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ICSE schools in Kolkata to resume classes from Monday

The ICSE-affiliated schools in Bengal have decided to resume classes from June 25, following improved weather conditions, a senior member of the Association of Head of ICSE Schools said today. The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), at a meeting yesterday, took the decision, after the issue of suspension of classes since June 20 came up, the association's general secretary of Bengal Chapter, Nabarun Dey, told PTI. "As the issue came up during the meeting that was held on a different issue yesterday, it was decided that in view of improvement in weather conditions, the schools can resume classes from Monday, and most of them are expected to do so," Dey said. West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, however, said the state government has not received any appeal from any school (state-run or private) for starting classes from June 25 instead of June 30. "The heat has gone down a bit. But, no school has approached us to reduce the number

Fake teachers recruitment case: 60 more headmasters suspended in Mathura

The Mathura district administration has suspended 60 headmasters of basic schools in connection with alleged fake teachers recruitment case, an official said today. With the latest suspensions, which were effected yesterday, the number of headmasters suspended in the case goes up to 80. While 20 headmasters were suspended on Thursday, 60 were suspended on Friday late evening, said Mukesh Agrawal, principal, District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Mathura. He said, in the fake teacher recruitment probe, prima facie, the suspended headmasters have been held responsible for allowing the "fake" teachers to join duty in their schools without checking their records properly. "Also these headmasters did not give proper information to the team sent by the basic education director to check the records," he said. So far 16 people, including nine "fake" teachers, four suspected brokers, two computer operators of the Basic Shiksha Adhikari office and alleged kingpin Mahesh Sharma, ...

Patna schools ordered to be closed till June 26 due to heat

The Bihar government has ordered suspension of academic activities upto standard 8 in all schools in Patna till June 26 in view of the prevailing sweltering weather condition, a top official said. Patna district magistrate Kumar Ravi said all government and private schools of Patna will remain closed till June 26 due to heatwave like conditions prevailing in Patna for past several days. The classes will be held between 6:45 am to 11 am for class 9 to 12 . This is the third time when the district administration has extended suspension of academic activity in schools due to the heatwave like conditions. Private schools in the state capital were slated to open on June 18 after the summer vacation but it was extended due to prolonged heatwave conditions arising out of the delay in the arrival of the monsoon. The southwest monsoon is now expected to reach Bihar in the next two to three days after being delayed by a fortnight, a Met office bulletin said.

Over 100 Naxals appeared for IGNOU exam in Odisha

With an aim to make a fresh start, over 100 Naxals, who surrendered before the police, appeared for Bachelor Preparatory Programme (BPP) term end exam offered by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).At least 120 Naxals enrolled for the BPP offered by IGNOU and around 107 Naxals appeared for the exam, which was held here on June 21."They are some surrendered Naxals who have joined in IGNOU BPP program and they appeared in June 2018 exam. 120 Naxals filled the form and 107 have appeared for the exam," said one of the invigilators.The district administration is providing free education to the Naxals so that they could get another chance to start their lives."We want to be a part of the society, that's why we have taken this entrance exam," said a student.The candidates, after passing the entrance test, will be eligible for various bachelor degree courses offered by the university.Odisha and Chhattisgarh are worst hit Naxals state in the country. In recent times number of Naxals

No student union meddling in college admission process: Partha

West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee today said the state government will not allow student unions to meddle into the admission process to under graduate streams in colleges. "We will not tolerate any irregularities in admission. There should not be any role of the student unions in the whole admission process," Chatterjee told reporters on the sidelines of a programme here. He said any laxity on the part of college principals to prevent entry of unions into the admission process and failure to ensure transparency in the whole procedure "will be strictly dealt with". Chatterjee was asked to comment on reports that two groups of students were involved in a clash in front of Dinabandhu Andrews College here yesterday, the first day of admission. The clashes broke out after both the groups tried to intervene in the admission procedure by approaching the applicants, police said. The minister said appropriate action had been taken with regard to the incident.

42,000 Bihar Board answer sheets recovered from scrap dealer

A Special Investigation Team of the Bihar Police on Saturday recovered 42,000 missing copies of answer sheets of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Class 10th exam from a scrap dealer's shop and arrested two persons in the connection.

Four engineering students feared drowned

Four engineering students were today feared drowned in river Krishna, near here, the police said. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have launched operations to trace them. Police said the students of a private college came to Pavitra Sangamam, the confluence point of the Godavari and Krishna, along with another classmate, for a visit. As one of them tried to get down into the river, he accidentally slipped and was washed away. Three others tried to rescue him but the force of the water pulled them also into the river, a police official said. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed grief over the incident. Krishna district in charge collector Vijaya Krishnan has rushed to the spot to oversee rescue operations, the police added.

Tamil Nadu students bag top spot at Smart India Hackathon 2018

A device that helps school children with kinesthetic dyslexia has bagged the top honours at the Smart India Hackathon 2018 Hardware Edition under the Smart Communication' category held at the CSIR-CEERI here. A brainchild of students from KCJ College of Engineering, Chennai, the device makes life easier for dyslexic kids who find it difficult to read, write or interpret words, letters and other symbols. The second and third spots went to the teams from Bengaluru and Delhi respectively for coming up with a solution to the perennial problem of lost baggage at airports. This was the second edition of the hackathon, a national level technical event conducted by the Union Human Resources Development Ministry to harness the creativity and energy of the country's youth and boost the digital India initiative. In the first stage, 27 ministries and departments and 17 state governments shared their problems on the website. Following that, over one lakh students from more than 1,200 high schools

ICSE schools to resume classes from Monday

The ICSE-affiliated schools in Bengal have decided to resume classes from Monday following improvement in weather conditions, a senior member of the Association of Head of ICSE Schools said today. This was decided during a meeting held by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), on a different issue, yesterday, after the representatives of the association, took up the issue of suspension of classes since June 20, the association's General Secretary of Bengal chapter, Nabarun Dey, told PTI. "As the issue came up during the meeting that held on a different issue yesterday, it was decided that in view of improvement in weather conditions, the schools can resume classes from Monday and most of them are expected to do so," Dey said. Classes were suspended across various ICSE schools in wake of the state education department's notification and subsequent letter by CISCE recommending suspension of classes due to severe heat conditions, he said. The ..

Over 15,000 enrol at DU after 1st cut-off, a 7-fold increase over last year

Many top colleges close admission for several of their courses; greater rush anticipated in second cut-off

Road safety: Hyderabad police registers 643 cases in special drive

As many as 643 cases have been registered by the Hyderabad traffic police in an ongoing special drive to prevent accidents by vehicles carrying school children."Every year we conduct special drive against autos which ferry school children. Earlier many incidents have occurred in which children have lost their lives," Anil Kumar, Additional Commissioner, Hyderabad Traffic Police, told ANI."First we sent text messages to parents to make them aware that they should pick safe transport mode to send their children to schools. From yesterday we have started a drive in the regard. For the same, we have formed special teams," he added.Kumar shared that 130 cases against auto drivers were booked on Thursday in which nine were driving without license and one auto driver was caught driving under the influence of alcohol."We have also warned the school management that they should follow all the MV Act rules while choosing a transportation mode for their children," Kumar said."In continuation, on .

Over 15,000 admissions after DU's first cut-off list

Over 15,000 admissions took place after the first cut-off list, almost seven times the number last year. The last day of the admission process for the first-cut-offs finished yesterday. According to a varsity official, out of over 56,000 seats, 15,245 seats were filled which was a record-breaking number. Last year, 2,200 seats were filled after the first cut-offs. The top five colleges where students took admission were Hindu College, where 950 seats were filled, followed by Ramjas College, where 926 seats were filled, Gargi College For Women, where 776 seats were filled, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College, where 632 seats were filled, and Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, where 632 seats were filled, according to data shared by the varsity. The top courses were BA(Prog), where 1,929 seats were filled, followed by BCom (Hons), where 1,606 seats were filled, with the third most popular course being BA(Hons) Political Science, where 1,260 seats were filled. The other top courses were BA(Hons)

Vadodara school student found dead

A student of Class 9 was found dead in a school here on Friday.As per the police, the victim was killed in a scuffle with another student of the same school.The body of the victim was found near a toilet inside the school premises."Two students had a fight, one of whom has died. We do not know the motive behind the murder; we are checking the CCTV footage. We will be able to say something only after the investigation," said RS Bhagora, Deputy Commissioner of Police.Meanwhile, a sharp weapon, which was allegedly used in the murder, was found in an unidentified bag.There has been no case registered against the school as yet.According to the School Principal, Surendra Singh, the school worked in two shifts and the incident took place when the children came in for the afternoon shift."We informed the police when we got to know of the incident, the police will investigate the matter now. These kids are new admissions, how would we know what they are carrying to school," said Singh.An ...

Aadhaar needed during counselling for medical seats: Madras HC

The Madras High Court today made it clear that Aadhaar card and its photocopy are compulsory during counselling to medical admissions in Tamil Nadu. Justice N Kirubakaran was passing interim orders on petitions alleging that students from outside Tamil Nadu were admitted to medical courses without any scrutiny of the genuineness of their nativity. The judge directed authorities of medical education in Tamil Nadu to insist on production of Aadhaar cards. The petitioners alleged that many students from other states have been allotted MBBS seats in Tamil Nadu based on nativity certificates obtained fraudulently, while adversely affecting the scope of students from Tamil Nadu to get admitted to the courses. Earlier, a committee of advocates and government officials informed the court that a random verification of nativity certificates presented by 296 students admitted to MBBS (2017-18) courses in Tamil Nadu through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) under CBSE category ...

Universities should constitute a campus safety team: Report

Universities should constitute a 'campus safety team' to apprise students and faculty about the latest acts and programmes on women's safety as well as a dedicated campus police force to work with them, a committee set up by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal recommended. The report also recommended installing a helpline in buses directly linked to the police control room and providing vending zones so that hawkers do not encroach on pavements. "Women's Safety in the National Capital Territory of Delhi: A Report" was released today on the basis of findings submitted by the study group constituted last year. The committee comprised Sanjay Baniwal, Special Commissioner of Police (Women Safety, Airport and Modernisation) and eminent professors, psychologists and experts in areas related to women, transport, urbanisation and infrastructure. It was set up to identity the underlying reasons for the increasing rate of crime against women. The report made several recommendations after ...

CBSE 12th result 2018: Are Delhi govt schools really outdoing private ones?

Children who have lagged behind or failed Class IX are staying at home or are part of open schooling now

Water quality testing brings Kentucky and eastern Indian students together

Students from ten schools of east India and twelve from US' Kentucky state collaborated in a project culminating on Friday that explored water quality in the two far-off parts of the globe.

Govt warns of action if eligible students are charged excess

The Maharashtra Government today warned colleges of stringent action if they charged more than half the prescribed fees to the students whose family income is below Rs 8 lakh per annum. Under the Rajarshee Shahu Educational Fee Scholarship scheme, the government bears 50 per cent of the fee burden of these students by transferring the money directly to colleges. A government statement said that the Director of Technical Education has been instructed to take strict action against the institutes taking excess fee from such students. Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said the government pays half the fees of students seeking admission to agriculture, medicine and 605 other professional courses under the scheme. But there were complaints that some colleges were still demanding full fees from the students whose parental income is less than Rs 8 lakh per annum, or denying admission if the full fee was not paid, he said.

HP govt to train youth to enhance their employability skills

The Himachal Pradesh government will impart training to 3180 youngsters during the current financial year to assist them in finding suitable jobs, a senior official said today. As part of the Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam (HPKVN)-- a state government undertaking-- of the total candidates, 1440 were undergoing training in 37 centres in different streams, Principal Secretary (Technical Education and Industries) R D Dhiman said. Presiding over a review meeting of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Yojana with Training Service Providers (TSP) here, Dhiman assured to strengthen HPKVN district teams for support to the TSPs and quality audits of training programme. He advocated a robust mobilisation strategy with the support of HPKVN district coordinators and forging linkages with industry to assess the demand of skilled manpower for sustainable placement opportunities. HPKVN Managing Director Rohan Chand Thakur said the programme was all set to enhance the skills of the youth so that they can ...

'Online skill enhancement from digital platforms is now must'

Online skill enhancement from digital platforms is an immediate need for all faculty, said Prof Saikat Mitra, Vice Chancellor, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT). Speaking at the end of a 5-day faculty development programme, organised by the Centre for Education Growth and Research (CEGR) at JIS University here, Mitra said all faculties irrespective of their chosen subjects should get initiated with Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain and big data. "Classrooms should adopt self learning and peer learning mode. Students should be exposed to case studies and presentations. There should be continuous process of evaluation. In research, a spirit of purposeful research should be adopted," Mitra said. Businesses are constantly looking for qualified, skilled and industry-ready graduates. With vacancies in government service shrinking, most graduates have a tough time to find a foothold in other sectors. Also there is a gap ...