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At least I believe my ancestors were not apes: Satypal Singh
Union minister Satypal Singh today stood by his claim that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution of man was scientifically wrong and said that as a science student, he believes that his "ancestors were not apes". The junior minister in the HRD Ministry denounced those who attacked him over his comments and said "it's not scientific temper to condemn the point of view of another person". "I am a science student and I have completed my PhD in Chemistry. Who all were the ones speaking against me? And, how many people stood by me? We should be compelled to think. We get scared of the press. If not today, tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then in 10-20 years, people will accept what I said. At least, I believe that my accentors were not apes," he said at a book launch. "It's not scientific temper to condemn the point of another person. Give it a thought," the minister added. Singh had a few months ago said Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was wrong and the changes need to reflect in the school
Education Minister apologised to me: Suspended Uttarakhand teacher
Uttara Bahuguna, the teacher who was earlier suspended after she "violated the decorum" of a Janata Darbar session, said the Uttarakhand Education Minister Arvind Pandey has apologised to her and assured her a solution to the matter soon."I received a phone call from the Education Minister. He assured me that he will meet me on July 3 and will find a solution to my problem. He apologised when I told him about the injustice done to me by the Education Department," Uttara Bahuguna told ANI.On Thursday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat directed the police to take Bahuguna into custody for allegedly protesting at his Janata Darbar session in Dehradun.The Chief Minister also ordered her suspension, after Uttara Bahuguna allegedly used abusive language and showed indecency, while seeking a transfer from a remote location.Later on Friday, School Education Secretary Bhupinder Kaur Aulakh said Uttara Bahuguna has been suspended as she "violated the decorum".However, the ...
'Exemplary action against those meddling in college admission'
The West Bengal government will take "exemplary" action against anyone found to be involved in irregularities in admission to under-graduate courses, Higher Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said today. Chatterjee said that the education department would call college principals to a meeting next week to discuss a host of issues, including admission-related matters. Asked about media reports regarding some leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress' student wing being allegedly involved in malpractices in college admission, he said, "If such an allegation against any leader is found to be true, exemplary action will be taken against that person." The minister also asked students and guardians to directly lodge a complaint with the police, if they were approached by anyone offering help in the admission process in exchange for money. "File a complaint with the police, we will initiate action. Also send copies of the complaint to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO)," he ...
Student leaders accused of extorting money for college admissions in Kolkata
Students seeking admission in a city-based college have alleged that members of the Trinamool Congress students union are demanding money from them for admission, prompting State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee to condemn the action on Saturday.
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 ...