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Students lift sit-in protest at JU
The Arts Faculty Students Union (AFSU) today withdrew its sit-in protest outside Jadavpur University Vice-chancellor Suranjan Das's chamber after the dean of Arts said he was quitting from the admission process, an AFSU leader said. The AFSU lifted the nine-hour-long demonstration at 5 am following which the VC, pro-VC Pradip Ghosh and other senior varsity officials left for home, a teacher of Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) said. The students were protesting against the university's decision to put the history admission process on hold following the demand for review of history entrance test answer scripts of all applicants, as raised by a section of guardians. They were also demanding the resignation of the dean of Arts, Subhasis Biswas, who is also the head of the history department. The varsity had witnessed prolonged gherao and hunger strike by the AFSU in July demanding reintroduction of the admission system to six humanities streams. An AFSU ...
Manipur varsity VC (in-charge) informs Centre of the impasse
Manipur University Vice-Chancellor (in-charge) Prof W Vishwanath has written a letter to the Centre that the agitating bodies have refused to cooperate with the Fact Finding Committee to probe the allegations of financial and administrative irregularities against the VC A P Pandey. The agitating bodies have sought for an Independent High Power Committee under the Commission of Enquiry Act 1952 against Pandey, who is currently on a month-long leave, Vishwanath said in the letter to the HRD Ministry yesterday. Despite assuming office as in-charge of the post of the vice-chancellor of the central university, he has been unable to perform his official duties, Vishwanath said in the letter which was made available to the media. As many as 93 colleges have been affiliated to the university and publication of the examination results of final year college students is pending making the possibility of losing an academic year, he said seeking a response in two days. Academic ...
Indian-American high schooler wins International Geography Bee World Championship
Indian-American high school student Avi Goel has won the world championship at the International Geography Bee's junior varsity division held in Berlin, Germany, last month. Avi, 14, a tenth grader at Silver Creek High School in Evergreen, San Jose, CA, won a gold medal in seven out of the 10 medal events, and a silver medal in two of the events, topping the overall medals table. He also bagged the top spot in all the three events counting towards the world championship title: the International Geography Exam, the International Geography Showdown, and the International Geography Bee. The competition took place from July 11-18, 2018, and brought together over 100 of the world's top geography students to vie for the world championship title in the subject. "After these awards, I want to move on to progress in other subject areas such as math and computer science as these are my desired areas to study in college. The lion's share of my rationale for winning such things stems back to ...
JNU admn withdrew permission for convention on frivolous grounds: Students' body
The JNU students' union (JNUSU) today alleged that the administration withdrew the permission for a convention organised to highlight the varsity's contributions to India. Today, while the JNU VC led administration, after destroying the university, organised a photo-op convocation in the name of distribution of degrees of research scholars the JNUSU gave a call for a convention celebrating the contributions of JNU towards India, the students' body said in a statement. The JNU administration denied permission for holding the 'Save JNU Convention' at School of Social Science (SSS)-I auditorium citing "frivolous" reasons, it said. Dubbing the move a "shameful and disgraceful act", the JNUSU claimed this happened after all the required processes were completed and the forms submitted to the administration. The 'Save JNU Convention' was held at SSS-3 lobby "with massive participation from students rejecting machinations of the JNU administration," the statement said. The speakers at the ..
Over 63,500 schools have gone digital in Maha: CM
More than 63,500 schools in Maharashtra became digital up to June this year, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here today. He called for laying more emphasis on e-learning and e-school projects in the era of Information Technology. Fadnavis today chaired a review meeting of school education department at his official residence 'Varsha'. School Education Minister Vinod Tawde, Additional Principal Secretary of the School Education Department Vandana Krishna, among others, attended the meeting. "In January 2016, more than 10,000 schools became digital. Now at the end of June this year, more than 63500 schools have gone digital. In the coming days the students should get facilities like e-learning and e-school. The school education department should work in this direction," he said. The CM said that advance educational initiatives are being implemented to enhance academic quality and that the efforts are to be taken to raise the study standard of students. Initiatives ...
Student commits suicide in Sikar
A Class 12 student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Rajasthan's Sikar district today, the police said. The deceased was identified as Badriprasad, who studied at a private school, they said. His parents alleged that he was beaten up by the owner of his school Ramdev Singh over some issue, following which the boy hanged himself, the police added. The matter is being probed, they said.
MA 1st year student commits suicide
:An MA first-year student of city-based University of Hyderabad allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room at the campus tonight, police said. Rajnish (25),a native ofUttarakhand, was found hanging from the ceiling fan by one of his classmates at around 8.30 PM, they said, adding no suicide note was found. Based on preliminary investigation, police said Rajnish had reportedly cancelled his admission from the course and had planned to return to Uttarakhand.
55 students flee from Jharkhand school in mark of protest
Fifty-five students of a school in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district today fled from the educational institution during a physical activity, to protest the transfer of four teachers, police said. Out of the 55 students, 45 returned to the school in Majhgaon in the evening, Superintendent of Police, Kranthi Kumar Gadidesi said. "It was nothing serious but the girls decided to leave the school in protest against the transfer of four teachers," he said. A police team is on the lookout for the remaining students, the officer said. Altogether 68 students of Class 10 were out for a running activity in the morning, when 55 of them escaped from the school premises. Police said the students were of the view that the teachers' transfer would hamper studies, as the school has a shortage of faculty. District officials concerned had recently initiated action against the teachers, following below-average performance of the school in the 2018 matriculation examination, they said.
Maha sent only five proposals for OBC hostels under Central
The Maharashtra government has forwarded only five proposals for setting up hostels for OBC students under a Central scheme which was announced in 2014-15, an OBC department official said today. Interestingly, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had yesterday announced that the state government would construct hostels for OBC students in 19 districts, and funds will be made available for the purpose. "The Central government had announced a scheme to set up hostels for OBC students (boys and girls) in 2014-15. The scheme was meant to benefit the students from economically weaker background. The objective was that these students could stay in these hostels at a district place and pursue better education," the official said. The OBC department is currently headed by the chief minister. As per the scheme, each hostel would accommodate 100 students. The hostel would get a grant of Rs three crore. "Of the total cost of the construction, the Centre would bear 60 per ..
JNU committed to freedom of thought, critical thinking: VC
Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar today asserted that the varsity is committed to encouraging critical thinking and freedom of thought among its students and faculty. He was speaking at the second convocation of the varsity, which was held almost 46 years after the first. VK Saraswat, the Chancellor of JNU and Niti Aayog member, was the chief guest. The convocation was held at the AICTE auditorium here, even as some students and teachers questioned the move to organise the event outside the campus. Saraswat delivered the convocation address and conferred the doctoral degrees on the graduands. He congratulated all the graduands and called them the "future of the country" and advised them to use their capabilities to serve the society and take the nation forward. "JNU is generally perceived as a training ground for intellectual politicians and for meaningful life in the Indian bureaucracy as much as beginning of life in research and academics. It has produced .
Baidyanath Labh appointed VC of Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Bihar
Prof Baidyanath Labh has been appointed the vice-chancellor of Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM) University Bihar, according to an order issued today by the Personnel Ministry. Labh, at present, is a professor at the Department of Buddhist Studies in Jammu University. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post for a period of five years, it said. The government of Bihar had established a research institute called "Magadh Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Pali and Allied Languages and Buddhist Learning" at Nalanda in 1951. It later came to be known as Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM). In November 2006, the University Grant Commission accorded it the status of a deemed to be University. It's present campus, about 100 km from Patna, is close to the ruins of the ancient University of Nalanda.
Gautam Buddh Nagar administration to rope in schools, colleges for anti-tobacco awareness
The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration decided today to rope in educational institutes to spread awareness against gutkha and other tobacco products besides stepping up action on smokers in public places. At a meeting of various committees of the District Tobacco Programme, District Magistrate Brajesh Narayan Singh issued instructions to all officials concerned to ensure effective implementation of the state government's policies on tobacco control, according to an official statement. "There should be a campaign to raise awareness among those consuming tobacco about its ill effects on health. They should be informed in detail about diseases that can contract because of tobacco," Singh said. Posters should be placed and pamphlets distributed at public places such as court premises, offices, police stations so that more people could be made aware of it, he said. "Also penalty should be imposed and due action taken against people found smoking in public spaces," the district magistrate ...
Guv urges VCs to take steps for women's safety in varsities
Governor ESL Narasimhan today directed vice-chancellors to take concrete measures to ensure that no untoward incidents take place against women in universities and colleges in the state. During a meeting with senior officials and VCs on the performance of universities in Telangana, he also suggested introduction of new courses that are useful to the students, a state government release said.
Presidency VC meets agitators again; students not to give in
Presidency University Vice-Chancellor Anuradha Lohia today met the agitating students for the second time in three days, while students vowed to continue their five-day-old stir for immediate accommodation to an old hostel building under renovation. Lohia urged the students to call off their indefinite sit-in saying it was putting lots of strain on the students themselves and the university's normal functioning. A university spokesman said Lohia accompanied by Registrar Debajyoti Konar, met the 50-odd students agitating on a corridor of the first floor of the building. The VC promised them that renovation work for the six blocks of old Hindu Hostel will be completed after five months and the blocks will be thrown open for boarders once the PWD gave clearance, the spokesman said. "As I told you on Monday, the hostel cannot be declared fit for use unless the PWD completes work. Please cooperate with us," the spokesman said quoting the VC. Ayan Chakraborty, one agitating ...
HC summons Maha transport dept officer over govt resolution on school buses
The Bombay High Court today summoned the additional commissioner of the Maharashtra Transport Department after it was brought to the court's notice that the government had recently issued a resolution that effectively nullified a previous HC order regulating school buses. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni directed the additional commissioner to remain present in the court tomorrow over the government resolution (GR) that was issued by the transport department on May 19 this year. As per the resolution, the state permitted three-wheelers and vans with seating capacity of less than 12, to ferry children to and from their schools. However, as per the central government's norms, notified last year, school buses are vehicles that have a seating capacity of 13 passengers and more, excluding the driver. As per both the Centre and the state's own rules, these buses must also be designed and constructed specially and must conform to safety rules and features. In the past, the ..
Mathrubhumi Media School launched
Kerala's leading media group Mathrubhumi launched its new venture 'Mathrubhumi Media School' here today. The school, with the objective of promoting excellence in the field of media, would infuse broad knowledge, integrity and social commitment, it said in a release. "It offers several comprehensive courses for an aspiring journalist, with a distinguished faculty dedicated to training the next generation of focused journalists in the state -of- the - art facilities the Group has within its media network, and at other media establishments", it said. The year-long programme includes hands-on media exposure, projects and assignments specially focused on experiential learning through field experience, collaboration with leading media houses for training and two months internshipfor students, it said. "We will impart the best of education and training, with rigorous fidelity to respect for truth, equality and freedom," M V Shreyams Kumar, Joint Managing Director, the ...
Utmost importance given to development of education in tea
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today said his government has attached utmost importance to the development of education, particularly in the tea garden areas. The CM was speaking after distributing awards to meritorious students belonging to tea community and tea garden areas. ''Giving quality education to the students of tea garden areas is the fundamental duty of our government as education is the key to ensure improved quality of life'', Sonowal said. The government has taken necessary steps through programmes like Digital India, Make in India, Start up India for the empowerment tea community in the state, he said. Sonowal said that right from distributing free text books and free admission to colleges providing scholarships, his government been taking several steps for educational development of the students of the state, including students belonging to tea garden areas. The recent success of students belonging to tea community in different fields has ...
Education key to India's prosperity: Venkaiah Naidu
Education could be the key driver for India's road to prosperity and for that the need is to "reorient" the education system, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has said.
Had Nehru not been self-centered, partition wouldn't have happened: Dalai Lama
Had Jawaharlal Nehru not been self-centred, India and Pakistan would have been one country, the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday, adding that while Nehru was gifted with experience, mistakes do occur.
Govt to take education to last person: Jharkhand CM
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today the state governments aim is to take education to the last person through new technology. "Knowledge grows through imparting it. We can take it (education) to the last person through new technology. It is our governments aim. Vision is necessary for quality education and education should be such that it should be employment-oriented," Das said. The chief minister also stressed on quality education while addressing "Transforming Education through Partnership Consultation workshop with NGOs." He said degrees alone would not do, adding that education should be such that it should be moral as well as employment oriented. An official release quoting Das said that Jharkhand should be brought in the list of literary states, which would help rapid progress of the state. Development of human resource is very important and it would happen through education, Das said, adding that he reviewed the performance of the Education department as .
