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Bags not required for primary school students: Haryana govt
The Haryana government has decided to remove the burden of school bags from primary school students, Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said today. "We have decided that students would go to primary schools without bags," Sharma said in a statement. He said two schools in each block would be made English-speaking education institutions, starting from July 1. Sharma said 238 schools at the block-level would be made English-speaking. He said the number of English-speaking schools in the state has already reached 418.
SDMC plans to install 4,348 CCTV cameras: Rai
Over 4,340 CCTV cameras are planned to be installed across 344 municipal-run schools in south Delhi to bolster the surveillance mechanism and build confidence among parents about safety of their wards, officials today said. Chairperson Standing Committee of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation Shikha Rai in a statement issued by the SDMC said the project would cost over Rs 5.53 crore. "The SDMC is committed to provide foolproof security to its the students and ensure a reliable surveillance system to prevent incidents of any security lapse," she said. This would also help in allaying any fear in the minds of students as there have been some unfortunate incidents in a few schools in Delhi-NCR, the civic body said. "Further it will also make parents of the students feel more satisfied about the safety of their children in SDMC schools," Rai said. She claimed that after the 4,348 cameras are installed, attendance of students "will improve substantially". Rai said the CCTV cameras will ..
HC directs DU, Stephen's College to allow student in sports trial
The Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi University and St Stephen's College to permit a student, who has applied for admission under the sports quota, to provisionally participate in sports trials commencing from June 18. Justice C Hari Shankar also sought response of the university and the college on the petition and listed it for hearing on July 3. "Respondents (DU and college) are directed to permit the petitioner (student) to provisionally participate in trials commencing from June 18 in A-2 category. Participation of the petitioner in trial is entirely at her risk and shall remain subject to outcome of this petition," the court said. While the counsel for DU sought time to respond to the plea, no one appeared for the college despite advance service of the petition. The plea filed by Vanshika Sachar, who plays table tennis, claimed that at the time of awarding marks on basis of certificates for admission on her past performance, the college's sports department and DU did not
Another academic honour for Chamling
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling was today conferred with a Doctorate degree by a private university. ICFAI University Chancellor Dr R P Kaushik and Vice-Chancellor Prof Jagannath Patnaik handed over the certificate of Doctorate of Literature (honoris causa) at a convocation function held at Chintan Bhawan auditorium. It was the fourth academic honour in the past 14 years for the Sikkim chief minister. Chamling was given the same honour by the SRM University late last year. Earlier, the Sikkim Manipal University had honoured him with Ph.D degree in 2003 and Sikkim University with Doctorate of Philosophy degree in July last year. Speaking on the occasion, Chamling said: "It is a great honour for me to receive Doctor of Literature from ICFAI University in recognition of my dedication and service to the people of Sikkim. Chamling said he has created the groundwork for the Sikkimese students to take up higher studies in their own state by setting up seven ...
School Chale Hum Abhiyan 2018 launched in Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched the month-long 'School Chale Hum Abhiyan'. The campaign starts from today.Congratulating students and teachers present at today's function, Singh said, "The branches of schools in the state are going to open like the bars of Kedarnath and Badrinath with this campaign."He encouraged students, teachers and parents to make this campaign a success.Cabinet Minister for School Education Vijay Shah who was also present at the event urged every person to send one underprivileged, poor kid to school.The chief minister also rewarded students of various schools with cash prizes at a function held here.
Young girls in India want to study technology in schools: Survey
About 96 per cent of young girls in India between the age group of 7 and 14 years expressed their desire to learn more about technology in schools, according to a survey of 200 participants. The survey was conducted by global digital payments platform PayPal, as part of a two-week annual initiative conducted across its tech centres in India. As many as 61 per cent of the girls surveyed said they pursue their interest in technology through active reading and workshops outside school as the existing curriculum does not cover enough. About 51 per cent of the participants also said that their mothers inspired them the most to pursue technology careers, followed by 34 per cent crediting their fathers while the rest (15 per cent) said their teachers inspired them the most. "The average gap in the availability of skilled talent in India has risen from six per cent in January 2014 to 12 per cent in January 2018 in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) sector," said Guru .
1,300 Canadian children abused by school staff in 20 years
More than 700 Canadian school employees committed or were alleged to have committed sexual offences against nearly 1,300 children over the past 20 years, according to a report released by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP).
Hrithik to throw party for 26 IIT-JEE students
Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan -- all set to play a mathematician in the much-awaited biopic "Super 30" -- is planning to host a party for 26 students of Anand Kumar's Super 30 academy who cracked the JEE-Advanced 2018.
DUTA urges DU V-C to resolve all issues
The Delhi University Teachers' Association today appealed to Delhi University vice-chancellor (V-C) to resolve all issues. The DUTA, in its general body (GB) meeting yesterday, had decided to continue its evaluation boycott, that it had begun last month. The association's GB has categorically demanded that the UGC's Roster Notification of March 5 must be put in abeyance to ensure that no working ad-hoc or temporary teacher is displaced in the new academic session, the appeal read. "The DUTA General Body noted with dismay that despite several representations and action programmes, there are no visible steps taken by your (V-C) office to resolve issues related to the counting of past services for promotions and absorption/regularisation of all ad-hoc and temporary teachers," the appeal said. They also sought an appointment from V-C so that the "crisis is ended through dialogue". The appeal also said that the "university should refrain from using pressure tactics and targeting the most .
Girl students can come with complaints to Raj Bhavan:Bihar Guv
Bihar Governor Satya Pal Mallik today said girl students faced with teasing, molestation or any other form of sexual harassment at their universities could report the matter "directly to the Raj Bhavan", where officers have been deputed to help the victims get justice. The Governor, who is also the chancellor of state universities in his ex-officio capacity, made the announcement here at a conference organised by office-bearers of students' unions of all the varsities in Bihar. "It is our dharma to ensure that our women live with honour. Girls studying at universities can report any incident of teasing/molestation, etc directly to the Raj Bhavan. They can do so without first approaching the police station concerned," Mallik said. "At Raj Bhavan, there are officers who have been asked to devote themselves to attending such complaints. They have been given special telephone numbers. Once they receive a complaint, they would provide all possible help to the victims, ...
Gujarat CM launches school enrolment drive from Sabarkantha
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today launched the annual school enrolment drive from a tribal-dominated village in Sabarkantha district. This is the 16th edition of the state-government's annual school enrolment drive - Shala Praveshotsav - which aims to improve the school enrolment ratio in the state, an official release stated. The drive was started by Narendra Modi when he was chief minister of the state. On the first day of this statewide drive, Rupani was at Lambadia village of Sabarkantha district to welcome newly enrolled students of class 1. Anganwadi children, along with students of class 9 and class 11, were also enrolled during the function, said the official release. While speaking at the function, Rupani asked the locals, who are mostly tribals, to promise that they would send their children to schools. He added that the state government spends Rs 27,000 crore on education.
HC imposes Rs 50,000 costs on AIIMS for denying student to write exam
The Delhi High Court has directed the AIIMS to pay Rs 50,000 as costs to an MBBS aspirant, who was not allowed to write the entrance exam after his Aadhaar card could not be scanned at the centre, and also issued a slew of direction to avoid a repeat of the incident. The court observed that the controller of examination of AIIMS adopted a callous attitude in unnecessarily depriving the student from appearing in the exam. Turning back a student from an entrance examination centre would result in a fait accompli, as has happened in this case, which has to be avoided under all circumstances, it said. The court, however, refused to order a re-exam, saying it would cause a lot of disturbance to other students who have already appeared in the test and it would be unfair to impose the burden of another exam on the other candidates. "In view of the non-responsive attitude of AIIMS, both to the candidate's representation and before this court, the petitioner deserves to be compensated with ..
106th Indian Science Congress in Jalandhar, Modi to inaugurate
The Lovely Professional University (LPU) here on Thursday announced it has been slated to host world's biggest science event - the Indian Science Congress - next year, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate it.
Kolhapur ZP school student selected for world wrestling meet
A student of the Kolhapur Zilla Parishad's resident sports school has been selected for the Cadet World Wrestling Championship at Zagreb, Croatia next month. The student, Disha Karande, along with two other students Smita Patil and Vishranti Patil, participated in under-17 category at the international championship trials at Lucknow recently, her coach Vikas Patil said. "I am happy to get a chance to represent India. My dream is to get an Olympics medal for the country," Disha said. The school complex is located at Shingnapur village in Panhala taluka of Kolhapur district and is the first such sports school started by a Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra. It was started in 2014 when Dr Vijay Suryawanshi was the Kolhapur Zilla Parishad chief executive officer. The IAS officer, now district collector of Raigad, said he was glad to see the school doing well. "When I conceptualised the school, I dreamt that one day a student of this school will participate at international level
On HRD ministry's direction, IIT board releases extended merit list; 31,980 candidates qualify in all
As many as 31,980 candidates have cleared the JEE-Advanced exam with the IIT's Joint Admission Board (JAB) issuing an extended merit list following directions from the HRD Ministry. The extended merit list was issued following meeting of the JAB today. "Choice filling on JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) would be started on 15th June as scheduled earlier. Students in the extended merit list can start filling up their options along with others," an official statement said. Earlier in the day, the HRD Ministry for the first time issued directions to the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) to release a supplementary merit list for admission this year. IIT Kanpur, which is the organising institute for JEE-Advanced this year, was asked to release the merit list with the number of candidates, which is twice the number of total seats on offer in each discipline and each category (general and reserved categories). The institute was asked to release the supplementary merit list before .
Smartphones during family time may impact kids' emotional well-being
Do you spend more time on your smartphones or watching television and engage less in family activities at home? Beware, your child's social-emotional well-being could be at stake.
Indian American professor selected as 'Piper Professor'
Indian American Professor Saleha Khumawala has been chosen as a Piper Professor by a Texas-based non-profit organisation for superior teaching at the college level. Khumawala, Robert Grinaker Professor of Accounting at the C T Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston (UH), is the 12th faculty member of the varsity to get the honour. The honour is given only in Texas to those who provide superior teaching at the college level the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation, which was founded in 1950. In its 60th year, the Texas-based non-profit organisation supports charitable, scientific and educational undertakings. Every year it selects 10 people from the state and honour them. "This is a tremendous recognition that illustrates the amount of teaching and various opportunities that I have been afforded throughout my career. I could not have done this without the support I have received from my family, particularly my husband, my colleagues and my students. I am truly indebted to ...
Cabinet approves proposal for withdrawal of Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 pending in Rajya Sabha
The Nalanda University was established on the basis of a Joint Press Statement at the 4th East Asia Summit held in Thailand in October, 2009, which supported its establishment as a non-state, non-profit, secular and self-governing international institution. Subsequently, the Nalanda University Act, 2010 was passed by the Parliament and came into effect from 25 November 2010.
DUTA decides to continue its evaluation boycott
The Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) will continue with its evaluation boycott, it said today, even as the university again appealed to them to return to evaluation work. 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. In a General Body Meeting, the DUTA decided to continue its evaluation boycott by adopting a resolution, the teachers' body said. "DUTA has categorically demanded that the UGC's roster notification of March 5 must be put in abeyance to ensure that no working ad-hoc or temporary teacher is displaced in the new academic session," it said. On other pending issues regarding counting of past services for promotions and, absorption and regularisation of all ad-hoc and temporary teachers, DUTA has demanded holding meetings with the vice-chancellor, which he has evaded so far, they said. Meanwhile, the university again appealed to the teachers to end their ...
Himachal Cabinet takes key decisions
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet today decided to enhance the honorarium of part-time water carriers working on contract basis in the education department from Rs 1,900 to Rs 2,200 from April 1. A meeting presided over by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur also gave its nod to admission of first batch of 100 MBBS students in Dr S Radha Krishanan Medical College, Hamirpur for 2018-19, according to officials. The Cabinet also decided to restrict the quota of NRI seats to provide more merit based admissions reducing it from 34 to 20. The Cabinet accorded its nod to engage 100 posts of accountant-cum-support staff and 30 posts of data entry operators at block level under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan and also approved the guidelines to start 'Akhand Shiksha Jyoti, Mere School Se Nikle Moti, as fulfillment of promise made in the 'Swarnim Himachal Drishti Patra' to honour pass outs from the government schools who have made a mark in life, according to officials. Under this scheme names of such ...