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Govt schools in Delhi have the lowest pass percentage: CBSE
Government schools in Delhi have the lowest pass percentage among all categories of schools affiliated to the CBSE, even as Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia lauded the state-run institutes for an improved performance in the board's Class 10 exam from that in pre-boards. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)declared the Class 10 board exam results today. The overall pass percentage was 86.70, it said. Delhi recorded a pass percentage of 78.62 with girls stealing a march over boys. The pass percentage of girls is 79.15 as opposed to boys who have a pass percentage of 78.12. Government schools had the lowest pass percentage at 69.32. Private schools in the Delhi region had a pass percentage of 89.45 while government-aided institutions had a pass percentage of 69.96. "Many congratulations to all students who have passed the Class 10 CBSE Board exams. It was a tough year for all students as Board exams were happening for the first time after 10 years. "Would specially like to
Over 2 lakh MP contractual teachers to be made permanent
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to regularise jobs of over 2 lakh temporary teachers, thus making them eligible for the Seventh Pay Commission's benefits.The decision comes just six months ahead of assembly polls in the state.Announcing this decision, he also launched a scathing attack on previous Congress governments for meting out injustice to them."Today is a historic day. The education system of Madhya Pradesh got ruined during Congress' Digvijay Singh government. It was injustice not only with the teachers, but students too," said Chouhan at an event."How will a teacher make the future of any child if their future is uncertain? This is the biggest sin committed by the Digvijay government. He hired them at a nominal wage as low as Rs 500; I am glad that we put a stop to this injustice," he added.Stating that the teachers will now be considered as state government employees, he said, "They will get financial benefits and various
Huge potential lies in fashion industry: Irani
Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani today urged the fashion technology students to hone their skills to become more competent as there is huge potential in the fashion industry. Irani said, So today we have a whole generation of new designers...with a grand future. But what are the key ingredients in your success, what is the one thing that will differentiate you from others, that is absolute and absolute competence. Hone that skill as competence is very rare. The minister said that time has come to stand out as different from others. "The value of fashion industry is huge in today's world. In 2016 it was Rs 20,000 crore and that of the individual economic growth of Indian designers was Rs 1,000 crore," Irani said while addressing the convocation of the National Institute of Fashion Technology. Praising the performance of the students of NIFT in this field, the minister said that the efficiency of this institution can be imagined by the fact that 80 per cent of designers in India ...
CBSE class 10 results of Delhi schools worst in last 10 yrs: Maken
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken today claimed that the CBSE class 10 results of Delhi schools was the "worst" in past one decade despite "tall claims" of education reforms by the AAP government. "With only 78.62 percent students passing the exam in Delhi, the result is the worst in the last 10 years. While the national pass percentage stands at 86.70, Delhi's performance falls below it by 8.08 per cent," he said. The results declared today "puncture" the AAP government's "tall claims" that it has substantially improved the standard of education in Delhi government schools, Maken said. He alleged that performance of Delhi students in CBSE class 10 and class 12 exams are "falling steadily" since the Aam Aadmi Party came to power. "The AAP government in Delhi is not only shunning its responsibility to provide quality education to children, but also deliberately misleading people through a false narrative," the Delhi Congress chief alleged. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, however, .
Form panel to curb defacement of property during DU elections: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed to constitute a permanent committee at University and College level to implement the guidelines to curb the problem of defacement of public property during Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Elections.Last year in November, the high court had ordered the Aga Khan Trust to help with the beautification of defaced Metro property that was damaged during the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election campaign in September.The high court also directed the state government to ensure that a 'proper awareness campaign' on the lines of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is created to ensure that people are made aware of the penalties for defacing Delhi Metro property."Delhi is suffering because of defacement", the high court added.The high court again said, "Defacement of property is a violence against the city and also amounts to serving a jail term of ten years"."It's unfortunate you people are taking it as a joke," the high court said to all law ...
HC approves norms framed to prevent property defacement during polls in DU
The Delhi High Court today approved the guidelines framed to prevent defacement of property during polls in Delhi University (DU) and directed all public bodies and authorities to take stringent action, including prosecution, for such activity. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, however, did not approve one of the guidelines which provided for cancellation of a candidate's nomination if his or her name or photographs are publicised by pasting posters and spraying paint on walls and public property. The bench said this guideline had potential for misuse by opponents of a candidate. The approved norms include having walls of democracy in every college to put up posters and pamphlets, contesting students to give undertakings along with their nomination to not deface property during university and college elections, holding workshops to sensitise candidates about penal provisions for defacement and encouraging alternate modes of campaigning, like ...
Education should nurture freedom of thought, innovation: Prez
President Ram Nath Kovind today said the objective of education should be to nurture freedom of thought and innovation within the students, besides building capacities for a professional career. Addressing the 49th convocation ceremony of the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) here, he said students should also be taught "to respect sentiments of others as well as work for the welfare of society." Praising girl students for bagging more medals and awards than boys, Kovind said it is "a good sign for the country" that women are moving forward in all spheres. "Higher education and innovation have a special place in preparing the country's youth in nation building. The objective of education should be to nurture freedom of thought and innovation within the student community, besides building capacities for a professional career and to teach them to respect the sentiments of others and to work for the welfare of the society," the president said. "We should prepare such students.
Xavier's to open research facility for other institutions' faculty
St. Xavier's College of Kolkata has decided to open up its central research facility for researchers and faculty of other institutions and start a faculty development programme for teachers of other colleges and universities, a top official said here on Tuesday.
Upset over poor score, student commits suicide
Upset over not securing good marks in Class 10 board exam conducted by the CBSE, a 17-year-old student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Kakrola here today, the police said. The deceased, Rohit Kumar Meena, was a student of M R Vivekananda Model School in Dwarka. He had secured 59 per cent marks in the exam. No suicide note has been found but it is suspected that he was upset after the results, they added. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead. The police were informed around 3.45 pm about the incident. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Class 10 board exam results today.
Bharti Foundation inks pact to support govt schools in NE
Bharti Foundation today said it has joined hands with the Meghalaya government to support 50 state-run schools. The Bharti Foundation also signed an MoU with the Assam government to support 45 government-run schools. "Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, announced the launch of Satya Bharti Quality Support Programme to support 50 government schools in East and West Jaintia Hills, reaching out to 6,500 children and 136 teachers," the organisation said in a statement. As part of the MoU, Bharti Foundation will partner with the Education Department to strengthen initiatives in holistic improvement of school quality through joint discussions with the school leaders and officials, it said. Speaking on the partnership, Bharti Foundation Chief Executive Officer Vijay Chadda said, "Satya Bharti Quality Support Programme works on the performance of government schools and enhances the overall schooling experience for children. It is being implemented for
Education minister finds poor quality food served to students
Punjab Education minister O P Soni today made a surprise visit to a government senior secondary residential school for meritorious students here and found the quality of food being served to students not up to the mark. Soni chided the school kitchen in-charge for preparing "poor" quality food for students. The minister ordered the DEO and school principal to constitute a committee of students who shall report directly to him about the quality and quantity of food. Soni passed instructions to the concerned officials to terminate the contract of the caterer without any warning if the committee reported any deficiency in food. Upon complaint by students, the minister ordered the change of dinner time to 8 pm from 7 pm and ordered the warden to ensure that all the students were properly fed.
CBSE Class 10 topper Prakhar a Mozart; maths, science fav subjects
Music compositions of western classical masters Mozart and Beethoven acted as stress-buster for Prakhar Mittal, one of the four all-India CBSE class 10 toppers, who is also a trained pianist. Prakhar said that he kept away from social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as this effects concentration. A student of DPS Gurgaon, Prakhar scored 499 marks out of 500. It was in French that he missed the perfect score by one. His other subjects were English, Social Science, Mathematics and Science. The other three students who secured the pole position are Rimzhim Agarwal of RP Public School, Bijnor; Nandini Garg of Scottish International School, Shamli, and Sreelakshmi G of Bhavan's Vidyalaya, Kochi. Prakhar's father, who works with a finance firm in Gurgaon, said that his son always studied according to a plan. "He has always been a good student and we expected a good result from him. But it was not expected that he would top the entire country. He would prepare a plan and decide
St Xavier's college to introduce mobile app for attendance
A mobile application for attendance monitoring of students was being introduced by the St Xavier's College from the next academic session. The app will also facilitate sharing study contents. The application will help in recording attendance of students by teachers through tabs provided by college and the authorities were aiming to fully introduce it in the next academic session, college Principal Dominic Savio told a press meet here. He said the mobile apps will also help in sending notifications to students in a particular room or multiple rooms and the process was already underway to give tabs to the teachers. "The mobile app will facilitate sharing class notes, contents, diagrams among the teachers/authorities with students," he said. The Principal added this was aimed for increased interaction between teachers and students with the use of modern technology and not for monitoring the students' move. Among the other measures, the Principal said, the college will have .
No lugging books to school,no homework for Class I&II pupils: Court
Children are neither weightlifters nor school bags loaded containers, the Madras High Court said today, as it asked the Centre to instruct state governments to reduce weight of satchels of school children and do away with homework for classes I and II. In its interim order, the court also said use of National Council for Educational Research and Training books be made mandatory. The state governments were asked to ensure that weight of the satchels shall not be more than 10 per cent of the weight of the child. It observed that children are neither weightlifters nor school bags loaded containers. Justice N Kirubakaran, while referring to the government orders (GOs) issued by governments of Telangana and Maharashtra, directed the Centre to direct the state governments and governments of Union Territories to formulate a "Children School Bag Policy" reducing the weight of the satchels in line with the guidelines issued by either state. Besides, the court directed the Central Board of .
Let JNU committee take call on Johri's suspension: HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) will take a decision on the suspension of Professor Atul Kumar Johri, accused of sexually harassing women students, after examining the material on record.
CBSE Class 10 topper Prakhar a Mozart, Beethoven fan
Music compositions of western classical masters Mozart and Beethoven acted as stress-buster for Prakhar Mittal, one of the four all-India CBSE class 10 toppers, who is also a trained pianist. A student of DPS Gurgaon, Prakhar scored 499 marks out of 500. In was in French that he missed the perfect score by one. His other subjects were English, Social Science, Mathematics and Science. The other three students who secured the pole position are Rimzhim Agarwal of RP Public School, Bijnor; Nandini Garg of Scottish International School, Shamli, and Sreelakshmi G of Bhavan's Vidyalaya, Kochi. Prakhar's father, who works with a finance firm in Gurgaon, said that his son always studied according to a plan. "He has always been a good student and we expected a good result from him. But it was not expected that he would top the entire country. He would prepare a plan and decide that he would cover this much syllabus," he told PTI. Prakhar's mother is a homemaker. The teenager said, "Of course, ..
My daughter didn't want to be treated as a special category child, says father of differently-abled CBSE topper
A genetic disorder could not deter Anushka Panda from passing the Class 10 CBSE Board exam with flying colours. She topped the board exam in the differently-abled category, with a score of 97.8 per cent. She scored 99 in Mathematics and Hindi, 98 in Science and Social Science and 95 in English. Anushka, a student of Suncity School Gurgaon, is also a trained classical singer. A fan of singers Mohd Rafi and Kishore Kumar, Panda aspires to become a software engineer. "She suffers from muscular spinal atrophy and is wheelchair bound. She could not study for long hours and had to lie down after studying for an hour but she remained determined. She has to wear a spinal brace which makes it difficult for her to sit for long hours," her father, Anup Panda, told PTI. Despite all this, Anushka never wanted to be treated as special or differently-abled, her father said. She had a special bench provided to her by the school, he said. "She never wanted to use the extra time that was provided to ...
JNU prof cannot take charge as hostel warden, directs Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) professor Atul Kumar Johri, accused of sexually harassing women students, not to take charge as warden of any girls hostel.The high court also asked the fact-finding committee, formed to probe the matter, to decide on his suspension.The next hearing on the matter will be held on August 17.The high court, on April 25, issued notices and sought a reply from the authorities, Delhi Police, and Johri on a plea filed by female students seeking Johri's suspension and a declaration that he should not be allowed to enter the university campus.In March, Delhi's Patiala House Court granted bail to Johri. He was released on bail hours after he was arrested by the police.At least nine women had filed FIRs against the professor from the School of Life Sciences, accusing him of sexual harassment.
Women school teachers in Odisha to wear handloom sarees
In a bid to promote use of handlooms products and support weavers, Odisha government has decided to make it mandatory for women school teachers to wear sarees made by state handloom cooperative, Boyanika, a state minister said today. "Women teachers of both high school and upper primary schools will now wear Boyanika sarees from this academic session," said Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Minister, Snehangini Chhuria. She said the colour of their uniform will not change, but the materials of the saree. The minister said this after a meeting attended by the ministers of Higher Education and School and Mass Education department. Replying a question, the minister said that the decision was taken keeping in view the interest of weavers and empower them by providing work round the year "Subsequently, the uniform of students will also be replaced with the same hand-woven textile materials. However, colour of the uniform will remain the same," Churia said. Asked about the ..
University of Hyderabad to mentor new varsity in AP
University of Hyderabad, also known as Hyderabad Central University, will mentor the Central University of Andhra Pradesh which is proposed to be set up in Jantharalu village of Anantpur district. "The Ministry of Human Resource Development has communicated the setting up of a Central University of Andhra Pradesh and has also decided that the University of Hyderabad will mentor the activities of the proposed university till the amendment to the Central Universities Act of 2009 is effected," a press release said here today. The role of mentor includes formation of society under the Societies Act to ensure the start of academic activities from this year, identify courses that can be introduced and estimation of cost for running the university for the first year among others, it said. The Andhra Pradesh government has identified a temporary campus for the university. Registrar of University of Hyderabad P Sardar Singh would liaise with the Andhra Pradesh government for the
