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4,000 Indian students apply for US visa
Around 4,000 Indian students appeared for interview on Wednesday to secure the American visa to pursue higher education in the United States.
10 Jindal varsity students bag Israeli scholarships
Jindal Global University (JGU) on Wednesday said 10 of its students have been selected for scholarships from the Israeli National Council for Higher Education for an international summer programme on conflict resolution.
Planning a student loan? 5 essentials to keep in mind (Comment)
For long, parents have been saving for the primary and secondary education of their children, as well as any higher studies. The past 10-15 years have seen a change with more students willing to take on the responsibility to fund their education, and this is where student loans play an important role.
Over 85 pc students pass Madhyamik examination
An estimated 85.49 per cent candidates of over 11, 02,726 students passed in the class X board examinations of West Bengal this year, the state Board of Secondary Education said today. The pass percentage had a slight dip of .16 per cent - 85.49 per cent this year from 85.65 per cent last year, it said. Altogether 8,99,564 candidates passed the examinations. Sanjibani Debnath of the Suniti Academy, Coochbehar ranked first getting 689 marks followed by Sirshendu Saha of the Satgachia High School, East Burdwan who got 688 marks, as part of the merit list and results announced by the WBBSE president Kalyanmoy Ganguly here. The third spot was jointly held by three students - Mayurakshi Saha, Nilabjo Das and Mrinmoy Mondal all having got 687 marks. Saha was from a school in Coochbehar and the other two from a school in Jalpaiguri respectively. 96.13 per cent students passed from East Midnapore, the highest among all districts, the Board said. Of the candidates having appeared .
Answer sheets gutted in fire at Hyderabad's Osmania University
Several bundles of answer sheets of a degree exam were gutted in a fire that broke out at a spot valuation centre at the Osmania University in Hyderabad on Tuesday.The fire tenders reached the spot to prevent the flames from spreading to other rooms where more answer sheets were stored.The answer sheets of BSc (Botany) exam were kept in four rooms for valuation at the centre behind men's hostels in the university campus.According to fire officers an electrical short circuit could be one of the main causes for the fire.University Vice-Chancellor S Ramachandram also visited the valuation centre and took stock of the situation.The university in a press release said that officials swung into action and made concerted efforts to avert a major fire.Meanwhile, Kumar Molugaram, Controller of Examinations, Osmania University wrote a letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (East Zone) asking him to 'investigate the matter'.
Pvt management institutes asked to give stress on placement
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee today asked private management institutes to reduce the number of branches if they failed to secure jobs for students. "Those who are not being able to ensure placement of students, think about it - if you can reduce the four-five branches to one or two. Think about the creation of jobs and employability factor," Chatterjee said. Speaking at a meet organised by the Association of Professional Academic Institutions, Chatterjee said the employers should have confidence in the private institutes. "You have to build confidence. Jobs are there but every employer will ponder over the issue of return of investment," he said. The minister said the state government would not meddle in the running of private engineering institutes but the government has certain roles to play to keep tab on their activities and step in accordingly. Chatterjee said the higher education department has taken steps to rope in experts to prepare students .
Guj: Three held in Saurashtra University fake mark sheet scam
Former dean of Rajkot-based Saurashtra University's homoeopathy department and two trustees of a city-based homoeopathy college affiliated to the varsity were today arrested in connection with an alleged fake mark sheet scam, police said. An inquiry panel set up by the varsity purportedly found that several students had secured admission directly in the second year of the BHMS course in three colleges affiliated to the Saurashtra University (SU) since 2012 on the basis of the "fake" mark-sheets. The accused Amitabh Joshi, a former dean, and Deepak Dangar and Janak Mehta, both trustees of Dangar Homoeopathy College, have been accused of issuing fake mark sheets of the first-year course by taking money from students so that they can secure admission directly in the second year of the four-and-half-year (BHMS) course, Additional DCP Harshad Mehta said. The trio were arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by SU officials, he said. "Joshi, Dangar, and Mehta were taking
Over 3 lakh students register for UG courses in DU
Over three lakh students have registered for undergraduate (UG) courses in Delhi University (DU) till today, an official said. The Delhi University threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate courses on May 15. The registration for UG programmes will end at 6 pm on June 7. 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, 3,42,611 aspirants registered on the portal. Out of these, 2,42,439 candidates registered for merit-based courses while the rest of the applications were for entrance-based courses. Total male applicants are 155705, female 133090 and other applicants 80, he said, adding that around 215867 of the applicants have made payments. He said the candidates who have submitted more than one application should retain only one correct successfully submitted application and cancel the rest. For postgraduate courses, ...
K-DISC launches major training programme in Blockchain tech
The Kerala State Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) today launched an ambitious programme for imparting training in Blockchain technology among students. The initiative is part of plans to position the state as the largest supplier of Blockchain technologists in the country, a official statement said here. K M Abraham, Chairman, K-DISC, who launched the Accelerated Blockchain Competency Development (ABCD) programme at a function here, said the initiative is aimed at ensuring that Kerala emerges as a national hub for talent in Blockchain and related technologies. "K-DISC has set an ambitious target of producing 25,000 Blockchain technologists in three years. It is expected that over 5,000 certified students can be trained in the first twelve months," he said. On the current challenge the state is facing, Abraham said that in order to survive, the state has to regain its ability to export and create manpower. Santhosh Kurup, CEO, ICT Academy, P V ...
Girl student dies, three injured as school bus overturns near Amritsar
A girl student of class three was killed and three others were injured when a bus of a private school overturned at Chattiwind locality on the outskirts of Amritsar today, the police said. The incident occurred when the students were being dropped back home after the school, SHO of Chattiwind police station Gurwinder Singh said. He said the bus overturned after the driver lost control over the vehicle. The injured children were admitted to SGPC run hospital The injured children had sustained fracture in their arms and legs, the SHO said.
3.38 lakh register for admission in DU so far
With just two days to go before Delhi University (DU) admission portal closes, more than three lakh students have registered for about 55,000 seats in undergraduate courses -- merit and entrance-based both.
Farmhand's daughter ends life after flunking NEET, pol parties
An academically "bright" daughter of a farmhand committed suicide in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district after failing to clear the NEET, police said today, with the tragedy setting off a political blame game. The tragic death of the medical aspirant prompted a call by DMK working president M K Stalin to chief ministers of southern states, barring Tamil Nadu, but including West Bengal, to oppose the NEET, as it "discriminated against non- Hindi speaking students" and put those from the economically weaker sections at "fundamental disadvantage". Prateebha, 19, ended her life by consuming poison at Senji town, after she could not crack the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) whose results were declared yesterday, the second such incident in the state since last year. Prateebha ingested poison soon after she came to know that she had flunked the test, conducted for admissions to medical and dental colleges in the
On World Environment Day, Tanda Medical College holds awareness rally
Over 600 students along with faculty members of the Tanda Medical College here participated in an awareness rally to celebrate the World Environment Day, observed annually around on the globe on June 5, an official said. Highlighting this year's theme 'beat plastic pollution', Bhanu Awasthi, Principal of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical College in Tanda said: This year India is taking a lead in organizing World Environment Day events. To spread awareness about the importance of the day among general public, around 600 MBBS and nursing students along with faculty members participated in a rally which was held in the college campus, Awasthi added. Participants were carrying banners, posters and bags to spread the message. Talking about the host of activities that the college organised, Awasthi said the focus was on information, education and communication activities. Students participated in poster and bag making competitions as well as campus cleaning activities. Different groups of ...
Centre to set up pre-school educational units: Swarup
Union School Education Secretary Anil Swarup today said the central government would set up pre-school educational units and the NCERT was preparing a curriculum for them. "There is a preparatory work to be done before a child enters into class one. We are studying how pre-school will work in the government domain. What approach needs to be taken," Swarup said here. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was coming out with a curriculum in this regard by this year, he told reporters on the sidelines of a session on pre-school policy organised by the ASSOCHAM. Swarup said the HRD ministry will come out with a guideline by June 30 relating to the Central government's financial assistance to the proposed pre-school units to be set up by the school education department. Asked about the role of pre-schools set up by private bodies, he said the "private sector is doing a great job and can give us ideas. Personally I believe that good work can be done in
BMGI begins its formal internship program in association with BITS Pilani
BMGI, a global management consulting firm, has proposed a new internship program, wherein they plan to hire up to six interns from BITS Pilani, one of the top 10 engineering schools in the country."We are looking forward to piloting this program with BITS Pilani, and developing it as a platform to provide appropriate guidance and training to future young leaders. BMGI has typically shied away from internship programs due to the short tenure of internships, not allowing a meaningful immersion. The BITS Pilani internship model involves industry exposure of over 5.5 months, providing reasonable immersion for students to learn the basics of consulting and take on some purposeful and impactful projects," said Naresh Raisinghani, CEO & Executive Director at BMGI.S Gurunarayanan, Dean - Practice School, Pilani, said, "We are happy that our students will have the opportunity to work with a renowned consulting firm such as BMGI, which is a Day Zero firm with several top management schools .
Don't give effect to bar on pvt schools from hiking fees to implement 7th CPC: HC to govt
The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government not to give effect to its decision barring several private unaided schools in the national capital from hiking fees with retrospective effect to implement the 7th Central Pay Commission's (CPC) recommendations. Justice Sunil Gaur said the interim increase in fees permitted last year by the Delhi government, to implement the 7th CPC, was "unreasonably withdrawn with retrospective effect" by the April 13, 2018 order of its Directorate of Education (DoE). The court said its interim order will be in place till the next date of hearing on July 31 of the plea moved by a private unaided schools association alleging that the Delhi government was delaying the implementation of the 7th CPC. The court noted that guidelines for implementation of 7th CPC recommendations in private unaided recognized schools issued by DoE in October last year as well as three orders of the department during the same period permitted hike in fees. The guidelines ..
Up to 80 per cent Chinese teenagers suffer from short sightedness
More than one-third of the Chinese population suffers from nearsightedness, with youth below 19 accounting for a large proportion, according to an official data. The number of people with myopia in China has reached 450 million, which accounts for one third to half of the population, the Global Times reported citing data released by the China's National Health Commission. Up to 80 per cent Chinese teenagers suffer from short sightedness. The World Health Organisation has said that China has 600 million people with myopia and more than 70 per cent of students in the country's secondary schools are near-sighted. "Sixty to 80 per cent of young people between the ages of 13 and 19 are myopic, and the number is close to 90 per cent in colleges and universities," Long Qin, specialist at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, told state-run Global Times. China will mark 23rd national Sight Day tomorrow. Adolescent myopia has been the theme of the annual event since 2016. "The prevalence of ..
NEET 2018 topper's marks card a jaw dropper!
The topper of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 Kalpana Kumari's marks card is deemed to be a reflection of the perseverance she showed in emerging successful with flying colours.Kumari secured 691 marks out of 720, out of which she got 171 of 180 marks in Physics, 160 of 180 in Chemistry and 360 of 360 in Biology, thus securing 99.99 percent overall."I am really happy that I topped the entrance test for my dream career of becoming a doctor. I didn't face any problem in the examination process. For now, I want to take admission in a good medical college for MBBS," she told ANI.The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the 2018 Under-Graduate results of NEET on Monday, nearly two hours after the Supreme Court refused to stay the announcement of the results.Over 13 lakh candidates had appeared for the national medical entrance exam at 2,225 centres across the country on May 7.
Student stripping: college should take stern action, says
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee today said the college authorities should take stern action against the senior students who had allegedly stripped a first year student and filmed him naked inside a room in the college. If the St Paul's Cathedral College authorities failed to take action against the three accused students as per law, "We will take action against the college authorities," Chatterjee told reporters here. The video clip of the May 17 incident, which went viral on social media, showed the student pleading for mercy at St Paul's Cathedral College even as he was forced to remove his clothes in front of a group of people. A college spokesman said, a seven-member committee consisting of faculty members and non-teaching staff has been formed to probe the allegations of the first year student. The panel was asked to submit its report in a week. The student told reporters at the college campus today that he has lodged an FIR against four persons - ...
Will work on changing content of education: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his government will work on changing the content of education after improving the educational system.