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States can allocate leftover PG seats in medical courses: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday said the state governments across the country can allocate remaining seats in post graduate medical courses in private medical colleges on the basis of all-India NEET merit list.
CBSE to declare class 12 results on Saturday
Class 12 exam results of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be announced on Saturday, an official said.
CBSE class 12 results to be announced tomorrow
The results for CBSE Class 12 examinations would be announced tomorrow, a senior official said today. Over 11 lakh students had registered for the Class 12 examination, which was marred with controversy over the paper leak issue. CBSE Class 12 results for Academic Session 2017-18 to be declared on 26th of May, Education Secretary Anil Swarup tweeted. The Board had conducted a re-test of Class 12 economics paper on April 25, nearly a month after it was leaked triggering widespread outrage and confusion among students across the country. The CBSE had also postponed the examinations scheduled to be held on April 2 in Punjab at the request of the state government in view of 'Bharat Bandh' called by several Dalit organisations against the alleged "dilution" of the SCs/STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The examinations were held in March and April.
"Active shooter" taken into custody at Indiana middle school
Authorities have detained someone in what they described as an "active shooter" situation at a suburban Indianapolis middle school. The Noblesville Fire Department tweeted Friday morning that it was on an "active shooter" scene at Noblesville West Middle School and that a suspect was in custody. It didn't say whether anyone had been shot or provide any other details. TV helicopter footage shows students being led out of the school and onto buses. Noblesville is north of Indianapolis.
Vacant pvt medical college seats can be filled as per NEET merit list: SC
The Supreme Court today agreed to suggestions that the vacant post-graduate seats in private unaided medical colleges could be filled up as per the order of merit in the All-India National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) list. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Indu Malhotra said this while hearing a matter of Uttar Pradesh during which the Medical Council of India (MCI) said that almost 41.95 per cent of post-graduate medical seats for academic year 2018-2019 in private unaided medical colleges in the state have remained vacant. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand, who appeared for the Centre, suggested to the bench that "a similar dispensation can be followed in other states, if they so desire, while ensuring that the cut-off date of May 31, 2018 is strictly adhered to". "We agree with this suggestion," the bench said and disposed of the plea filed by the UP unaided medical colleges welfare association. The ASG and MCI's counsel assured the apex court that its ...
Modi apologises to students for paucity of water
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited Visva Bharati University today to participate in its convocation, apologized to the students for paucity of water during the programme. "When I was coming I saw some students gesturing to me that they have no drinking water. As the chancellor of the university I apologise to the students for this problem," Modi said at the beginning of his convocation address. Unruly scenes were witnessed inside the convocation venue 'Amra Kunja' just before the prime minister arrived there as students protested over paucity of water, an official said. The students alleged that some of them fell sick as there was inadequate arrangement for water and other facilities at the venue. The university authorities, however, said the protesters were outsiders and had nothing to do with Visva Bharati. "Some of the protesters were identified and asked to leave the venue. The problem has been taken care of," said an official of the university.
Goa Board results: Over 91% students pass SSC exam
Over 91 per cent students passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam conducted last month by the Goa education board, an official said. The results of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary School Education (GBSHSSE) were announced today. Talking to reporters, GBSHSSE chairman Ramakrishna Samant said 91.27 per cent students have cleared the SSC exam. "Of the total 19,596 candidates who appeared for the exam, 17,886 passed it," he said. As many as 78 schools (57 aided and 21 government-run schools) secured 100 per cent results, he said. According to Samant, the SSC exam was conducted between April 2 and 21 at 27 exam centres across the state.
Penguin to distribute University Press Group's books in Indian subcontinent
Penguin Random House India has announced that from June, it will be distributing books of the University Press Group in the Indian subcontinent. This arrangement will include books from the prestigious Princeton University Press, Columbia University Press, MIT Press and University of California Press. Some of the key titles available from these lists include "Game Theory" by Steven Tadelis, "Public Health Law" by Lawrence O. Gostin, "Industrial Organisation" by Oz Shy, "Film Studies - An Introduction" by Ed Sikov, "The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics" by Nicholas J. Higham and "Deep Learning" by Ian Goodfellow. "We are extremely pleased and honoured to be chosen by the University Press Group as their exclusive distributors for the Indian subcontinent," said Nandan Jha, Senior Vice President (Product and Sales) at Penguin Random House India. "The quartet of the University presses publish the finest and an extraordinary variety of books, and we look forward to making them ...
Ghaziabad district magistrate orders unrecognised schools to be shut
The Ghaziabad District Magistrate has ordered all unrecognised schools in the district to be closed.Around 10,000 students studying in the Ghaziabad district will now be enrolled in recognised government schools by June this year.The district magistrate said that at least 5,000 students have been enrolled in council seasons.The measure has been taken to prevent the students' session being wasted.The Primary Education Department has issued a number of unrecognised schools running in the district. The Ghaziabad district administration has appealed to the parents to check the list before enrolling their child in any school.As per media reports, the district magistrate had earlier issued a notice to close 209 unrecognized schools in the district. At least 231 non-recognized schools were identified in the 2017-18 session. Of these 44 schools were closed in 2017.Despite this, most unrecognised schools were running undetected and was playing with the careers of the children. In regards to ...
Student cannot appear for exams due to low attendance: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court today said it cannot allow a homoeopathy student to appear for her first year repeat examinations as she was held ineligible by the college due to poor attendance. Fakeha Badami, in her petition filed earlier this week, claimed that her attendance was poor because the Sai Homoeopathic Medical College, located in Bhiwandi in the neighbouring Thane district, did not allow her to attend lectures as she wears the hijab. The college's lawyer, Sahil Salvi, refuted the allegations and said Badami, a resident of suburban Bandra, was held ineligible as she had low attendance. "The college is willing to let her appear for the second repeat exams, scheduled to be held in December this year, provided she attends all the repeat lectures that will be conducted till November," Salvi told a vacation bench of justices S J Kathawalla and A S Gadkari today. The court accepted this statement and said, "We hope after she attends the repeat lectures and appears for the exams the ...
Modi underlines Centre's commitment towards education
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted the Central government's commitment towards revitalising the educational infrastructure and boost an innovative mindset among students.
Woman teacher arrested for sexually exploiting boy
A 34-year-old woman school teacher has been arrested on charges of sexually exploiting a 15-year-old boy who used to visit her for tuition in Chandigarh, police said today. The woman, a science teacher, had been allegedly sexually exploiting him for the past two months, police said. The boy, a Class 10 student, lives in the same area as the teacher. "She was arrested yesterday on charges of sexually assaulting and exploiting the boy. She has been arrested under relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO)," Sector 31 SHO Gurjit Kaur said. She was produced before the district court and sent to judicial custody. An NGO, which received a call about the matter, counselled the boy and he later disclosed that the teacher had been sexually assaulting him since March. The parents had approached the teacher stating that they wanted to stop the tuition classes as the boy's grades did not improve. They told the police that the teacher became abusive on ...
Lack of drinking water in Shantiniketan, Modi apologises
Following unruly scenes over lack of drinking water here at the Visva Bharati premises here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought apologies from its students during the 49th convocation which he attended as its Chancellor.
Modi, Hasina arrives at Viswa Bharati University in Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina arrived at Viswa Bharati University this morning to attend the convocation ceremony. The PM arrived in his chopper at Panagarh in Bardhaman West district around 10am and left for the convocation venue soon after. He was greeted with a bouquet of flowers by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on his arrival. Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi and senior leaders of West Bengal BJP unit were also present at the helipad to welcome the PM. Both Modi and Hasina signed the visitors' book at the university before taking to the dais at the convocation venue. Earlier in the day, the university witnessed unruly scenes as youths were seen protesting outside the convocation venue over paucity of water, an official said. The youths alleged that some students fell sick as there were inadequate arrangements for water and other facilities at the venue. The university authorities, however, said the protesters were outsiders .
25 bogus teachers booked in Mathura
Police have registered a case against 25 teachers for allegedly using fake education certificates to get employment. While an FIR was filed against 25 candidates for presenting bogus documents, show cause notices were issued to another nine erring candidates," Mukesh Agrawal, Principal at District Institute of Education and Training said. Their appointment of these teachers has also been cancelled, he said. He said that the police will now investigate the role of staff that had checked the certificates of the candidates. Agarwal did not rule out the involvement of staff of District Basic Shiksha Adhikari in the case.
Higher education institutions to award degrees for online courses
Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) can now offer certificate, diploma and degree programmes in full-fledged online mode, along with, as has been the norm, those offered in the regular mode, sunject to certain conditions, the government announced on Thursday.
Amarinder lashes out at Sukhbir for spreading 'lies' about SC students education
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today lashed out at SAD Chief Sukhbir Badal for allegedly spreading "malicious lies" over free college education for students from Scheduled Castes. Amarinder said contrary to the SAD president's claims and allegations, his government had already disbursed Rs. 152 crore, post audit of 1,683 government and private institutes. Sukhbir's "falsehoods" had once again exposed the total lack of concern the Akalis had for the Dalits, who were not only deprived of their rightful dues under their rule but were subjected to all kinds of "victimization and harassment" at their hands, the chief minister said in a statement here. Sukhbir's statement that the Congress government had not disbursed the Post Matric Scholarship to SC students for more than a year now was a "blatant lie", the CM alleged.
UGC approves regulations for online courses by universities
From this academic session, universities and higher educational institutions will be able to offer graduate, postgraduate and diploma programmes online, with the University Grants Commission (UGC) today approving regulations for such degrees. "In a landmark reform in the field of higher education, University Grants Commission has approved the UGC (Online Courses) Regulations. There was no such regulations earlier," Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted. "Today's decision will help top rated institutions to offer certificate, diploma & degree programmes in full-fledged online mode in only those disciplines in which it has already been offering the same or similar programmes or courses at graduation level in regular mode," he added. Under the UGC (Online Courses) Regulations, 2018, any higher education institution will be able to apply for permission to offer such online programmes if they have been in existence for at least five years and are accredited by the National ...
AMU urges HRD Ministry to roll back JNU's 'Islamic Terrorism' course
The Students' Union of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Thursday urged Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar to ask Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to roll back its proposed introduction of course on 'Islamic Terrorism'.President of the Students' Union, Maskoor Ahmad Usmani said in the letter that it is "disgusting and shocking" to see how JNU is giving "religious colour to terrorism.""It perhaps reflects their deep rooted agenda to malign a specific religion," he said.A course titled 'Islamic Terrorism' will only promote a disconcertingly convenient understanding. It will not urge the students to take a plunge into the inner folds of this complex phenomenon. It will push them into subscribing to a black-and-white understanding of an issue/theme that thrives on ambiguities and paradoxes," Usmani mentioned.He later urged Javadekar to "intervene in this serious issue and make sure that this course is rolled back by the university in the larger interest .
Government launches integrated school education scheme
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on Thursday launched an integrated scheme for school education from pre-school till Class 12 and promised to increase the budget for the entire school education next year by 20 per cent.