason has been filed against three teachers of a madrasa here after a video purportedly showed them stopping children from singing the national anthem during the Independence Day function, the police said today. The video of Maulana Zubaid Ansari of madrasa Arbia Ahle Sunnat stopping the children from singing the national anthem during the I-Day function after unfurling of the national flag went viral in the district yesterday. District Magistrate Amarnath Upadhaya ordered an inquiry by district minorities officer Prabhat Kumar and a case was lodged against three teachers under various sections of the IPC, including treason. One of the teachers has been arrested and a hunt was on to nab the remaining two, police said.
Toll soars to 48 in Kabul education centre blast
At least 48 students were killed and 67 others injured in a suicide bomb blast targeting a private educational centre in Dasht-e-Barchi locality of Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, the Public Health Ministry said.
Kejriwal laments lack of development in India
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today lamented the lack of development in the country and said if Delhi can achieve success in health and education sectors, why other states cannot replicated the same. He said the country these days is known as a place where "communal riots and rapes with women" take place. Kejriwal, however, added that now India has also been recognised for good things like Mohalla Clinic which is talked about world over. In his Independence Day speech at a Delhi government function held at Chhatrasal stadium here, he claimed "unprecedented" development has happened in Delhi during AAP's over three-year rule. The initiatives of the AAP government like improvements in school education and health sector scheme such as Mohalla Clinic are being discussed all over the world. Former secretary general of United Nations Kofi Annan will come to India with a delegation to visit Mohalla clinics on September 6, he claimed. "The question is why India is backward. If Delhi ...
Australian Senator urges drastic cut in student visas
Senator Fraser Anning has sought a drastic cut in the number of student visas in Australia, where India is the second largest source of international students after China.
Rajasthan to observe September as 'month of nutrition'
Rajasthan will observe September as the "month of nutrition" to create awareness among people living in the state, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said today. Addressing the state from the SMS stadium here on Independence Day, Raje announced that from next month, students of Class 1 to 8 of government schools will be given milk daily instead of thrice a week. The government had introduced a scheme to provide milk to students in government schools thrice a week last month. From September, the students will get milk on a daily basis for which additional funds of Rs 203 crore will be allocated, she said. In the month of nutrition, the chief minister said, awareness in rural as well as urban areas will be created for nutrition. Besides, she said, students in the age group of 3-6 years, adolescent girls and pregnant women registered with Anganwadi centres will also be provided milk thrice a week and the government will allocate Rs 100 crore for this. The chief minister also announced two ...
Raje announces round-the-week milk plan for school students
Announcing a series of welfare measures on the 72nd Independence Day, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday said September will be celebrated as nutrition month in Rajasthan.
DU students move court against nixing of admissions; principal alleges irregularities
Sixteen students are fighting a legal battle to salvage their future after their admissions were cancelled following allegations of irregularities in admitting them under the sports quota to Delhi University's Daulat Ram College.
Modi ignores security protocol to meet school children
Ignoring security protocol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stepped out of his car to meet school children after delivering his Independence Day address to the nation from the Red Fort here.
Agitating students lift demonstration outside VC's office
Agitating students today lifted their two-day long demonstration outside the office of the acting Vice-Chancellor Sabujkali Sen at Visva Bharati University here, officials said. The students who could not pass examinations at various departments were agitating outside the office of the VC demanding that supplementary examination be held for those who failed in the examinations. The students withdrew their stir after Sen made it clear that as per the Act and Statute of the university an unsuccessful candidate cannot sit for any Supplementary Test just to secure pass marks. "Moreover as the officiating VC I cannot introduce any new system of evaluation," she told reporters during an interaction at her office. The agitating students tried to disrupt normal working at the office of the VC by locking in the main entrance since Monday afternoon, she said. One of the agitators, however, claimed that the demonstration was withdrawn after getting verbal assurance from the ...
No scam in admissions in Anna University: Officials
Tamil Nadu Higher Education Secretary Sunil Paliwal and Anna University Vice Chancellor M K Surappa today rejected allegations of a scam in admission of engineering students to the varsity's constituent colleges. Addressing a joint press conference, they referred to reports in a section of media about admission of more than 60 students, whose names were not mentioned in the final admission list, in 2017-18 academic year. Paliwal said there was no such discrepancies as alleged in the reports. "...It is not a right allegation. Once you put together Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions - that is from our single-window counselling, NRI, industrial quota and people taken from other states. Then the figures will tally,"he said. Surappa said the media reports only mention the TNEA figures and did not consider admissions made under the NRI, industrial and other quotas. The alleged scam in the admissions has surfaced close on the heels of 'cash-for-marks' racket in the premier ...
13-yr-old boy drowns in temple pond during school competition
: A 13-year-old school boy drowned while participating in a swimming competition organised at a temple pond at Thalassery in Kannur district. Ritwick was a ninth standard student of the New Mahe M M High school, police said. He along with 150 students were participating in the competition, organised by a group of government schools of Thalassery sub-district. Police said the boy drowned in the second round of competitions when he was in the middle of the pond. Noticing him struggling in the water, some people jumped in, but could not save him. Police and fire force personnel pulled out the boy, who was declared broght dead at a hospital here. Local people alleged that necessary precautions were not taken while conducting the competition as it was raining heavily in the area. Kannur district received very heavy rains today. Education minister Prof C Ravindranath condoled the death of the boy and ordered an immediate probe into the incident. He directed the General Education
Haryana govt increases salary of guest teachers
The Haryana government has decided to increase salary of guest teachers by nearly 25 per cent, Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said today. Besides, women guest teachers have been given five additional days of casual leave, Sharma said. He said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had accorded approval to this proposal. "The monthly salary of PGT or lecturer (guest teachers) has been increased to Rs 36,000 from Rs 29,715, whereas the salary of TGT and C and V guest teachers has been increased to Rs 30,000 from Rs 24,001, and the salary of JBT and C and V guest teachers has been increased to Rs 26,000 from Rs 21,715," Sharma said in an official release here. The women guest teachers used to get 15 days casual leave in a year, which has been increased to 20 days.
Punjab CM inaugurates 'smart school'
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh inaugurated today a government senior secondary smart school in the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus here to boost education standards in the state. To be equipped with laptops, multimedia projectors and high-speed internet, the smart schools will make the teaching-learning process easier and more effective, said the chief minister, adding that a total of 261 government-run schools in the state would be transformed into smart schools. Besides smart classroom, the government is also installing rooftop solar power plants in such schools, said Singh, who also inaugurated a 10KW Solar Net Metering project, developed at a cost of Rs 5.60 lakh, at the PAU smart school. The solar rooftop plant in this school would help save Rs 1,20,450 annually, he added. The PAU smart school, developed at a cost of Rs 50 lakh, has eight new classrooms, each having projector facility, along with other modern teaching aids. These classrooms would be used to ...
Khan Academy launches new programme to motivate students
Khan Academy, an educational mobile app developer, on Tuesday launched LearnStorm India -- a free, six-week online learning challenge -- that will help students to master core academic subjects, motivate classrooms and build confidence.
Students clearing Std X, XII re-exams can apply for courses by
Students in Maharashtra who have cleared their 10th and 12th standard re-exams can seek admissions to professional courses by August 31, Education Minister Vinod Tawde today said. Addressing a press conference here, he said the state government had urged the Supreme Court to allow such students to take admissions by August 31 and the SC had acceded to its request. He said the re-exams are conducted in July but results are declared by August-end. As per orders of the apex court, admissions to professional courses need to be completed by August 15. Due to this, students who appeared for re-exams would not have been able to seek admissions in such courses. The state government had sought permission from the apex court to allow students whose results would be declared towards the end of August to take admissions in professional courses by August 31. Tawde said the SC has accepted the state's request. He said this year 18,278 students from the science stream re-appeared for ..
