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Water damaged more answer-scripts than flames: varsity panel

Around nine per cent of the answer-scripts of the undergraduate B Sc degree course were gutted in the fire that broke out at the spot valuation centre of Osmania University here last week, the varsity said today. A committee, probing into the fire, said a 'meagre' nine per cent of the scripts of the87,000 BSc scripts (regular and backlog) kept in the coding room were damaged and remaining scripts partially damaged, a press release from the university said. The committee recommended holding the BSc examination in certain select subjects in the last week of June. Further, it suggested an overhaul of the infrastructure, security and safety measures at the spot valuation centre to prevent any such accidents in future. A fire broke out in the early hours on June 5 in a coding room and a major flare-up was averted owing to the efforts of the local staff and the firemen. Preliminary investigation by the police and the university officials revealed that there was an accidental ..

College expels students, sacks staffer over campus 'stripping'

The authorities at a reputed north Kolkata college has expelled two of its students and sacked a non-teaching staff member in connection with an alleged stripping incident on campus. The decision to dismiss the second-year students and the staffer was taken by St Paul's Cathedral College yesterday on the basis of report submitted by a seven-member committee that probed the incident, a spokesman said today. A first-year student, who claimed to be a member of the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) unit of the college, had alleged that he was "stripped naked" and "filmed" on the premises on May 17. In the FIR, the student had named the two expelled students, the sacked non-teaching staff and another outsider. The video clip of the incident, which went viral on social media, showed the student pleading for mercy even as he was forced to remove clothes in front of a group of people. The college spokesman said the committee, consisting of faculty members, examined the ..

Rajasthan govt schools to hold lectures of 'Saints-Mahatmas'

The government schools in Rajasthan will hold lectures of Saints-Mahatmas' on every third Saturday of the month as an extra-curricular activity, the academic calendar of the School Education department said. As per the calendar released recently for the session 2018-19, the schools will hold 'Bal Sabhas' for five minutes on Saturdays. The calendar has fixed schedule of five Saturdays, including review of issues of national importance or lecture of any great personality or lecture of 'Saints-Mahatmas' on the third Saturday. The event can also be held apart from 'Bal Sabhas' during the zero hour after morning prayer, the calendar stated. The academic calendar for the year 2018-19 has been circulated to all the district education officers in the state by the director of the secondary education department to ensure the activities are implemented in all government schools. On the first Saturday of the month, biographies of well-renowned persons will be read out to the students, it said. On

Army inaugurates medical educational center in Srinagar

Indian Army's Chinar Corps on Tuesday inaugurated a Super 30 (Medical) educational center to help students from economically weaker sections crack the medical entrance examinations.Students appearing for medical entrance exams like MBBS, AIIMS and NEET will get an opportunity to study in this educational center.Under this initiative, the students will get coaching and guidance for a period of twelve months for entrance examinations of various Medical Colleges spread across India.The prestigious center which is located at Srinagar was inaugurated by Chinar Corps Commander Lieutenant General A.K. Bhatt in the presence of selected students.He said that the selected students will look forward to this opportunity which is going to benefit them in their future."I believe the children will do well. For a year, our aim was to engage the youth and bring them to the mainstream," Bhatt said while speaking to ANI.The programme is being executed with the help of a Kanpur based NGO, National ...

Army starts 12-month NEET coaching for Kashmir Valley aspirants

To provide state of the art educational facilities for medical aspirants, the Indian Army on Tuesday started "Kashmir Super 30 Medical", a full time residential coaching project for NEET aspirants of the Kashmir Valley.

IMA launches awareness drive on sexual health

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has launched a nationwide movement to eradicate the social taboo associated with sexual health. Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, the IMA national president, stressed the importance of the initiative and said that sex still being a taboo, doctors across India needed to break all the barriers and clinical inertias. This is the first-of-its-kind initiative launched by the IMA for over three-and-a-half lakh doctors to motivate them to dispel the taboo associated with this subject. Education must be imparted at school to dispel the taboo associated with this subject. Increasing awareness among schools and colleges by various means will also be a part of this agenda. The plan of action of this initiative is to hold pan-India educational programmes and also adopt schools and colleges to educate one and all -- students, teachers and parents -- by holding lectures, seminars, symposia, conferences and dialogues. Plans are also afoot to hold fellowship course and national

3,000 Additional Atal Tinkering Labs Announced

With these new schools, NITI Aayog's AIM envisions strong growth in the collaborative ecosystem created by the ATL initiative, where students, teachers, mentors and industry partners work to facilitate innovation, foster scientific temper and an entrepreneurial spirit in the children of today, who will go on to become successful contributors to nation-building tomorrow.

IIT Delhi to hold session for women JEE qualifiers

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi will hold an Open Day session on June 17 for all women candidates who have cleared the Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced), it was announced on Tuesday.

No student would be denied higher secondary education: Ker CM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today assured that no student in the state would be denied a chance to pursue higher secondary education due to shortage of seats for plus one course in government and aided schools. However, he admitted that there was some disparity in the availability of seats in the state, especially in Malabar (north Kerala) region, where there is a dearth of the same. "The governmentwould adopt a practical solution to address the problem," Vijayan said. The Chief Minister said this in the state Assembly when the Congress-led UDF opposition raised concerns about non-availability of sufficient seats in government and aided higher secondary schools in northern districts. "The disparity in the availability of plus one seats has been an issue in northern districts for some years. The number of seats is high in some districts while it is not upto the demand in others," he said. But, the government would take all necessary steps to ensure that no ...

Ministry says yoga is not sport, but DU colleges still reserve seats

Is yoga a sport? The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) says it is not. Yet, 11 Delhi University (DU) colleges have this year reserved seats for the discipline under their sports quota.

St. Stephen's College releases cut-off

St. Stephen's College on Tuesday announced its cut-offs for 2018 with only a little change from last year's while other colleges affiliated to Delhi University are expected to release the list next week.

Rajasthan: Sermons by saints to be part of schools' co-curricular activities

School students across Rajasthan will now have to listen to sermons of saints every month.A release from the Secondary Education Director, said that a session in the regard will be held on the third Saturday of every month.The release added that more activities will be held in addition to the children listening to the sermons of saints.On the first Saturday of the month, biographies of well-renowned persons will be read out to the students. On the second Saturday, stories on inspiration and moral values will be read out.Further, on fourth Saturday, a quiz programme will be held. On the fifth Saturday, plays on moral values will be enacted, while on the sixth Saturday, students will be made to sing patriotic songs.The release further stated that the above directions have to be made mandatory in all government, non-governmental, CBSE affiliated schools, residential schools, specialised training camps and teaching training schools.

Evaluation boycott: Don't jeopardise students' careers, ABVP asks DUTA

Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) here today demanded that the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) withdraw their decision to boycott evaluation and not "jeopardise" the careers of students. Scores of activists of the RSS-affiliated students' organisation held a protest demonstration outside the Press Club of India (PCI), where as a press conference of DUTA was underway. The conference was attended by representatives of various political parties which supported the teachers' body. DUTA has been boycotting the evaluation for a month now to protest the new faculty reservation mechanism in universities and a host of other issues. There was heavy police presence along with paramilitary personnel outside the PCI. "Some of the demands of the teachers' body might be genuine and the administration should hear them out. But the teachers should adopt other means of protest and not jeopardise the career of students," said one of the protesters. Another said that .

Delhi University U-G admissions: Maximum applicants from CBSE

More than 85 per cent of applicants out of the over 2.70 lakh registrations for admission to Delhi University under-graduate courses are from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), according to the varsity. As many as 2,49,694 applicants are from the CBSE, followed by 22,266 from the Uttar Pradesh board, 10,858 from the Board of School Education, Haryana, and 9,681 applicants from the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations for over 56,000 Delhi University seats, according to a data shared by the varsity. The least number of applicants, 245, are from the Mizoram Board of School Education, followed by the Aligarh Muslim University Board at 277, it said The varsity threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various under-graduate courses on May 15. The registration for these courses ended on June 7. The university has, for now, announced a total of five cut-off lists with the notification for the first cut-off scheduled to be issued on June 19. The total ..

PIL in HC against GGSIPU affiliations to outside Delhi clgs

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the AAP government, University Grants Commission and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University on a PIL challenging the affiliations given by the varsity to educational institutions outside the national capital territory. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Delhi government, UGC and GGSIPU, and asked for their stand on the plea moved by an NGO which has sought striking down of a provision in the Indraprastha Vishwavidyalaya Act, which allows the varsity to grant affiliations to institutions in other states. The court asked the city government, UGC and the varsity to file their affidavits before the next date of hearing on October 1. The petition by NGO Nishtaa has alleged that affiliations were granted by GGSIPU in a "wrongful and illegal manner to educational institutions situated outside the territorial jurisdiction of National Capital Territory of Delhi". It sought directions ...

Rahul congratulates Super 30 Academy students who qualified JEE

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today congratulated the 26 underprivileged children from the 'Super 30' Academy in Bihar who qualified the 2018 JEE Advanced. The results for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced for admission to IITs were announced yesterday. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi also congratulated Anand Kumar who trains these children at the Academy. "This year 26/30 underprivileged children trained by Anand Kumar at his Super 30 Academy in Bihar, passed the highly competitive IIT entrance exam. I salute and congratulate this true Indian Hero and his students on their incredible achievement," he said.

Politicians call for ordinance against UGC circular on faculty reservation

Cutting across party lines, political leaders today called for an ordinance that says teachers' appointments would take place as per the existing reservation roster. They also supported the Delhi University Teachers' Association's (DUTA) opposition to the issue of a UGC circular on faculty reservation mechanism for universities. The DUTA held a press conference today that was attended by representatives of various political parties. Following an Allahabad High Court order - upheld by the Supreme Court - the University Grants Commission (UGC) had on March 5 announced a new mechanism for implementing faculty reservations, which is calculating total posts department-wise rather than institution-wise. The UGC had said that its new reservation formula was in response to a direction of the high court in April last year. It is believed that the move would cut down the number of posts available for SC and ST candidates. The government has filed a special leave petition (SLP) to undo the move .

Punjab's veterinary college to soon begin its first session

The Punjab government is all set to start the first academic session at the newly-built veterinary college at Rampur Phull in Bathinda district, state minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said today. The motive behind establishing the college is to promote auxiliary occupations of animal husbandry and dairy, besides producing veterinary scientists, he said here. The session would be started after the approval of the Veterinary Council of India, the Punjab Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries said. The college would be affiliated to the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, he said after a high-level meeting to take stock of the preparedness of his department to commence operation at the college. During the meeting, the varsity's vice chancellor, A S Nanda, informed the minister that the proposal for the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff for the college has already been put before the Punjab government. Sidhu directed the additional ...

WB toppers of all boards to get Rs 10,000 scholarship by state

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today felicitated 248 toppers of class 10 and 12 examinations of various boards and said they would be provided with a scholarship of Rs 10,000 each. She also ordered officials to process applications for scholarships for higher studies by students at the earliest. "Ours is a poor government. This is a small initiative to felicitate the meritorious students. I have taken a decision to open up bank accounts for all these students with a balance of Rs 10,000 which may help them in the future," she said at the felicitation programme of 248 students. These students topped the class 10 and 12 examinations conducted by the boards of West Bengal, the ICSE, the ISC, the CBSE and the WBJEE. "Consider this (the scholarship) as an asset for your entire life," said Banerjee who has initiated the programme to felicitate examination toppers from all boards in West Bengal. She also urged them to stick to the values imparted by their teachers ...

Mamata felicitates state board toppers

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee felicitated the rank holders of the secondary and higher secondary education boards here on Monday.