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Body of college student found hanging in hostel room
A 21-year-old MBA student today allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room, reportedly over love failure, police said. The student's body was found hanging from the ceiling fan, they said. The incident came to light after the student's classmates found his room locked from the inside and there was no response from him. College authorities with the help of police broke open the door and found him dead. He had also slashed his wrist, they said. Inquiry revealed that love failure was the reason for his taking the extreme step, the police said. The college is located on the city outskirts.
Schools, barring those in Nipah-hit districts, re-open in Ker
All Kerala schools, except those in the districts from where 16 Nipah deaths have been reported, re-opened today after a two-month-long summer vacation. Owing to the Nipah virus scare, schools in the northern districts of Kozhikode and Malappuram would re-open only on June 5. Schools and classrooms were decorated with colourful banners, ribbons and balloons as teachers welcomed children with paper crowns, sweets and flowers as part of the 'Enrolment Festival' held in various schools to welcome the children, reports received here said. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was the chief guest at a school in nearby Nedumangad. In his advice, he told the students not to become book worms and instead play and grow up to be citizens with social commitment. Education minister C Ravindranath rendered a song to welcome the children at the school. The enrolment of children in first standard this year was estimated to be nearly two lakh, he said. The state government would distribute ...
'UGC, AICTE merger may not come about till 2019'
The proposed merger of the two apex bodies for higher education - the UGC and the AICTE - may not come about before 2019 as it has been shelved till the Narendra Modi government gets a majority in the upper house of Parliament, an informed source has said.
HC rejects Khurshid plea against expulsion from DPS Society
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed Congress leader Salman Khurshid's plea challenging his expulsion from the membership of Delhi Public School (DPS) Society in 2015.
IIT Kharagpur's agreements with Australian univs for jt study
IIT Kharagpur has signed agreements with the universities of Melbourne and Newcastle in Australia for joint study programmes. From the semester beginning in July full time Dual Doctoral Programme (DDP) will be rolled out in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, an IIT KGP statement said here today. The MoU with the University of Newcastle is focussed on joint academic and research programmes, joint supervision of doctoral and masters students and other exchange and knowledge sharing initiatives. The institute already has collaborations with two Australian universities - Wollongong and Curtin, for Dual Doctoral Degree Programmes. Commenting on the new collaborations, IIT KGP Dean of International Relations Baidurya Bhattacharya said, "We are delighted that the University of Melbourne, the top ranked Australian university, will now be our partner in grooming a very select group of doctoral students from our two countries. "In the coming semesters IIT Kharagpur ...
PM Modi visits NTU, interacts with students
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasised on the need of innovation in every sphere of life as he visited Singapore's prestigious Nanyang Technological University and interacted with students there. During his visit to the university, six agreements were signed to strengthen academic and industry partnerships between NTU and leading Indian universities and institutions. Modi was accompanied by Singapore's Education Minister Ong Ye Kung. He also visited an exhibition being held at NTU and interacted with a social robot. Modi arrived here yesterday on a three-day visit. He also participated in a dialogue titled 'Transforming Asia through Innovation' with NTU President Professor Subra Suresh. He also interacted with students there. "In our knowledge-based economy, Singapore and India rely on the free flow of talent and ideas into their countries and through their universities," said Professor Suresh. A gift of 4 million Singapore dollar by Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman of Axilor ...
Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting
President Donald Trump spent over an hour yesterday offering private condolences to some of the families affected by this month's deadly Texas school shooting, the latest spasm of mass violence in a year marred by assaults on the nation's schools. While in Texas, Trump's newly formed school safety commission met outside Washington, part of the president's chosen solution to combat the rising tide of bloodshed after his brief flirtation with tougher gun laws went nowhere. A White House spokesman said Trump was "moved" by the May 18 shooting at Santa Fe High School, which left eight students and two substitute teachers dead. A student faces capital murder charges in the attack. "These events are very tragic, whenever they happen. And you know, the president wants to extend his condolences and talk about the issue of school safety," spokesman Raj Shah told Fox News Channel. Trump, who at times has awkwardly embraced his role as the national comforter-in-chief, did not publicly share what
3 friends from Jaipur secure top ranks in CLAT exam
Three friends in Jaipur have secured the top three positions in the Common All India Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018, the results of which were announced today. Aman Garg secured the first position with 159 score, whereas his friends Devansh Kaushik and Anmol Gupta came second and third respectively with 157.5 score each. All three prepared for the exam at the same institute. "We prepared at the same coaching institute and used to exchange notes and study together. We all are aiming to join NLU, Bangalore now," Devansh Kaushik told PTI, referring to the National Law School of India University. They credited their parents and teachers for their success. "Devansh and I scored 157.5 marks, but he score more in legal section and stood second in the examination. We hope to study together at NLU, Bangalore," Gupta said. The results were declared a day after the Supreme Court cleared the decks for their declaration for admissions in 19 prestigious national law colleges across the country. The
Tripura to move SC for extension to over 10,000 teachers
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance government in Tripura would soon submit a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court to extend the services of 10,323 government teachers for two more years, a minister said here on Thursday after a cabinet meeting.
ITI pass-outs to be treated at par with 10 plus two in Bihar
Students passing out of Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in Bihar will henceforth be treated as at par with those having cleared their plus two exams, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said today. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state labour department here, which was attended among others by labour minister Vijay Kumar Sinha and the department's Principal Secretary Deepak Kumar Singh, among others. "Those who get enrolled at ITIs, often are unable to pursue further education. The state government would, therefore, treat certificates issued to them as being at par with 10 plus two", Sushil was quoted as saying in a release. Speaking about the state government's skill development measures, the Deputy CM said a number of ITI students were being provided training through computers and webcasting. "Besides, a number of our ITI students are being trained by reputed companies as part of agreements reached with private companies. Training is being imparted ..
Meghalaya CM asks teachers not to join any agitation
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today appealed to the deficit school teachers in the state not to take up any agitation and assured them that the government would soon implement new revised pay for teachers. He said the state government is waiting for the Education department to submit a report on the financial implication for extending the new revised pay to nearly 7,000 deficit school teachers in the state. "I want to assure them (teachers) that we are serious about this and we are going to take this up and they should continue with their work." Speaking to reporters at the sidelines of a function held in the city here, the chief minister said that may be it is his "fault" that he had assured them (deficit teachers) earlier that the government would be able to do it (new revised pay) within 10 days. It is just a technical delay in term of the Education department making sure that the calculations are in place. "Now, the Cabinet is waiting for a report from the
Education should not be used as tool for exploitation: Javadekar
Education should be used for the benefit of humanity and not as a tool of exploitation, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said here today. The minister stressed that education is an indispensable instrument for social change and national development and should be designed to empower the minds of students to generate new ideas. Delivering his address at the 44th annual convocation of Guru Nanak Dev University here, the minister said that investment in education is largely aimed at bringing economic prosperity for the nation and its people. "The design of education should be such that students are able to develop life skills and professional skills which empower their minds to generate new ideas and take decisions that are good for them and for the nation at large," he said. Talking about his Ministry of Human Resource Development, he said that 20 schemes are running at present to cater to the needs of a diverse range of learner at various levels. Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya ...
CBSE to hold Central Teacher Eligibility Test in September
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would conduct the 11th edition of Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on September 16 across 92 cities in the country. The online application process would start from June 22, a statement from the CBSE said. The details of the examination, syllabus, eligibility criteria, examination fee, examination cities and important dates would be available on CTET's official website from June 12. The last date for submitting online application was July 19, it added.
Three IT giants innovate to save Kashmir education
Three IT majors - Microsoft, Tech Avant-Garde and Efee Online - have come together to help Kashmiri students to make up for their academic losses due to frequent shutdowns and curfews in the insurgency-ravaged state.
3 boys drown in pond
: Three boys drowned in a pond in this district today, police said. The boys, aged between 12 and 14 and students of a government school in Punjai Puliampatti, had gone to the pond in Nallur near Sathyamangalam to take bath and accidentally drowned, police said. Some villagers standing on the bank of the pond noticed the boys drowning and informed the Sathyamangalam Fire and Rescue Services personnel and the local police. Swimmers of the Fire and Rescue Services department rushed to spot and recovered the bodies, police said.
MP medical varsity allows 'Hinglish' in written, oral exams
The Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University (MPMSU) has allowed use of 'Hinglish' (a mix of Hindi and English) in all written and oral examinations. "Following a detailed discussion, the board of studies has decided that the students of all colleges will have the option to answer questions in their examinations in English, Hinglish (a mixture of Hindi and English) and Hindi," a circular issued by the varsity on May 26 said. "The decision is being hailed by students and other concerned people as it is bound to help medical students, especially those hailing from rural areas," university Vice Chancellor Dr R S Sharma told PTI today. Giving an example, he said a student can now write 'hart ka daura' instead of 'heart attack' in the examination. The university took the decision to allow 'Hinglish' besides Hindi and English as many students, especially those from rural areas, are not at ease in writing in English even when they know the correct answer, he said. These ...
IISc makes it to top 100 in Times Higher Education ranking
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has made it to the top 100 universities in the Times Higher Education's World Reputation Rankings 2018, becoming the only Indian institution to make it to the prestigious list this year. The IISc has been ranked in the 91-100 band of the annual list topped by American universities Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford, with the UK's Cambridge and Oxford completing the top five. "India features in the table for the first time since 2011, with its flagship institution, the Indian Institute of Science, making the 91-100 banding," said Phil Baty, editorial director of the rankings, which are compiled from a globally representative survey of 10,000 senior academics on the most renowned educational institutions in the world. Founded in 1909, the IISc had started with just two departments - General and Applied Chemistry and Electrical Technology - but today has over 40 departments spread across six divisions: ...
Magma to offer scholarship to 100 meritorious students
City-based NBFC, Magma Fincorp Ltd today announced a scholarship programme for 100 meritorious students from underprivileged families for higher studies. Keeping alive the motto of 'investing in the smallest dreams', Magma started offering financial assistance in the form of scholarship to meritorious students from 2015 under "M-Scholar" for graduate studies, Magma vice president, CSR, Kaushik Sinha said. A student will get between Rs 20,000 and Rs 50,000 per academic year in general stream, engineering or medical under the scholarship. To be eligible for scholarship, a student has to secure 80 per cent marks in class 12 examination and the family income should be less than Rs 10,000 per month. The student also should not be more than 20-years old. During the past three years, Magma had awarded scholarships to 200 students, he said.
All students fail in govt school in Palwal; Strict action against teachers ordered
All 51 students of a government school in Palwal failed in the Haryana Board Class 10 examination, prompting the education department to ask authorities to initiate strict action against the "erring" teachers. All 51 students of Deeghot Senior Secondary School in Palwal who took Class 10 examination conducted by Haryana Board has failed, Palwal District Education Officer (DEO) Suman Nain said here today. "My department has written to the deputy commissioner of Palwal to take strict action against the teachers as per rules," she said after the state government ordered a probe into the poor result of the school. On Wednesday, the villagers locked the school in protest over the issue of poor education system, said Jitender Tanwar, sarpanch (village head) of Deeghot village. Last month, the Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH) has released the Haryana Board Class 10th results. 51.15 per cent students have passed the Class 10 board exams. The girls outnumbered boys by securing ..
Hot classrooms lower kids' grades
Hot weather is likely to lower children's academic grades, say Harvard scientists who have found that higher temperatures make it harder for students to study in lessons in school and concentrate on their homework. The research found that every 0.55 degree increase above 21 degrees Celsius cost a child one per cent in their exam scores. Researcher from Harvard University in the US analysed 10 million children's test scores taken across 13 years. The study found that hotter weather made it harder to study in lessons in school and to concentrate on homework out of school. It suggests air conditioning should be used to keep classrooms cool, the researchers said. Colder days did not damage achievement, however the reduction in learning accelerated once temperatures rose above 32 degrees Celsius and even more so above 38 degrees Celsius. The data showed that students were more likely to have lower scores in years with higher temperatures and better results in cooler years, 'The Telegraph' .