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JNU to hold convocation next month after 46 years
Almost 46 years after it held its first convocation, the Jawaharlal Nehru University will be hosting its second convocation next month for awarding degrees to PhD scholars, the varsity said. In a notification posted on its website, the university said that the second convocation will be held on August 8 at its Convention Centre. "All research scholars, who have completed the requirements for the Ph.D. degree, between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018 are eligible for the conferment of Ph.D. degree at the convocation," it said. The first convocation of the university was held in 1972, when G Parthasarathi was the vice chancellor.
Access to higher education still a privilege in India: Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind today said that although India was the third-largest education system in the world, access to higher education was still a privilege in the country. He said India had made "impressive gains" in widening the higher education ecosystem by setting up new institutions, but a greater challenge was improving its quality. Kovind was speaking at the 30th Annual Convocation of Goa University at Dona Paula near here. "I request young men and women to bear in mind that access to higher education is a still a privilege in India. It is the contribution of countless citizens, many of whom will not even know you personally, that sustain institutions such as Goa University," Kovind said. "There is a greater emphasis by the government and other stakeholders in making higher education inclusive and expansive. India has the world's third-largest education system and it also holds the largest young population," he added. India had made impressive gains in widening higher ...
NTA to conduct NET, NEET, JEE (Mains) exams
Newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA) would- now conduct the national- level examinations -- NET, NEET, JEE (Mains) -- that were organised by the CBSE, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said today. National Eligibility Test (NET) would be conducted in December and JEE (Mains) twice a year, in January and April. NEET would be conducted in February and May, the minister said. NET, a qualifying test for admission in higher educational institutions in the country, would be the first exam to be conducted by the newly formed body. The NTA would also conduct National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) and Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test(GPAT), Javadekar said. The students can appear both the times in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the best of the two scores would be taken in account for admission, the minister said. NEET is conducted for admissions to medical institutions across the country. "The exams will be more secure and at par ...
Bihar girl raped for months by principal, two teachers and 16 students
A class 9 girl has alleged that she was raped and blackmailed by her school's principal, two teachers and 16 students in Bihar's Saran district, police said today. The principal and a teacher were arrested and four students apprehended for allegedly raping and blackmailing the girl, Superintendent of Police (Saran) Harkishore Rai told PTI. In her complaint, the girl alleged that she was raped and subsequently blackmailed for seven months by the principal, two teachers and 16 students. The school is located in Parsagarh village which comes under the jurisdiction of Ekma police station of Saran district, about 35 kms from the district headquarters of Chapra. The SP has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Deputy Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Singh, who visited the school yesterday, and made the arrests. Raids are being conducted to apprehend the other accused, the SP added. In the complaint, the victim alleged that she was first raped by some of the students of her
Goa Governor tells students to not break marriages over trivial issues
Goa Governor Mridula Sinha administered a five-pronged pledge to students passing out of Goa University on Saturday, urging them to not break-up their marriages over trivial issues, save women in distress, keep off from drugs and to not send their parents to old age homes.
JNU to have first convocation in nearly 50 years
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is schedule to hold its first convocation in 46 years next month."This is to inform you that the second Convocation of Jawaharlal Nehru University is schedule to be held on 08th August 2018 for award of Ph.D degree to students of the University, who have completed their Ph.D programme successfully on/before June 30, 2018," said the university's notification.The university was established in 1969 and its first and only convocation was held three years later in 1972.Noted journalist, educationist and diplomat Gopalaswami Parthasarathy was then the Vice Chancellor of the university.Balraj Sahni, the Indian film and stage actor, delivered the convocation address, where he famously said, "It is my earnest hope and prayer that you, graduates of Jawaharlal Nehru University may succeed where I and so many others of my generation have failed."Aligarh Muslim University held its 65th annual convocation in February, where President Ram Nath Kovind was the chief ..
Tenacity, prowess of women students game changer for India: Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind said on Saturday that the tenacity of Indian women students and their growing academic prowess would prove to be a "game changer" for India, while also calling Goa's promotion of girl's education a model for other states.
Refer these tech-enabled platforms to ensure cheat proof exams
Providing a proctored exam center near the location of the test taker is a big challenge for most organizations. Not to forget the cheating and impersonation that happens on online tests.The recent spate of paper 'leakages' in key exams such as CBSE and CLAT has made the organizations more wary.From deploying technological tools to conducting exams from verified centers, educational institutes/organizations are taking measures that can nab 'e-cheating'. Taking a cue from India's largest employer-Indian Railways harnesses technology to keep hiring process clean by having 'cheat-proof' online exam.Here are four platforms that can help conduct remote online exams securely and cheat proof:MettlMettl's online remote proctoring solution caters to two significant industries, education and recruiting. It allows companies and educational institutions to conduct examinations by transcending geographical limitations with live video monitoring to oversee candidates giving these tests. It monitors
OxfordCaps announces India entry; launches premium student residences in India
A top market disruptor in the Student Housing Segment, OxfordCaps, announced its foray into the Indian market offering state-of-the-art Student Housing facilities in Delhi NCR today. Headquartered in Singapore, OxfordCaps already offers premium student housing facilities for top universities in Asia including National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, and INSEAD Business School.Every year more than 36mn students relocate to a different city for higher education in the Indian subcontinent and on-campus student housing caters to a meager 20 percent of the demand. Students have limited options and are forced to navigate a fragmented and unorganized student housing marketplace. OxfordCaps aims to address this challenge by providing affordable and reliable student housing in the country.INSEAD-graduate Annu Talreja formerly with E&Y India and IIM-alumni Priyanka Gera formerly with KPMG India, came together to set up OxfordCaps in 2017. Leveraging more than 20 ...
JU row: Students on hunger-strike, VC meets Governor, Education Minister
Amid soaring protests by students and teachers over scrapping of admission tests for some undergraduate courses, Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das on Friday called on West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi and state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee to apprise them of the situation in the premier institution.
HC asks Delhi govt to file report on plea against denial of admission in schools
The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi government to file action taken report on a plea alleging that over 180 students have been "unjustly" denied admission in government schools. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the AAP government on a petition and a letter which sought direction to the Directorate of Education to forthwith grant admission to these students in classes as sought by them for the academic year 2018-19. The court asked the government to examine the matter and file its action taken report and listed the matter for further hearing on July 9. The plea filed by NGO Social Jurist, through advocate Ashok Agarwal, claimed that hundreds of students have been denied admission by Delhi government schools on flimsy grounds. "Students were arbitrarily and unjustly denied admissions by Delhi government schools," it said. Agarwal also placed a letter in the court written to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by All India ...
Lucknow University reopens next week after violence
The Lucknow University which closed after some teachers were attacked on Wednesday will reopen on July 10, its website said today as the Allahabad High Court pulled up the police for not acting swiftly. Lucknow University was closed till further orders after some expelled students, holding a protest on the campus over the alleged denial of admission, assaulted about a dozen teachers. The stalled admission process and the classes will now begin again on Tuesday, and the time tables uploaded on the site before that day. The university website today displayed the new counselling schedule for admissions. Earlier in the day, the Allahabad High Court criticized Uttar Pradesh Police for not responding promptly to the complaint by the university authorities on vandalism on the campus. The Lucknow bench of the high court expressed its indignation when the director general of police, Lucknow's senior superintendent of police, LU vice chancellor and its registrar and proctor appeared before ...
Students facing attendance shortage can appear in exams: HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered Delhi University's law faculty to allow those students, who were barred from appearing in examinations of their respective semesters for not meeting the 70 per cent attendance criteria, to appear in their supplementary examinations for the semester concerned.
Karnataka budget neglects coastal, northern regions, says BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) legislators on Friday gathered outside Karnataka Assembly to protest against the state budget for neglecting the interests of coastal and northern regions.
Principal, teacher arrested for gang rape in Bihar
The Bihar Police on Friday arrested a principal, a teacher and two students over the allegations of gang rape of a school girl in an area near Chhapra.The girl, in her complaint to the police, said that she was blackmailed and gang-raped by the principal, two teachers and 15 students for the last seven months, ever since her father went to jail.A case has been registered in Chhapra's Parsagarh that falls under Ekma police station based on the girl's statement.The girl has alleged that ever since her father went to jail in December 2017, the principal and the teachers of the Deepeshwar Gyan Niketan gang-raped her.In total, two teachers (including the principal) and 15 students have been booked on the basis of the victim's statement.The girl narrated the ordeal to her father when he was released from jail. The family alleged that the police first refused to lodge the complaint, but conceded after they threatened to take the matter to senior officials.A medical test of the girl will now .
RLSP to hold programme to honour teachers
Workers of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), an NDA ally, would observe a day-long fast and honour teachers on July 27 as part of their 'Shiksha Sudhar, Shikshak Satkar' programme in Bihar, party president and union minister Upendra Kushwaha today announced. The programme would aim to inculcate the feeling of respect towards teachers among the people, he told newsmen here. It is everyone's responsibility - in the government and in the society to give respect to the teachers, said Kushwaha, who is the union minister of state for HRD. "As part of RLSP's consistent programme to improve the lot of the education sector in Bihar, the party has decided to hold the programme at the district headquarter-level on Guru Purnima on July 27," Kushwaha told newsmen. RLSP workers and leaders will observe a fast on the day and honour teachers as the party aims to restore their credibility and honour which have declined in recent times. Advocating equal pay for equal work, Kushwaha said .
JU VC allowed to leave after 30-hour gherao, meets governor
Amidst agitations by the Jadavpur University's students and teachers in protest against the authorities' decision to scrap admission tests for undergraduate courses of six humanities subjects, Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das today met the Chancellor and Governor K N Tripathi. Das called on Tripathi hours after he and other university officials were allowed to leave by members of the Arts Faculty Students Union (AFSU) who gheraoed them for around 30 hours from July 4. "No comments," the vice-chancellor told reporters waiting outside Rajbhavan when asked about his meeting with the governor. Officials of the state-run university said Tripathi wanted to know from the VC about the recent developments at the university in the wake of scrapping of admission test to six humanities subjects by the Executive Council (EC) and subsequent agitation by students and the teachers belonging to the Jadavpur University Teachers Association (JUTA). The EC is the highest policy making body of .
If Centre and states work together, they can do wonders in
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu today said if the Centre and States work together forgetting all differences they can do wonders in developmental activities and promoting welfare of the people. He was speaking after declaring open a Rs 7.2 crore multi-purpose indoor sports complex and laying foundation for a Rs 5 crore swimming pool and Rs 11.8 crore SAI Girls hostel here. "Launching of these facilities underjoint programmes of the centre and state governmentis a good example how we can achieve great results through joint initiatives. This is a good example of the positive outcome of working together of centre and state governments forgetting all differences," he said. Naidu, who was on his first visit to Puducherry after becoming vice-president, said there should be intensive focus on promotion of sports and games. The Centre and state governments should ensure that schools had playgrounds so that the younger generation could become fit and physically sound, he ...
Hary govt to install solar energy systems in schools
The Haryana government is planning to install solar energy systems in educational institutes of the state in a bid to bring more students to classrooms by reducing power outages. The initiative comes at a time when only 48 per cent students of state-run schools passed in the Haryana board examinations of class 10 this year. Compared to this, 90 per cent of government school students passed the CBSE class 10 board in Delhi. The installation of solar energy systems in schools is part of the state government's ambitious 'Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon' program which aims at providing electricity to rural areas of the state," Rameshwar Singh, nodal officer of renewable energy, Gurgaon range said. Elaborating on the plan, the official said solar energy will help in running fans, water coolers as well as practical labs in schools, with just one-time investment from the state government. The state officials are hopeful that the initiative would motivate more children to come to schools. "We are also
Haryana CM launches plantation campaign
With a view to conserve environment, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today launched a state-wide plantation campaign from the Narwana sub-division of the district. The campaign would to be carried out from July to August this year. School students from class 6 to 12 would take part in it. They would plant one sapling each during the rainy season and would also be responsible to take care of these plants, Khattar said. The chief minister flagged off more than two dozen tractors and trolleys loaded with plants. He said that under this campaign, the students could plant the saplings at their school, courtyard of their home, canal, streams, parks or any other public place. The children would also give names to the plant as per their choice with the date of plantation specified on it, he said. The chief minister said that the schools would encourage the students to ensure the survival of the plants. After every six months, the plants would be inspected and Rs 50 would be given .