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CBSE to award 196 extra marks to Tamil NEET candidates
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) to award additional marks to students who wrote the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in the Tamil language in 2018.As per the ruling, four marks each will be awarded for each of the wrongly-translated 49 questions, following which a new ranking list will be put out in two weeks.In the meantime, the CBSE will suspend the medical counselling.49 questions were wrongly translated for students who wrote the NEET in the Tamil language in 2018, after which a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed regarding the same.Speaking on the issue, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader and MLA D Jayakumar said that the CBSE will decide the future course of action on the matter."Madurai high court has said the same thing. As far as this is concerned the high court has given a verdict today that 196 marks will be awarded to the students and the list will be given out ...
Thailand beckons Indian industries
The Indo-Thai Chamber of Commerce (ITCC) today invited the entrepreneus and industrialists from this region to invest in Thailand, particularly in the industrial and education sectors. Thailand, being the second largest exporter of food, computer peripherals and also automotives, has vast opportunities for the industries from Coimbatore region to invest in, ITCC president S S Phool told reporters here on the sidelines of signing a memorandum of understanding with two major trade and industrial bodies. ITCC is exploring to widen its network with ASEAN and BRIC countries in the near future and Indian investors would have greater opportunities in Thailand, Phool said. Group CEO of Safaff Global and former secretary-general of ITCC D Devadas said Thailand was interested in leasing out three universities to Indian investors, particularly educationists, so that more Indian students, who go to China and Russia for higher education, could come and study there. Stating that these
Kiran Shaw, KDA spar over govt proposal on english-medium
Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) engaged in a war of words after she called the latter an "insignificant group of naysayers" for opposing the Karnataka government's proposal to introduce English-medium classes in 1,000 primary schools of the state. "Media always portrays a small & insignificant group of naysayers as 'activists' - these r usually attention seeking trouble makers who don't care about education nor employment (sic)," Shaw said in a tweet on July 7, referring to the KDA's stand on the issue. That day KDA chairman S G Siddaramaiah had led a delegation to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, urging him to rollback the proposal to introduce English-medium classes in schools and instead encourage education in the mother tongue, Kannada. The delegation comprised freedom fighter H S Doreswamy and writers Chandrashekar Kambar, Chandrashekar Patil and M Chidanandamurthy. Responding to the Kannada Development Authority's stand, Shaw ...
High court revokes government order on fee hike
In a relief to students of Ayurvedic colleges in the state, the Uttarakhand High Court has revoked a state government order effecting a substantial hike in their fees. Denotifying the government order (GO) dated October 14, 2015 the single bench of justice Sudhanshu Dhulia said students who have already submitted feesas per the denotified GO be reimbursed within 15 days. The government order had increased the fees of Ayurvedic colleges from Rs 80,000 to Rs 2.15 lakh per year, prompting 104 students of the Himalayan Ayurvedic College to challenge the move, terming it as unconstitutional.
HC orders extra marks for Tamil NEET students
The Madras High Court Bench in Madurai on Tuesday ordered award of additional 196 marks to those who had given the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in Tamil as 49 questions were wrong.
Prof. Sandeep Sancheti takes charge as President of AIU
Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, Vice Chancellor of SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) has assumed charge as the 97th President of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi.Founded in 1925 and initially known as the Inter-University Board of India, the AIU has currently more than 720 members represented by Vice Chancellors. Seen as the representative of all Universities of India, the AIU facilitates coordination and mutual consultation among Universities as well as acting as a liaison with Central and State governments.The AIU, besides promoting academic excellence nationally and internationally is also a body that is very much involved in cultural and sporting activities in higher education domain.Prof. Sancheti, known as an institution builder, before joining SRMIST as its Vice Chancellor, served as President Manipal University Jaipur, Founder Director National Institute of Technology Delhi, Director NITK Surathkal and Director In-charge of NIT Tiruchirapally, NIT ..
Malala urges Brazilians to vote, defends girls' education
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said here that voting is the most powerful weapon for change and improve the country and suggested that girls' education should be a priority for every presidential candidate in Brazil's forthcoming elections.
Ambedkar University announces first cut-off list
Ambedkar University announced its first cut-off list for undergraduate courses in the 2018-19 academic year today. The highest cut-off this year is 94.25 per cent for BA (Hons) in Psychology for students belonging to Delhi and general category whereas it is 98.25 per cent for others. The cut-off for students in the general category and belonging to Delhi for BA (Hons) in English is 92.50 per cent whereas for other students it is 97.50 per cent. In BA (Hons) Economics, the cut-off is 93.50 per cent for general category and Delhi residents. It is 96.75 per cent for others. The lowest cut-off is for BA in Sustainable Urbanism. For general category and Delhi residents, the cut-off is 75.50 per cent whereas for other students it is 89.50 per cent.
Principal, teacher of school arrested for forcing girls to
The principal and a teacher of a school here were arrested today following complaints by girl students that they were made to watch obscene videos and subjected to sexual exploitation, police said. Sub Divisional Officer (Sadar), Darbhanga, Rakesh Kumar said the principal and a teacher of a public school in Lal Bagh locality were arrested after an FIR was lodged at Town police station. The FIR was lodged on behalf of three students, whose guardians have alleged that the girls had accused the teacher of forcing them to watch obscene videos besides indulging in indecent behaviour and the principal paid no heed when the matter was raised before him. The SDO also said that the school has been sealed.
Maharashtra govt schools to get electricity at lower rates
The Maharashtra government has formulated a scheme for electrification ofschools in the state, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said today. Under the scheme, state-run schools will be provided electricity at government rates and the bill amount will be directly deposited in their accounts, he told the assembly. Tawde's statement came after Shashikant Shinde (NCP) raised the issue of lack of electricity in all digital schools through a calling attention noticein the lower house. The minister said the budgetary provision for school education includes funds for digital schools, educational material and computerisation, among others. Even though the responsibility for maintaining Zilla Parishad school buildings lies with the rural development ministry, the education department will join hands with it to conduct a structural audit of all schools in the state, he said. Seven of the 36 districts in the statehave 100 per cent digital schools and 1.7 lakh teachers have become tech-
Microsoft signs MoU with Raj govt for digital training to 9,500 students
Microsoft today signed an MoU with the Rajasthan government to provide free digital training to 9,500 college students in one year. The initiative was taken for the enhancement of digital learning and capacity building of college students in the state, higher education minister Kiran Maheshwari said on the MoU signing. Today is time of technology and speed and those who are not updated will be outdated therefore the government has taken a new initiative to increase digital learning of college students, the minister said. The commissioner of college education Ashutosh A T Pednekar informed that the company will run MS office specialist training programme in 50 government colleges from August which will benefit 9,500 students. A spokesperson of the department informed that the MoU was signed for one year. Successful participants will also be given certificates, he said. The department few months back had signed MoU with IGNOU for nearly two dozen courses on skill development in which ...
HC grants more time to complete probe in JNU professor misconduct case
The Delhi High Court grantedmore time to Jawaharlal Nehru University's Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to complete its probe into the alleged misconduct of one of its professors, accused of sexually harassing women students.
Asst Prof alleges he was beaten by student
An associate professor in the department of economics at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) here today alleged he was "beaten up" by one of his students. The student, a PhD scholar, has been detained, a police official said. Assistant Professor L C Mallaiah while speaking to PTI alleged that at around 3.25 pm one of the PhD scholars hurled abuses and then beat him up. "The reason of the PhD student's anger was that an external examiner had asked him to revise the thesis for his PhD and resubmit it. He wanted to avoid the revision and resubmission process. This happened last month, when I was on leave during the summer vacations. About four months back, he had tried to beat me up, but I ignored it thinking that any drastic step by me can prove to be detrimental for him and may spoil his career," Mallaiah claimed. "The PhD scholar has been detained. Based on the application given by the professor, an FIR will be registered in this regard. There was a dispute and ...
Student Police Cadet project on NCC pattern to be launched in Haryana
The Student Police Cadet (SPC) project on the pattern of National Cadet Corps (NCC) will be launched in Haryana with 6,000 school students taking oath of responsibility in the presence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on July 21 in Gurugram, an official spokesman said here today. The project aims at inculcating civic consciousness, social commitment and a sense of purpose among students besides inspiring them to fight against social evils, the spokesman said. He said that the project would also encourage students to develop love for nature, uphold values maintaining discipline and respect for law and order thereby contributing in nation building. In the SPC project, the students from Class VIII to Class XI would be familiarized with the working of Police, Home, Education, Transport and Forest departments and Local Administration and would be imparted training regarding steps to be taken in different circumstances, the spokesman said. "Not only this, they would be made more ...
JU row: Governor expresses concern over students' health
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Monday expressed concern over the health of the Jadavpur University students who are on a hunger strike in protest for the scrapping of admission test for six under-graduate courses.
Consider students' choice too when allotting streams in class XI: HC to Delhi govt
The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi government to consider the interest of students too when allocating them various streams of courses in class XI in government schools here. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the government to take into account the preferences or choices of the students after one of them told the court that she was given vocational stream even though she wanted to pursue Arts. The court gave the order, while hearing a plea for direction to the Directorate of Education (DoE) to forthwith grant admission to over 180 students who have been allegedly wrongly denied admissions in government schools. The DoE told the court that it was carrying out verification of the students whose names were provided to it by NGO Social Jurist, which had filed the PIL, and the process will take more time. It also said while some students have been admitted, the verification for others will take some more time. The bench, thereafter, gave ..
Delhi government extends 'Mission Buniyaad' to July end
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday extended, till July end, the extra classes running in state government schools under 'Mission Buniyaad' for students of Classes 3 to 9.
Delhi govt school students' ability to read textbooks jumps by 15 pc
The learning ability of Delhi government school students has improved significantly over the past year, with a new report suggesting today that 63 per cent of children in classes 3-9 are now able read their textbooks. Only 48 per cent students in those classes were able to read their textbooks last year, according to the National Achievement Survey 2017 published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training. Following the NCERT survey, the AAP government in April this year launched the 'Mission Buniyaad' scheme with an aim to ensure that all children of classes 3-9 are able to read, write and solve basic mathematics problems. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia released the findings of the scheme today, which suggested that the ability of children in these classes to read their textbooks has improved. "Before the campaign, about 48 per cent students in classes 3-9 of Delhi government schools could read their textbook, now it is 63 per cent. Similarly, the ability to ..
Governor, JU VC urge students to call off hunger strike
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, who is also Chancellor of the Jadavpur University (JU), today expressed concern over the health of the students, who had been observing hunger strike over the past three days in protest against the institute's new admission procedure. In a statement issued by Raj Bhavan, the governor appealed to the students to withdraw their hunger strike and restore normalcy in the university. "The governor is concerned about the high reputation of the university as also the well-being and health of the students of the university, who are on hunger strike," the official said. Earlier in the day, university Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das, too met, the agitating students, urging them to call off their hunger strike. Das insisted that it was his job to implement the orders of the university's executive council, the highest decision-making body of the institute, but he was "willing to look for a solution" keeping the interest of students in ...
JU row: VC meets agitating students, urges them to withdraw hunger strike
Amid the stalemate in Jadavpur University over the decision to scrap admission test for six under-graduate courses, Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das on Monday met the members of a student union on hunger strike over the past three days and requested them to withdraw their agitation.