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Solving past question papers helped: JEE topper
For JEE-Advanced 2018 topper Pranav Goyal, solving the previous years' question papers helped him a lot in getting an insight into the exam pattern and to come up tops in the prestigious competition.
Indians form 2nd largest group of intl students in US: Envoy
With 1,86,000 Indian students currently studying in the United States, India is the second highest sender of foreign students to the US, next only to China, a diplomat has said. US Consul General in Kolkata, Craig Hall, said that the United States is the top destination for foreign students worldwide and the number of Indian students in the US has more than doubled in the last 10 years. "This rise in the number of Indian students studying in the United States brings me great hope. When we study together we learn together, we work together and we prosper together," the Consul General said at a programme here recently. A Consulate statement quoted the Open Doors Report of 2017 to state that Indians comprised approximately 17 per cent of the total number of international students and over the past five years, there has been a 86 per cent increase in the number of Indian students studying in the United States. Hall said, over 4,000 students from all over India appeared for .
Punjab identifies land on Patiala outskirts for its sports varsity
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's dream project of setting up the state's first sports university has begun to take shape, with the state identifying the site for the proposed campus at Sidhuwal village on Patiala's outskirts.
Over 40K cases filed since RTE came into force in India: World Bank report
It has been eight years since the Right To Education Act came into force, but if the mounting court cases filed under this historic legislation as revealed by a World Bank report are any indication, a large number of intended beneficiaries are still to draw benefit from it. According to the World Bank policy research paper, more than 40,000 cases have been filed in India under the RTE Act since 2010. The study - Using courts to realise education rights - said a majority of the cases relate to guaranteeing 25-per cent reservation in private schools for the poor. Other cases relate to private schools challenging the Act in terms of teacher eligibility, norms and recognitions. The report, referring to the case database of a legal portal (www.indiankanoon.org) in India, said that out of the 41,343 cases filed since 2010, as many as 2,477 cases have reached the Supreme Court and heard by it. It said social jurists, working largely in Delhi, have alone filed more than 500 cases under the ...
Seema's story: Educating girls to negotiate life, become change agents (IANS Special Series)
Inside a dimly-lit classroom in this district, with its walls decorated with drawings and paintings made by children, Seema Yadav, 36, is teaching a group of 25 girls who are sitting in a circle in one corner. These are girls who were either never enrolled in school or had to drop out due to various reasons. They are now way behind academically compared to other students of their age.
India's education system needs urgent rewiring: Are we running out of time? (Comment)
The CBSE results are out and students would be enrolling in droves for university education. While children find it exciting to embark on the next chapter of their life-journey, it is also a worrying and stressful exercise because of the significant demand-supply mismatch and, further, that none of India's higher educational institutions feature in the top 100 QS rankings. For students with exceptional aptitude, this can be a major disappointment. For a country of India's size and aspiration, this is a major failure.
Six decades later, award-winning teacher continues fight for increment
Ramavtar Sharma, a winner of National Award to Teachers, has been chasing officials for an extra increment for nearly six decades. That increment was supposed to be given to him for doubling the student strength at a government school in a nondescript Rajasthan village on his first posting as a teacher. Sharma is now 80. A resident of Chirawa town of Jhunjhunu district, the retired teacher holds on to 170 entry passes to the Jaipur secretariat as proof of his struggle with the bureaucracy that began around 1962. I have spent lakhs of rupees and suffered a lot for the honour I deserve. The amount of the double increment may be meagre, but it is for honour and justice that I am fighting for years, Sharma told PTI. He has been called before a Rajasthan cabinet sub-committee, which is meeting here tomorrow. Sharma said he is hopeful that the panel will decide in his favour. He joined as a government teacher at Padru village in Barmer district in 1958. Sharma said two years later the ...
JEE Advanced results announced, Panchkula boy tops
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) today announced results for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced, with Panchkula boy Pranav Goyal bagging the first rank scoring 337 marks out of 360. The second position has been secured by Kota's Sahil Jain while Delhi's Kailash Gupta got the third spot. Kota's Meenal Parekh has emerged as topper among girls with 318 marks. Around, 1.55 lakh students appeared for the JEE Advanced examination this year that was conducted on May 20 out of which 18,138 have qualified. With results out now, seat allocation will commence from June 15. For the first time, JEE Advanced was held completely in the online mode. Selected ones will obtain admission into undergraduate courses, which will help in obtaining a bachelor's, integrated masters or bachelor-master dual degree in engineering, sciences or architecture. Aspirants can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in two consecutive years.
Bihar Board results: Students again allege discrepancy in result
Students of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Saturday again alleged discrepancy in checking of their examination papers, two days after they were lathi-charged while protesting over the same issue outside the board's office in Patna.The intermediate students claimed that they have been given one or two marks out of 100 in Physics and Chemistry even when they have cleared IIT-JEE (Mains).Alleging discrepancy, hundreds of students were lathi-charged by the police when they were protesting outside the BSEB's office on June 7.While many claimed that they have got marks much below their expectations, there are those also who said they have been given marks in excess of the maximum marks."I was given 68 on 50 marks in English theory and 38 marks on 35 in Physics theory," one of the students said.The students are now demanding that their answer sheets be rechecked or the board again conducts the exams.Over eight lakh of 12 lakh students, who had appeared for the Class XII exams ...
Introduce new global standard courses, Khattar to universities
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar urged the state universities to introduce new global standard courses based on skill education and digital technology to impart quality education to the youth. "Every university in the state should prove its excellence in at least one subject. By doing so, an identity of the state universities at national and international level would be established and Haryana can emerge as an ideal state in the field of higher education," he said. He further said that the state government has identified 29 more places where new colleges are required. After colleges are set up there, girls and the rural youth in Haryana would not have to go to towns for higher education.
Punjab govt's committee suggests replacing Class 12 history book
A six-member oversight committee, set up to examine the recommendations of a 2014 panel that reviewed the Punjab School Education Board's history syllabus for classes 11 and 12, has suggested "replacing" the Class 12 history book in the next session. The committee has in its preliminary findings "rejected" the Class 12 history book of the state education board after spotting mistakes in it and has suggested using "the old history book" in this session, a committee member said. The committee has held two meetings. The next meeting will be convened on June 21 and it's there the "mistakes" found in the Class 12 history book will be placed before the board, he said. Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had last month announced the constitution of the six-member oversight committee to examine the recommendations of the 2014 panel that reviewed the history syllabus and oversee all history books in the future.. The move had come after the Shiromani Akali Dal had alleged that a major ...
DU UG admissions: Maximum applicants from Delhi
The maximum number of applicants out of over 2.70 lakh registrations for admission to Delhi University's undergraduate courses are from the national capital, according to the varsity's admission portal. Delhi is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar and Rajasthan, the data showed. The least number of applicants are from Karnataka, followed by Chandigarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, according to the figures shared by the varsity. Around 1,38,450 applicants are from Delhi, 76,042 from UP, 45,542 from Haryana, 16,838 from Bihar and 11,625 from Rajasthan for over 56,000 Delhi University seats, the portal showed. Only 364 applicants are from Karnataka, 557 from Chandigarh, 698 from Arunachal Pradesh, 784 from Gujarat and 801 from Tamil Nadu, the data stated. The varsity threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate 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
Special drive to be launched to crackdown on drugs: Hry DGP
Haryana Director General of Police B S Sandhu today said a special drive would be launched to crackdown on narcotics in the state. At a programme organised by representatives of the Namdhari community against drug addiction at Jivan Nagar in Sirsa, he said stern action will be taken against those involved in such illegal activities. "They would not be spared at any cost. Even their property would be attached. Apart from this, registration of vehicles being used in smuggling of narcotics and other illegal activities would be cancelled," Sandhu said. Calling upon the people to extend their full support in the fight against drugs, the DGP said that some youths are falling prey to intoxicants. "The youth should maximally increase their participation in education, sports and other competitions rather remain in the grip of drug addiction," he said. Asserting that an educated society could provide the right direction to the youth, Sandhu urged them to avoid bad association and pay more ...
CHSE Odisha +2 results declared
The results of the annual Plus-II Arts, Commerce and Vocational examinations were declared today in which girls outshone boys. School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra announced the results of the examinations conducted by the Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE). While the overall pass percentage has been recorded at 68.79 in Arts stream, 74.91 students passed in the Commerce stream and 52.61 in the Vocational stream. The Science stream results were declared on May 19. Of the total 2,30,206 students in the Arts stream, 1,58,378 students have cleared the examination, of whom 63,759 are boys (60.88 per cent) and 94,619 are girls (75.39 per cent). Among the Arts students who have cleared the examination, 19,993 have secured first division, 26,076 students passed in the second division and 1,12,143 in the third division. While Puri has topped the district chart in the Arts stream with the highest pass percentage at 79.87, tribal dominated ...
Chhattisgarh school cook's son secures 90% in JEE
Despite being born into extreme poverty, a student from Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district came out with flying colours, scoring 90 percent in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Mains.Balmukund Paikra, the son of a government school cook who earns a mere Rs 40 per day, studied at a government-run free coaching centre- Sankalp Shikshan Sansthan."The teachers here are very good. I was able to learn a lot. My dream is now to become an engineer. I wish that everyone should become successful in life," Balmukund told ANI.His father too was appreciative of his efforts and said he was proud of the fact that he has raised a child throughout his formative years on a meagre wage.Meanwhile, Mukesh Verma, who is a teacher in the government-run coaching centre, said that the students are sincere when it comes to studies."The students are sincere and devote their time to studying. They know the value of every second they spend here," he said.Another student from the same coaching centre, Yuvraj Paikra, who .
Guv approves CPC report on varsity non-teaching staff
Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi has approved the report of the Common Pay Committee (CPC) 2017 for the non-teaching staff of seven universities in the state, an official release said today. The governor asked the university authorities to take up the matter with the Finance, Higher Education and departments concerned to disburse salaries and allowances of the non-teaching staff of the universities as per the recommendations of the CPC, it said. The seven universities are Gauhati University, Dibrugarh University, Assam Agricultural University, Bodoland University, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Cotton University and Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University, it said.
HC asks CB-CID to file counter-affidavit in college sex scandal case
The Madras High Court today directed the state CB-CID, probing the alleged sex scandal involving a woman assistant professor at a college in Virudhunagar district, to file its counter in two weeks. The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Juctice P T Asha passed the interim order and posted the plea to July 2 for further hearing. On May 11, the High Court had passed the interim order restraining the circulation of the contents of retired IAS officer Santhanam committee report on the issue. The court ordered the government to keep the report in a sealed cover till further orders. The issue related to the assistant professor Nirmala Devi allegedly asking the students of the college to extend sexual favours to the higher officials of the institution in return for marks and money. The order was passed on a plea by the Revolutionary Youth and Students Federation, claiming that if the Santhanam committee, appointed by Governor Banwarilal Purohit, was allowed to file its report ..
Delhi University appeals to teachers to end evaluation boycott
The Delhi University today appealed to its teachers to end their evaluation boycott in the larger interest of the career of students. Reacting to the development, the Delhi University Teachers' Association said in a statement that instead of reminding teachers of their duties, the DU administration should enter into a genuine dialogue and take concrete, visible steps and give assurance towards resolution of issues which can be resolved at the university level. The DUTA had begun the evaluation boycott from May 9. The Delhi University today said that a meeting was held with the deans of the various faculties of the university and with principals of the colleges to discuss the issues of boycott of the evaluation of the answer scripts of the examinations held during May-June 2018. A serious concern was expressed that if this boycott continues, it will cause "inordinate delay" in declaration of the results and may thus hamper the career of thousands of students pursuing various ...
Over 2.5 L students register for UG courses in DU this year
Over two-and-a-half-lakh students registered for undergraduate courses in Delhi University (DU) on its admission portal this year, an increase from the last year. The DU threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate courses (UG) on May 15. The registration for the UG programmes ended at 11.59 pm last night. The varsity has, for now, announced a total of five cut-offs with the notification for the first cut-off scheduled to be issued on June 19. Total male applicants were 1,44,248, female 1,34,297, and other applicants 29, he said. According to an official from the university, 2,78,544 aspirants made payments. Last year, around 2.20 lakh candidates had made payments, he added. The number of unreserved applicants stands at 1,75,719 and SC and ST applicants number 34,932 and 7,547 respectively.
HC fixes Rs 13 lakh interim fee for MBBS courses in deemed varsities
Noting that Rs 25-35 lakh fee per annum for medical courses was "prima facie far too high", the Madras High Court today directed deemed universities in Tamil Nadu to collect Rs 13 lakh for MBBS courses as an interim measure, pending University Grants Commission's (UGC) fee fixation committee's decision. A bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P T Asha gave the direction while disposing of a PIL by Jawaharlal Shanmugam, who submitted that these institutions were charging exorbitant tuition fees and gave details in a tabular column. "It appears to us that fees varying between Rs 25 lakh to Rs 35 lakh per annum is prima facie far too high and the fee committee constituted by UGC ought to make an in-depth study and recommend the fees to be collected by the institutions," the bench said in its order. It recorded an undertaking given by the UGC to constitute a committee by June 30 to fix the fee structure in these universities. Making it clear thatr there was a .
