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DCW issues notice to police over minor girls school detention
the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday issued notice to the police and education department over the incident in which minor girls were locked in the basement of a school in Chandni Chowk.
Dead lizard in Delhi school's midday meal, 30 students fall ill
Thirty girl students of a government school in Delhi fell ill after consuming mid-day meal that allegedly had a dead lizard in it, police said. The students were rushed to a hospital and later discharged. "About 30 students were taken ill due to food poisoning after consuming mid-day meal. They were admitted to Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital," a senior police official said. "The vice-principal of the school has alleged that there was a dead lizard in the food," he added. On the basis of the complaint, the police registered a case and a probe was initiated, the official said. According to the hospital authorities, the students of senior secondary school in Narela's Bankner complained of abdominal pain after consuming the food. They were discharged after receiving treatment. The police official said that a sample of the alleged contaminated kadhi-chawal (yogurt curry with rice) was collected and would soon be be sent for testing. "It is possible that the food may have got spoilt
Ukd HC issues directions to state to look after disabled children
The Uttarakhand High Court today issued a slew of directions to the state government to ensure that proper facilities are provided in schools to children with special needs A division bench of justices Rajiv Sharma and Lokpal Singh passed the order after taking cognizance of a letter written by one Kamal Gupta four years ago highlighting the difficulties faced by children with special needs in pursuing education It directed that all the government, aided and non-aided schools of the state must ensure washrooms, transportation system and barrier free movement for children with special needs. "The state government is directed to appoint special educators in all the schools for children with special needs within a period of six months," the bench said. The court has also directed the government to give a scholarship of Rs 1,000 per month to these students and to look after all the children with special needs whose parents are not able to take care of them. It asked the State to provide .
Goa cabinet approves IT Policy 2018
The Goa Cabinet today approved Information Technology policy 2018 which focuses on reverse migration and creation of around 10,000 jobs in the next five years. The IT policy would be formally unveiled by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad here on July 15, State IT Minister Rohan Khaunte said. The Cabinet meeting, presided by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, approved the IT policy which has provisions for growth and development of Goa, its human capital and to foster growth of smaller businesses, the minister told reporters. He said the policy aims at "reverse migration" of manpower in Goa and on generation of 8,000-10,000 job opportunities at different levels during the next five years. "The policy has a provision for developing a Technology Park, ready-to-move warm shells, plug-and-play facilities, incubation centres with training etc. for new and existing IT units," the minister said. He said incentives would be provided to the units that recruit pass-outs from ...
Rs 5 lakh reward for information of bribery in teachers' transfers
Punjab Education Minister Om Prakash Soni today said corruption in teachers' transfers will not be tolerated at any cost and announced that any whistle-blower, who gives information with concrete proof of bribe in teachers' transfers, will be rewarded with Rs 5 lakh. He said transfers are being done in transparent manner and any political pressure or monetary activity has not been allowed in any way. Presiding over a high-level meeting of officers of the education department and the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), Soni directed them to ensure printing and distribution of books well before the session begins as every year stock of books of many subjects has been piled in board premises sans distribution and afterwards these were announced as trash. Soni categorically instructed the officers to fix the responsibility of school principals for the distribution of books in time bound manner. "All the books will be published by the board with the suggestion of experts so that growing .
Lesson withdrawn from textbook
The Mangalore University has withdrawn a chapter 'Maguvina Tandhe' (father of a child) from its official Kannada language textbook 'Nudi Noopura' prescribed for third semester BCom students after it kicked up a row. The lesson was based on a story written by late Mattara Vittal Hegde. Some section of students and professors alleged that the lesson portrayed and justified extramartial and illicit relationships as normal. After the pages of the textbook went viral on social media kicking up a row, the university released a circular saying the lesson 'Maguvina Tandhe' would be withdrawn from the textbook. However, the university did not mention the reason why the lesson was withdrawn. There were allegations that few lines in the story reflected that illicit relationship was normal and several persons raised the fear that the story might have adverse impact on the students. ABVP state vice-president Keshava Bangera said in a statement that the story's content showed that ...
JNU to start special centre for study of north east India
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will come up with a special centre for the study of the country's north east region, the varsity's vice-chancellor, M Jagadesh Kumar said today. The modalities of the courses to be offered by the centre will be worked out, a professor said. "JNU decides to establish "Special Center for the Study of North East India" with a multi-disciplinary character involving faculty members from different Schools of JNU. Various aspects of North East region of India will be studied in this Special Center (sic)," the JNU VC tweeted. A professor said that the new centre will cut across many disciplines, giving special focus on all kinds of research related to the northeast. "Many schools, including School of Social Sciences, School of International relations, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, will be involved. The centre will be capitalising on the available talent in the university and increase of importance of the northeast with respect to ..
Manoj Tiwari visits Delhi school which confined students to basement
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari today visited a school in Hauz Qazi area of the city where 16 kindergarten students were allegedly confined to the basement over non-payment of fees. Tiwari, accompanied by party leaders, also met some parents who were protesting outside the school premises. The opposition leader questioned Delhi's Environment Minister Imran Hussain, who also holds the Food and Civil Supplies portfolio, over the incident, saying the school was close to his camp office in the area. "People want to know what steps he took about the incident before it was highlighted by the media," Tiwari said. The incident came to light after the police was informed by some parents that 16 children were confined to the school's basement by their teachers between 7 am to 12 noon on Monday in central Delhi's Hauz Qazi area, the police had said yesterday. A case was registered against the school authorities, the police said, adding that they were looking for the person responsible for the ...
26 Delhi schoolkids hospitalised after midday meal (Third Lead)
As many as 26 students of a government school in north Delhi were hospitalised after having their midday meal, prompting the Arvind Kejriwal government to order an inspection of all midday meal kitchens in the city.
23% of children in 15-18 years age group dropouts in urban Delhi-NCR: CRY
Nearly 23 per cent of children between the ages of 15 and 18 years in urban Delhi-NCR region are dropouts while 5 per cent of the same age group has never been enrolled in any school, according to a report by a leading NGO. The total number of children in the state in the age group of 15-18 years was 13,56,031 in the Delhi-NCR region, according to the report by the Child Rights and You (CRY) quoting data from 2011 census. About 24 per cent of children in rural Delhi-NCR region in the age group of 15-18 years have dropped out of school while 5 per cent of the same age group has never been to any school. The report that was launched today showed that just 19.7 per cent of schools in Delhi NCR region provide complete school education and 35.8 per cent of the schools are offering secondary education. "About 1,338 posts of teachers lie vacant out of 15,110 seats in the Delhi-NCR region," the report said. About 40.47 per cent children in the same age group in urban India and 28.87 per cent .
Why Centre's funds for menstrual hygiene projects unutilised: HC to Delhi govt
The Delhi High Court today asked the AAP government to explain the reasons for non-utilisation of the funds disbursed by the Centre for providing sanitary napkins and creating awareness about menstrual hygiene among school students. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar sought the Delhi government's stand on the issue after an application was moved stating that according to information received under the Right To Information (RTI), Rs 27 lakh disbursed by the Centre for providing hygiene products, has not been used. The court asked the Delhi government to indicate its stand before the next date of hearing on October 16. During the brief hearing, Delhi government's additional standing counsel Sanjoy Ghosh told the bench that the Centre disbursed the funds for two pilot projects to provide the hygiene products for Rs 6 per pack. He said the Delhi government instead planned to provide the products free-of-cost. The court was hearing a public interest ...
Lizard in mid meal; 26 fall ill in Narela school
At least 26 students in a government school in Narela fell ill allegedly after consuming mid-day meal.The Haryana police said that prima facie they fell ill after they ate the food provided by the school authorities. Investigations are underway.It is alleged that a dead lizard was the reason of illness.Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said, "The kitchen staff have been called for a meeting which will be led by the education department. It is the second time that lizard has been found in the food. The kitchen officials have been warned on the issue."Similar cases were reported from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
26 Delhi school children hospitalised after mid-day meal
As many as 26 students of a government school here were hospitalised after eating their mid-day meal prompting the Delhi government to order inspection of all mid-day meal kitchens in the city.
DCW issues notices to police, Education dept over confinement of KG students in school basement
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) today issued notices to the Delhi Police and the Education department over alleged confinement of kindergarten students in the basement for not paying school fees. The Delhi Police has already registered a case against the school for allegedly confining the students in the basement for not paying fees. The incident came to light after the police was informed by some parents that 16 children were confined to the basement by their teachers between 7 am to 12 noon on Monday in the central Delhi's Hauz Qazi area, police had said yesterday. A case was registered against the school authorities, the police said, adding that they were looking for the person responsible for the incident. Taking cognisance of the media reports, the women's panel has issued notices and sought a factual report of the incident from the Delhi Police and the Education department. "This is a very serious matter," the commission said in its notice while seeking to know the details .
Explain reasons behind proposal to put cameras in classrooms: HC to AAP govt
The Delhi High Court today asked the city government to explain the reasons and circumstances behind its proposal to install over 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras inside classrooms in state-run schools. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said while there may be a security aspect behind the proposal, such a move "might stifle initiative" of the children in the classroom. Observing that children have a right to privacy, the court wondered as to how much of it would apply to a classroom. It also said in some cases monitoring and scrutinising of the teaching imparted may be required. The court asked the Delhi government to file a status report explaining the reasons and circumstances behind the decision to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in classrooms as well as the exercises, if any, undertaken for it. The Delhi government, represented by Additional Standing Counsel Sanjoy Ghosh, was directed to spell out its stand before August 21, the next date
DU Law Faculty takes down entrance test result after complaints
Flooded with complaints of irregularities, Delhi University's Law Faculty on Wednesday withdrew results for its undergraduate entrance test within an hour of publishing it on its website.
JU announces dates for Arts faculty entrance tests
A day after the Jadavpur University (JU) authorities decided to reintroduce admission tests in the Arts faculty ending the impasse there, the officials concerned held a meeting today and announced dates for entrance examinations to be held later this month. The Dean of the Arts faculty Prof Subhasis Biswas and members of the Admission Committee discussed modalities of the admission tests as per yesterday's resolution of the Executive Council (EC), the highest decision making body of the JU. Entrance tests to the six arts subjects in undergraduate courses will be held on different dates from July 21 to July 25, Biswas said after the meeting. He told reporters that students would be admitted in the six subjects based on the 50:50 formula - equal weightage on marks obtained in admission tests and in board examination. Registrar Chiranjib Bhattacharya said no external experts will be involved in the admission process which will be conducted by JU faculty members. "The ...
26 Delhi students fall sick after mid-day meal
Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday ordered inspection of all mid-day meal kitchens in the city hours after 26 students of a government school were hospitalised after eating their meal. The Deputy CM warned of strict action, including termination of contract and suspension of officials.
Humanity feels ashamed by school kids' detention: Manoj Tiwari
BJP on Wednesday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for the alleged detention of half-a-dozen minor girls by authorities of a school here.
Over 25 students fall ill after consuming mid-day meal at Delhi school
Over 25 girl students fell ill after consuming mid-day meal at a government school in Delhi's Narela area and were rushed to a hospital, the police said. "About 26 students were taken ill due to food poisoning after consuming mid-day meal. They were taken to Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital," a senior police official said. According to hospital authorities, the students of Senior Secondary School in Narela's Bankner complained of abdominal pain. Some of the students have been discharged. The rest are likely to be discharged later in the day, a doctor at the hospital said. Following the development, the Delhi government's Education Department has called a meeting of all midday suppliers in the national capital tomorrow. This is second such incident within a week. Two girls were taken ill after having mid-day meal on Saturday at a Delhi government school in East Delhi's Khichdipur in which a dead lizard was allegedly found. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had on Monday ...
