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Bengal school headmaster suspended for leaking board question papers
The headmaster of a high school in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district has been suspended for "leaking the question papers" of the state-run Madhyamik (Secondary) examination earlier this year, authorities announced on Thursday.
UGC seeks suggestions on exam reforms
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday asked various stakeholders for their suggestions on examination reforms in the higher education domain.
Successes in QS Universities ranking result of 'relentless' work by Indian institutes: Javadekar
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that successes registered by Indian Institutions in QS World Best Universities Ranking 2019 was the result of relentless work in the premier institutions and various initiatives taken by his ministry. The positive performance recorded by India's most prominent institutions is symptomatic of a successful year for the country's higher education system. 24 universities feature from India, of which 7 improve their rank, 9 remain stable and 5 are newly-ranked, Javadekar said in a release. In the QS World Best Universities Ranking, nine Indian institutions have been individually ranked in the top-500 as against six last year, the release said. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, rises 20 places to 170th ; 17 of India's 24 ranked universities improved their rank for Academic Reputation', while 13 improved their rank for Employer Reputation', it added. It is very encouraging to note that the position of Indian institutions is improving in ..
HM suspended for opening sealed papers before board exam
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education today suspended the headmaster of a school in Jalpaiguri on charges of opening the sealed cover of two question papers of Secondary Examination before the start of the exams in March. Board president Kalyanmoy Ganguly told reporters here that Haridayal Roy, headmaster of Maynaguri Subhasnagar High School, has been suspended after an inquiry committee, formed by the WBBSE on March 23 found as true the charges against him. Roy had opened sealed question papers of Mathematics and English, one hour before the start of the examination. "While we are issuing suspension order against Haridayal Roy, disciplinary proceedings were being initiated against English teacher Biswajit Roy for videographing the strong room (where the questions were kept) breaking rules," Ganguly said. The School Inspector Biswanath Bhowmick would be showcaused by the education department for giving unverified statements to the media and in public on the ...
Over 50% science students fail in Jharkhand Class 12 exam
Students of the science stream have performed poorly in the Class 12 board examination in Jharkhand, according to the results published by Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on Thursday, with over 50 percent failing.
3.5 L students register for UG courses in DU till evening
Over three-and-a-half lakh students registered for undergraduate courses in Delhi University (DU) on its admission portal till evening on last day of the registration process. The DU threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate courses (UG) on May 15. The registration for UG programmes will end at 11.59 pm today. 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. According to an official from the university, 3,85,749 aspirants registered on the portal till 6.40 pm. Out of these, 2,80,350 candidates registered for merit-based courses while the rest of the applications were for entrance-based courses. Total male applicants are 1,80,092, female 15,197, and other applicants 101, he said, adding that as many as 2,70,515 of the applicants have made payments. Last year, around 2.20 lakh candidates had made payments, he added. For postgraduate courses, 1,66,407 students ...
Sonowal for including one member from Assam in Nat'l ST Commn
The Assam government would send a proposal to the Centre to include one member from the state in the National ST Commission, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said here today. "The state government would move a proposal to the Centre to include one retired Indian Administrative Service or State Civil Service officer from Assam as member in the National ST Commission and the system of forwarding recommendation by the Tribal Sangha for issue of caste certificate would continue as earlier," the chief minister said at a meeting with the ST organisations of the state here today. The state government has taken up the initiative to provide land patta to the tribal people with the committee for protection of land rights of indigenous people set up by the state government under the chairmanship of former chief election commissioner HS Brahma having already submitted its report and steps are being taken to implement the same, he said. Sonowal also assured to take adequate steps .
Four Indian institutes among top 20 BRICS universities
IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras are among the 20 top universities from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. China's Tsinghua University has topped the QS BRICS University Rankings 2018. There are as many as seven Chinese universities among the top ten. IIT Bombay ranks 9th in the list. IISc Bangalore ranks 10th while Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 17th. Indian Institute of Technology Madras is at the 18th position. The QS BRICS University Rankings 2018 feature 300 top universities from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This year 65 Indian universities are on the list. The BRICS ranking is compiled using eight different indicators, including the ratio of faculty to students, the proportion of academic staff with a PhD and the institution's reputation among academics and employers.
Haryana govt to introduce Sanskrit language in colleges
The Haryana government will introduce Sanskrit as an optional subject in various government colleges of the state, an official said. The Higher Education Department had stopped Sanskrit classes in these colleges because of very low attendance of students, a government spokesperson said. Now the classes would start even if only 10 students attend it, he said. The government has also decided to convert Government College for Girls, Mandi Hariya, into a co-education college from this academic session. It also renamed Government College for Girls, Bilaspur (Yamunanagar) and Government College for Girls, Chamu Kalan (Kurukshetra) as Government College, Bilaspur (Yamunanagar) and Government College, Chamu Kalan (Kurukshetra).
Students from Pak seek easing of visa restrictions
A group of South Asian University (SAU) students from Pakistan, who graduated today, proclaimed that the institution could act as a "harbinger" of peace between the two countries. They also called for easing the visa restrictions for increased flow of students on either side. In all, 176 students were conferred masters, M.Phil and Ph.D degrees in various programmes by the varsity during its convocation ceremony today. While a good number of students these days in Pakistan opt to move west for higher studies, a few realise the opportunities available next door, said one of the Pakistani students who did his masters in International Relations from SAU. "I have talked to several of my friends and relatives about the university and the quality of education imparted here. "I hope with ease of visa restrictions, there would be more number of students coming to India," the student told PTI on the sidelines of the convocation function, requesting anonymity. Sharing her thoughts, another ...
Bihar: Students protest alleging discrepancy in board results, lathi-charged
Hundreds of students who were protesting outside the Bihar School Examination Board's office, alleging disparity in the results, were lathi-charged by police on Thursday.The students who failed their exams alleged negligence in copy checking and discrepancy in the result and demanded to recheck of answer sheets or re conducting the exam."I don't know on what basis I have been given 2 marks in Chemistry. Even after scoring a total of 248 marks, it shows that I have failed. My college depends on this and the board is taking this matter so lightly. Instead of helping us, we are being lathi-charged by them," said Rahul Rai, student from Jagat Narayan School."I am confident that my exams went great. I qualified JEE- Mains and all other entrance examinations and scored a great rank but the Board has failed me even after scoring 307 marks. And when we are questioning the board, they are making us stand in the scorching heat and beating us with lathis," said Johnson Kumar, student.However, ...
College pay-off seems elusive for many U.S. young people
CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Scott Petracco graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's degree in biology eight years ago, he thought he would quickly get a job in a laboratory and pay off $30,000 in student loans.
Govt may soon approve setting up a separate board for ITIs
A separate board on the lines of the ICSE and CBSE is likely to be established to carry out assessment and certification of around 23 lakh students passing out from industrial training institutes (ITIs) across the country, official sources said. The move will enable the ITI graduates to pursue regular courses in other schools and colleges, as the certificates awarded to them will be equivalent to the ones given to Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) pass-outs. Top sources in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said a Cabinet note for setting up the board is ready after consultation with several departments of the government and may be placed before the Union Cabinet seeking its approval in a month's time. The board will also subsume Sector Skill Councils, industry-led bodies by NSDC which create Occupational Standards and Qualification bodies, develop competency framework, conduct train the trainer ...
Class 10 to NEET, student suicides expose flaws in result oriented education system
Unable to come to terms with the news that she had failed the CBSE Class 10 examinations, 16-year-old Khushboo slit her wrists and hung herself from the ceiling of her Delhi home last week, underscoring yet again the gravity of the student suicide crisis in the country. In this season of results and marks, Khushboo, a student of Delhi's School of Open Learning, is not the only one who opted out of the fiercely competitive arena of the Indian education system. Two others in Delhi itself, Rohit Kumar Meena, 17, and Pragya Pandey, 15, ended their lives too, allegedly because they were unhappy with their Class 10 marks. Earlier this week, more young lives were lost when at least four medical aspirants across India, two in Tamil Nadu, one in Delhi and one in Hyderabad, reportedly committed suicide after the NEET exam results were declared. Another young man hung himself in Delhi because he was not permitted to take the Union Public Service Commission preliminary examination as he was ...
Education may increase short-sightedness risk
Spending more years in full time education increases the risk of developing short-sightedness or myopia - a leading cause of visual impairment worldwide, a study has found. The findings, published in The BMJ journal, have important implications for educational practices, researchers said. Myopia, or short-sightedness, is a leading cause of visual impairment worldwide. Currently, 30-50 per cent of adults in the US and Europe are myopic, with levels of 80-90 per cent reported in school leavers in some East Asian countries. Based on existing trends, the number of people affected by myopia worldwide is expected to increase from 1.4 billion to 5 billion by 2050, affecting about half of the world's population. Almost 10 per cent of these people - around 9 million - will have high myopia, which carries a greater risk of blindness. Many studies have reported strong links between education and myopia, but it is not clear whether increasing exposure to education causes myopia, myopic children ..
Over 9mn Chinese students appear for university entrance exams
Over nine million students in China are appearing for the National Higher Education Entrance Examination that began on Thursday and will help determine their academic and professional future.
Bihar Minister rejects controversy on topper's attendance
Bihar's Education Minister, Krishnanand Verma on Thursday rejected the controversy emerging over the attendance of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 and Bihar Board topper, Kalpana Kumari."She (Kumari) has merit and proved it by being a NEET topper. She must be appreciated and there shouldn't be unnecessary controversy. All procedures were followed for her to take the exam," he told ANI.Questions are being raised on the Bihar State Education Board (BSEB) and her after the board declared the results of Class 12 examination 2018.As per media reports, Kalpana, who is a science stream student, was taking regular coaching from the Aakash Institute in Delhi and was a regular student there. This raosed questions about how she met the required 75 percent attendance criteria as a student of the Navodaya Vidyalaya in Tariyani in Bihar's Sheohar District.The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) however, asserted that there is no provision for minimum attendance in schools for .
Chinese university suspends Islamic culture class after complaints
A Chinese university suspended an Islamic culture class taught by a Pakistani student following criticism that it is spreading religious beliefs to students, a state-run media report said today. Nanjing Agricultural University in East China's Jiangsu Province denied that the course had spread religious beliefs to students, amid online criticism that the university failed to separate education from religion, state-run Global Times daily reported. The university said the course "Islamic culture," which was opened to undergraduates in the College of Engineering, was suspended half a year ago. "It was suspended after the school discovered in late 2017 that the course instructor, a Pakistani student who is seeking a PhD degree in our university, was unqualified to teach in Chinese universities," a university employee surnamed Huang told the paper. The university said in a separate online statement that it has begun investigating the incident, and will hold relevant people accountable. The .
Too much studying can leave you short-sighted
Turns out, education is linked to higher risk of short-sightedness.According to a study conducted at University of Bristol and Cardiff University, spending more years in full-time education is associated with a greater risk of developing short-sightedness (myopia).The researchers said their study provides 'strong evidence' that more time spent in education is a risk factor for myopia, and that the findings 'have important implications for educational practices.'Myopia, or short-sightedness, is a leading cause of visual impairment worldwide. Currently, 30-50 percent of adults in the United States and Europe are myopic, with levels of 80-90 percent reported in school leavers in some East Asian countries.Based on existing trends, the number of people affected by myopia worldwide is expected to increase from 1.4 billion to 5 billion by 2050, affecting about half of the world's population. Almost 10 percent of these people (around 9 million) will have high myopia, which carries a greater ..
Dell, Tata ClassEdge to digitally empower education
Global tech firm Dell announced a collaboration with Tata ClassEdge- a technology-based learning solutions provider, aimed at meeting the common objective of taking digital training to schools and equipping teachers with the requisite knowledge of implementing technology in classrooms.This collaboration expands the reach of Dell Aarambh through Tata ClassEdge network on educational institutions.Dell's Aarambh initiative addresses the key roadblock faced by parents and teachers who, while realising the importance of the personal computer (PC) in education, want to continuously stay abreast with latest developments in use of PC for better learning. The collaboration will enable Dell Aarambh initiative to scale up its reach to the Tata ClassEdge school community, while the Dell Aarambh schools will gain from Tata ClassEdge's suite of e-learning solutions.Tata ClassEdge's 'Principal Leadership Program' that aims to equip school principals with strategic thinking and leadership skills ...