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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.
MP: Students who scored 75% in Class 12 get money for laptops
The Madhya Pradesh government today began transferring money online to students, who scored 75 per cent and above in this year's Class 12 exams, for purchasing laptops. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the scheme today by transferring an amount of Rs 25,000 each to 22,035 students at a function here. Over 88,000 students, who achieved 75 per cent and above in the Class 12 exams organised by the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) in March-April this year, are eligible for this government scheme, a state public relations department official said. He added that the rest of the eligible students would also receive the amount soon. Addressing the function at Lal Parade Ground here, Chouhan said that students could use the money to buy laptops of their choice. "Students can purchase laptops of their own choice with the encouragement money of Rs 25,000 and can create a new world of knowledge," Chouhan told the gathering.
200 scholarships announced for poor students
SRM University in Andhra Pradesh has announced 200 scholarships for meritorious students from economically humble backgrounds.
Steps are being taken to redress students complaints: BSEB
Amid protests over glaring discrepancies in results for Intermediate examinations declared last week, the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) today sought to assure the students that steps were being taken to redress their complaints. "All candidates, who feel they have secured less marks than what they expected, can apply for scrutiny wherein any anomalies in evaluation would be detected and set right. They can apply online," BSEB chairman Anand Kishor told reporters here. He said there is a separate column wherein a candidate can state whether he or she has cleared the JEE or NEET. Scrutiny claims of those who have passed these tests would be decided on a priority basis. Kishor was replying to a volley of questions by journalists in presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and some other members of the state cabinet. The chief minister had asked Kishor to respond to reporters queries about glaring discrepancies that have come to light in the results wherein some ...
SC refuses to interfere with CLAT-2018 counselling
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the first round of CLAT-2018 counselling for admissions to 19 national law universities and colleges, and asked the grievance redressal committee (GRC) to go through the complaints of time lost due to technical glitches by Friday.
No 're-test' of CLAT 2018, won't disturb admission process: SC
The Supreme Court today refused to order a "re-test" of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 or stop the counselling process for admissions in 19 national prestigious law colleges across the country over complaints of technical glitches during the May 13 exam. A vacation bench of justices U U Lalit and Deepak Gupta gave time till June 15 to the Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC), set up by the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) at Kochi to look into the complaints, to apply the normalisation formula to compensate for the time lost by the students during the exam. The committee has suggested that students, who suffered time loss due to technical glitches, can be awarded compensatory marks after taking note of data of total correct and incorrect answers given by them during the online test. Around 54,450 candidates had undertaken CLAT 2018 at 258 centres for admissions in 19 national law colleges. NUALS, which conducted CLAT with the aid of private firm M/s Sify
IIT Madras sees rise in placements
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has seen an increase in placement of postgraduate students and research scholars during 2017-18 academic year compared to previous years. As the placement session concluded for the academic year, around 36 per cent of Ph.d research scholars were placed in various companies, an increase from previous years-2016-17 (23 per cent) and 2015-16(17 per cent). Similarly, 71 per cent of total postgraduate students who registered for the session were placed this year, an increase from previous years 2015-16 (59 per cent) and 2016-17(63). Training and Placement Advisor at the institute Prof Manu Santhanam, said, "This year saw a large number of post-graduate students getting placed (including MS and PhD research scholars)." A total of 832 students in all courses (undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.d) were placed, which accounts for about 70 per cent of the total number of students who registered for placements, according to a ...
Extend lateral entry to education institutions too: Union Minister
Notwithstanding the opposition's criticism, Union minister Satyapal Singh today pitched for extension of lateral entry scheme in various ministries at the rank of Joint Secretaries to government-run educational institutions and said the issue should not be politicised. The Minister for State for Human Resource Development said the scheme would improve the efficiency of institutions. "The ongoing thinking of lateral entry in various ministries at the rank of Joint Secretaries should be extended to even educational institutions as it would amount to acceleration of quality and speed including transparency in quicker dispensation of public policies and that the matter ought not to be politicized by vested interests," Singh said. He was speaking after inaugurating the 7th National Summit on Institutionalizing Academia-Industry Interface under aegis of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The government has opened up senior-level bureaucratic posts in several departments to people, even ..
Near 90% of DU UG applicants from CBSE
Almost 90 per cent of those who applied for the undergraduate courses in the Delhi University (DU) this year come from the CBSE, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Haryana boards, according to official data released on Monday.
Release Rs 143 Cr for paying salaries of SSA teachers: Mehbooba
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today ordered immediate release of Rs 143 crores for paying the pending salaries of teachers working under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme in the state. Mehbooba issued the direction at a meeting here which was attended by Minister for School Education Choudhary Zulfkar and Minister for Finance Syed Altaf Bukhari among others, an official spokesman said. The SSA teachers have held several protests over the past couple of months demanding release of salaries which has not been paid for several months now. The Chief Minister also directed constitution of a high level committee headed by Chief Secretary B B Vyas to look into other issues of the SSA teachers and suggest remedial measures to address all concerns in a time bound and comprehensive manner. The members of the committee include Administrative Secretaries of Finance, Planning and Education Departments while as Director SSA would be the member secretary of the committee. Mehbooba
Bihar Board results: BSEB denies discrepancies
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Monday quashed allegations made by students of discrepancies in the marks rewarded.Bihar Board Chairman, Anand Kishore, spoke about the confusion that arose as students, who filled up forms in both 2017 and 2018, were allotted marks from best of 2.He assured that not a single such case will come out wherein students were given more than the maximum marks."List of students was made. I can assure you there's not a single such case. Confusion arose as those, who filled up form in both 2017 and 2018 were allotted marks from the 'best of 2'. 50-50 marks for theory and practical," Kishore said at a press conference here.Kishore stated that students, who still feel that there is discrepancy in the marks allotted, can apply online for correction."If a student still feels there is discrepancy in the marks allotted, they can apply for it online from May 11-19," he said.Last week, students were lathi-charged while protesting against the alleged ...
UK launches PhD fellowships in honour of Stephen Hawking
The UK government said today it will honour Stephen Hawking by awarding 10 research fellowships to exceptional PhD students excelling in the fields of maths, physics and computer sciences, terming it a "fitting tribute" to the legendary theoretical physicist who died on March 14. UK Research and Innovation will award up to 10 'Stephen Hawking fellowships' a year for the next five years. The fellowships will be awarded to PhD students excelling in the fields of maths, physics and computer sciences, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said. "I am delighted to announce that, following discussions with the Hawking family, we are creating the Hawking Fellowships in his memory. The Fellowships will allow exceptional graduate students in maths, physics and computer science in institutions across the UK to take their work even further. "I can think of no more fitting tribute to this great man than to support the next generation to push the boundaries of knowledge of ...
Discrimination between public and private academic institutions will gradually come to an end: Minister
Discrimination between public and private academic institutions would gradually come to an end as the matter was under serious consideration at the level of the Prime Minister and the President, Union Minister of State for HRD Satya Pal Singh said here today. Inaugurating the Seventh National Summit on 'Institutionalising Academia-Industry Interface' under the aegis of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he said that the government was taking various "satisfying" steps to improve the curriculum of education institutions to meet the industry requirements. On the issue of discrimination between public and private academic institutions on various fronts, the minister hoped that something positive would emerge in times to come. "I can tell you today that discrimination between public and private academic institutions will gradually come to an end since the matter is under serious consideration at the highest level. I have raised the issue with the President as well as the Prime ...
Kannauj accident: Rs.2lakhs ex-gratia announced for kin of deceased
Hours after a bus ran over nine students here on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakhs each for the kin of the deceased.Furthermore, ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000 each would be sanctioned for those injured in the mishap.Earlier in the day, six students were killed after being run over by a bus here.Meanwhile, three students were admitted to a nearby hospital in critical condition.Further details are awaited.
UP: Six students killed after being run over by bus
As many as six students were killed after being run over by a bus on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway near Kannauj here on Monday.Among the nine students who were run over, six died on the spot, while the other three were admitted to a hospital in the vicinity in critical condition.Further details are awaited.
Lightening strikes Nepal school; 2 children killed
Two children were killed and five others injured today when lightening struck their school in Nepal's western Surkhet district, police said. The deceased, aged seven, studied in class II. The incident took place at a primary school in Chingad rural municipality, about 600 km from Kathmandu, Surkhet district police chief Uma Prasad Chaturvedi said. They were attending their classes when the lightening struck. Five students studying in class I were also injured in the incident, police added.