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Judge warns students against offences on women,senior citizens
: Madras High Court judge Justice P N Prakash has 'warned' that courts would not tolerate any kind of offences against women and senior citizens, even if the offenders were students. "Whether the students treat it as a warning or advice, courts will not tolerate any kind of offences against women and senior citizens, even if the offender is a student," he said at a function held at a city college. Apparently concerned over the recent incidents of college students carrying deadly weapons in public transport services, Justice Prakash said many a time, courts had restrained themselves from punishing student offenders considering their future, but would not do so anymore. He also said offences like damaging public property, teasing women and stalking were grave, non-bailable crimes, and referred to three important Acts to tackle them. "You must all know about three important Acts in Tamil Nadu TN Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, TN Prohibition of Women ...
Student scholarship scheme to cost Maha govt Rs 1,314 cr a yr
The Maharashtra government will bear an annual burden of Rs 1,314 crore for paying 50 per cent fees of students of medical, engineering and other professional courses whose family income is less than Rs 8 lakh a year, a minister said today. Of the total amount, budgeting for Rs 1,200 crore for fees related to engineering and other professional courses has already been done, Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said at a press conference here. He said for the remaining Rs 114 crore, which relates to medical admissions, a government resolution (GR) was issued yesterday. Under the Rajarshee Shahu Educational Fee Scholarship Scheme, the government bears 50 per cent of the fee burden of students studying in professional courses and whose family income is less than Rs 8 lakh a year. The scholarship money is directly transferred to the accounts of colleges where such students have taken admission. The Director of Technical Education has been asked to take strict action against ...
J&K Police say exposed major scam at IGNOU centre in Kathua
The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed today to have exposed a major scam at a IGNOU centre in Kathua district, where nearly 4,000 students were issued bogus degrees without appearing in examinations. The scam at the Indira Gandhi National Open University centre was unearthed after the police received an input that a person - identified as Prashant Bandari - and his associates were involved in fraudulently conducting examinations and giving admissions to students at the centre established in Billawar town in 2014-15, a crime branch spokesman said. "About 4,000 students have been shown taken admission through the centre and till date no examination has been conducted by this centre. The students enrolled through the centre have been shown appeared in examinations and degrees issued to them," he said. The centre runs two admission sessions - in January and July - and two examinations sessions - in June and December - every year with enrolment of 800 to 1,200 students in ...
Inability to tackle emotions creates problems: Dalai Lama
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said on Saturday there are problems in the world as humans are not able to deal with their emotions.
Madras HC raps bank over refusal to grant loan to student
The Madras High Court came down heavily on a nationalised bank in Tiruvannamalai district for declining to grant loan to a student of a Siddha medical college here on the grounds that the institution did not "maintain placement records of outgoing students". When the petition filed by S Naveen came up yesterday, Justice S Vaidyanathan observed that it was very unfortunate that the future of the student was at stake, due to the flimsy reasons given by the Arani branch of the Indian Bank. Pulling up the bank officials, the judge said, "Though a cost of Rs 1 lakh should have been imposed on the officials, who have rejected the loan, taking note of the fact that henceforth, the bank would act in terms of the revised IBA Model Educational Loan Scheme, 2015, no cost is imposed." The judge refrained from slapping a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the bank after an undertaking was given by it to consider the educational loan application of the petitioner. The petitioner submitted that he had secured ...
Texas educators training to shoot back at school shooters
Educators in Texas are getting firearms training to retaliate against potential school shooters. A group of teachers and principals from around Texas enrolled this week in the state's school marshals program to learn how to react and save lives if an attack happens. After recent school shootings in Florida and near Houston, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is encouraged that there's now more participation in the programme that started four years ago. The programme is voluntary, and applicants must first be approved by their school districts, pass a psychological exam and receive 80 hours of training. In San Antonio, more than a dozen people were put through scenarios of tracking live shooters on campus and shooting back, if necessary.
Delhi University releases third cut-off list
The Delhi University today issued its third cut-off list with many prominent colleges not releasing any cut-offs for some courses. Over 33,000 admissions have taken place to over 56,000 seats in the varsity. Shri Ram College of Commerce has not issued cut-offs for its courses in the general category. A dozen colleges have closed admissions for BCom (Hons) after the first two cut-off lists. Some of these colleges are Bharti College, Lady Shri Ram College, Kirorimal College, Maitreyi College, Daulat Ram, etc. The university has, for now, announced a total of three cut-off lists. The first cut-off list was announced on June 19.
DU issues 3rd cut off, English, Eco still on offer
The Delhi University on Friday issued its third cut-off list with many popular colleges still offering seats for popular courses.
NCWEB announces first cut-off list for DU admission
The Delhi University's Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board (NCWEB) today announced its first cut-off list. The highest cut-off for admission in the general category to BCom is 85 per cent for Hansraj College and Miranda House, a decline of five per cent from last year. For admission to BA programme, Hansraj College and Miranda House have announced a highest cut-off of 78 per cent, which has decreased by 10 per cent from last year. The admissions for NCWEB will begin from tomorrow. The lowest cut-offs were issued by Bhagini Nivedita College and Aditi Mahavidyalaya for the general category. Bhagini Nivedita has issued a cut-off of 72 per cent for BA programme while it has issued a cut-off of 77 per cent for BCom. Other colleges like Aryabhat, Jesus and Mary, Bharti College, PGDAV, etc have issued a cut-off of 74 per cent for BA programme while they have issued a cut-off of 78 per cent for BCom. The NCWEB is a non-formal system of obtaining degree from the Delhi University with ...
Cash subsidy for uniforms for school children to be credited directly into bank accounts of parents: Pb govt
Cash subsidy provided to students enrolled in government schools for purchase of uniforms would be credited directly into their bank accounts, Punjab Education Minister O P Soni said today. The decision has been taken to ensure that the parents of the students are able to purchase the uniforms as per their own choice. Talking about the complaints being received with regard to the mid-day meal scheme, he said the contract system would be done away with and efforts would be made to address all issues. Soni made the announcement at a function organised by the education department as per the 'Ghar Ghar Rozgar' initiative of the Congress government. Under this initiative, the Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar conducted an examination in December 2017 to recruit 3,582 master cadre teachers. Around 2,022 candidates were given job offer letters today.
Placio offers multi-cultural conducive living for students
Placio empowers students from North-East India to proudly express their identity, build welcoming communities, promote values, and frame a course for nurtured lifelong memories.The students from 'Seven Sister' states from North East India (collectively Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura) are safe and secure at our 'multi-cultural inclusive student housing'.'Multicultural student housing' means that students from different states and with different cultural and religious background share Placio's student housing. These purpose-built students housing is designed specifically by Placio to meet their unique needs as customs and habits of individuals vary. Some students from North-East India coming to Placio have already lived with other students, while for others it is the first time living without their families.According to Rohit Pateria & Ankush Arora, Co-founders of the company - "Placio celebrates diversity without division; appreciates ..
Army-run women empowerment centre upgraded in JK's Udhampur
With a view to empower and impart skill to women in remote villages, the Army today undertook upgradation of its women empowerment centre in Mahore in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. The upgradation focused on upgrading the existing facilities, procuring additional equipment, raw material and conducting on-the-job training for women, the spokesman said. As many as 21 women from adjoining areas attended the upgradation programme and honed their skills, he said. The spokesman said the Army women empowerment node, which was recently refurbished, would not only impart training to the women but also provide means of self-employment, where they can learn and earn from their produce. The women were also paid honorarium and complete profit earned from sale of items, he said. The women have appreciated the Army's effort in setting up of the centre, the spokesman said.
Adhoc teachers launch hunger strike in Nagaland
The All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers Group (ANATG) today launched indefinite hunger strike here demanding regularisation of their service. The ANATG has been staging sit-in-protest since June 18 outside the Directorate of School Education here demanding service regularization of 1166 adhoc teachers appointed till December 2012 in the state. ANATG spokesperson Bendang Ozukum said the indefinite hunger strike was lauched today as the talks with Education department officials were "inconclusive".
Hijab row: college says students bound to follow dress code
Facing protests by a section of students for not allowing them to wear Hijab (head scarf) in a classroom, the St Agnes college management here today said that students are bound to follow the dress code prescribed. A group of students and Campus Front of India had protested outside the college on June 25 against the 'denial of right' to wear head scarfs. Speaking to reporters here, college principal Sr Jaswina denied reports that some students had been suspended after the protest. She said all the students who took part in the protest over wearing of the hijab had been attending college regularly since then. They had been asked to give an explanation in writing in the presence of their parents within three days, she added. As per the dress code, no attire other than the uniform prescribed by the college would be allowed in the college premises during working hours, she said. She said admissions of the students were made only on the basis of these regulations and other ...
Australia, India to collaborate for reviewing school curriculum, teaching methodologies
Australia and India today decided on a partnership for reviewing school curriculum, teaching and learning during Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar's visit to the country. "The collaboration will be processed through an initiative between the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority where Indian curriculum experts will observe the Australian curriculum review," according to a joint communiqu issued after bilateral meeting between Javadekar and host Australian Minister of Education and Training, Simon Birmingham in Adelaide today . Three institutional agreements -- Deakin University agreement with India's Central Jammu University, Curtin University agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati and Indian National Council of Education Research and Training, and Western Sydney University MoU with India's Centurion University -- were also signed by the two ministers. "The ministers agreed and laid stress
India, Australia agree to step up education cooperation
India and Australia today decided to step up institution partnership, collaboration in school policy, skill development and vocational education at a bilateral meeting, which also witnessed signing of three important MoUs between top educational institutions of the two countries. Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said the education dialogue with Australia "reaffirmed the commitment" made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Turnbull Malcolm in April 2017 "to strengthen the education, training and research relationship" between the two nations. Javadekar is leading a four-member delegation to Australia to participate in the 4th Australia India Education Council (AIEC) meeting which was held at Adelaide today. "At a bilateral meeting in #Adelaide with the Australian Minister of Education & Training, Mr. Simon Birmingham. Emphasis was given to institution partnership, collaboration in school policy, online education, skill development ...
Students who scaled Mount Everest meet PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met a group of 10 tribal students from Maharashtra, five of whom had successfully scaled the Mount Everest in May. The students shared their experiences during the training and ascent of the world's highest peak. Modi exhorted them to take up a sport and pursue it regularly. He felicitated all the members of the group. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir were present on the occasion. The students were part of a team of the Mission Shaurya initiative of the Adivasi Vikas Vibhag of the Maharashtra government.
Exams for MP's Super-100 scheme selection on July 1
Examinations to select meritorious students under the Madhya Pradesh government's Super-100 scheme will be held by the School Education Department on July 1, official sources said here on Friday.
Arunachal govt hands over student's death case to CBI
The Arunachal Pradesh government has conceded the demands of various students' organizations that sought a CBI probe into a nine-month-old case of a student's death in Tawang district and handed over the case to the central agency. Toko Yame, a Class XII student of Government Higher Secondary School in Tawang, went missing under mysterious circumstances on September 16 following a scuffle between boys of his school and that of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV). His bruised and semi-decomposed body was found a week later on September 23 at Biga waterfall, near JNV, in the district. A special investigation team, formed to probe the case, had arrested 20 people in connection with the case. They were later granted bail by the court. In a statement issued yesterday, the home department said the "seriousness and sensitiveness nature" of the matter prompted the state government to hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It also said that the state ...
Arunachal CM stresses importance of computer education
Underscoring the importance of computer education, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu today advised students to focus on gathering "in-depth knowledge" instead of running after degrees and certificates. "Being literate does not mean mastering the ability to read and write. One has to be computer literate too," the chief minister said after inaugurating a computer training institute here, under central government's Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). About 60 students have enrolled at the institute for a basic course, spanning three-and-a-half months. "This institute is the second PMKVY training centre in the state capital. There are plans to open 27 more centres soon in other parts of the state," the CM told reporters. PMKVY is an initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wishes to see every youth in the country gain meaningful employment, Khandu said, adding that students could approach the skill department of the state government if they wish ..
