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'Teachers responsible for nation building'
The role of teachers is not only to build the character of students, but also nation building, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. He was here to address the inaugural function of an annual teachers' conference. Stating that values are the guiding force in life, he said, "Knowledge in life is not everything. Along with knowledge, values are also needed. There are many who became terrorists after getting technical degrees." He referred to an article of author Thomas Friedman and said, "Friedman has written that there are many similarities between Infosys and Al-Qaeda. In both the organisation, educated youngsters work. The role of one of these is destructive while the other is welfare-oriented. The only difference between the two is that of values." The home minister said the role of teachers is not only to build the character of the students, but also nation building.
Entrepreneur 101: To nurture job growth, U.S. universities seed start-ups
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A decade ago, Devin Jameson might have chosen to drop out of college and work on Eversound, a wireless headset start-up for senior communities.
18 injured in chemical explosion in US school
At least 18 people were injured in an explosion during an improperly conducted science experiment at a high school in the US state of Tennessee.
Haryana govt to start 31 govt colleges for girls
Haryana government has decided to start 31 government colleges for girls from July, said Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma. The minister said this at an event here yesterday, adding that all the 31 colleges, till the time their construction is complete, would function from "vacant buildings of government schools or other organisations" starting July 2018. "Till the construction of college buildings gets completed, these colleges would run in vacant buildings of government schools or other organisations so that girls would not have to travel far places for education," Sharma said. Sharma further said that the government has been making concerted effort to promote education for girls in the state.
3 injured in clashes between 2 groups of BHU students
At least three Banaras Hindu University students were injured after two groups from the Birla and Lal Bahadur Shastri hostel clashed among each other during which stones and petrol bombs were also hurled, police said. The incident was fallout of a recent attack on a BA second year student, Ashutosh Maurya, who lives in Shastri hostel, by a group of students from the Birla hostel, with whom he had some enmity, they said. The clashes occurred shortly after midnight today, following the police force deployed in the campus was withdrawn, finding that the situation has improved, police said. The students pelted each other with stones and hurled petrol bombs, damaging vehicles and public property near their hostels in the university campus, they said. The police soon reached the campus on receiving information and had to face tough opposition from the students. The clashes could be stopped and situation was brought under control around 4 AM, police said. Vice Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar met
450 DU student not allowed to write exams due to short attendance
As many as 450 students of Delhi University's Law Faculty will not be allowed to write exams due to attendance shortage, according to a notice issued by the varsity. The students detained (not allowed to appear in the exam) belongs to the Law Centre 1 and Law Centre 2 (Under the Faculty of Law) studying in various terms, the notice said. On the notice, All India Students Association's Delhi University president Kawalpreet Kaur, who is also a student of Law Faculty, said, "The attendance have been given in an arbitrary manner." "In January and February very few classes took place and only in March classes took place properly. Permanent recruitment happened and many teachers were changing. There was lot of confusion. It is not right to put the blame entirely on students," she said. This is the case every year, many students get detained. This is a serious issue which the Faculty has to address, she said. The ABVP today staged a protest Campus Law Centre in front of Dean's office against
We are hopeful our demands would be met: AMU protesters
The students protesting at the Baab-e-Syed gate of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Wednesday said that they were hopeful that the local administration would meet their demands.
Haryana to start 31 colleges for girls this year
To promote higher education among girls in smaller towns and rural areas, the Haryana government will start 31 new colleges from the academic session starting July, state Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said here on Wednesday.
9 public schools fined by Education Department
The Education Department slapped a fine of Rs one lakh on nine public schools today for allegedly running classes without affiliation, police said. Notices were issued to the management committees by education officer of Razapur block to close down their schools, Besik Shiksha Adhikari Vinay Kumar said. The notices have been served upon the management committees. Theschools were being run even after receiving notices of closure. These schools were not following the norms of right to education, Kumar said. The schools which were served the notice were Jyoti Public School, Inder Garhi, D N Public School, Mayur Vihar Dasna, Basheer Memorial Public School, Bhoor Garhi, Tushar Public School, Nangla, Ghaziabad Minority Girls School, Dasna, Ikra Public School, Nidauri, Sunrise Public School Masuta, Bright Future Academy, Dasna and Tanvi Public School, Jalalabad. PTI CORR http://ptinews.com/images/pti.jpg We bring the World to you" Disclaimer : This e-mail message may contain proprietary, ...
Guj: students can now change course to get into MBBS
In a relief for the students who fail to secure admission to MBBS in the first attempt and settle for some other course, the Gujarat government today said such students can get into the MBBS course if they get the required score in the 'second trial' of the NEET. The norms were changed to give a second chance to "bright students" who want to pursue MBBS but fail to do well in their first trial of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said. Several students can not secure admission to the MBBS course in the first trial for various reasons, such as a death in the family or illness at the time of NEET, he said. "As a result, such bright students have to settle for other streams, such as Homoeopathy or Ayurveda," he said. As per the existing rules, such students could not switch over to another branch of medicine once getting admission after the first trial, he said. "We have decided to change this rule. Now, students admitted ...
Delhi orders two schools to roll back fee hike
The Delhi government has ordered two private schools in the city to roll back their "arbitrary" fee hike after parents complained to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, an official statement said on Wednesday.
HC dismisses PIL against probe panel set up by guv into sex scandal involving woman lecturer
The Madras High Court today dismissed a PIL challenging the appointment of a committee by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit to inquire into the alleged attempt by a woman college teacher to lure students to extend sexual favours in return for higher marks. Justices S Govindaraj and G R Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench held that the governor has the powers as the chancellor (of state-run universities) to order such an inquiry. Dismissing a PIL seeking to declare as null and void the order of the governor appointing the committee headed by retired IAS officer R Santhanam, the bench said the court cannot interfere with the powers of the governor. Purohit had on April 16 appointed the one-man committee to look into "certain immoral" happenings surrounding an assistant professor of Aruppukottai-based Devanga Arts College, affiliated to the Madurai Kamaraj University. The decision was taken in his capacity as the chancellor of the university, he had said. After opposition parties ...
Defending champions DAV enter All India School Regatta quarters
True to expectations, champions DAV School from Chandigarh, St Xaviers Kolkata and Jatragachi Pranvananda "B" from North 24 Parganas district sailed into the knockout stages in the senior and junior boys group at the All India Invitation School Regatta at the Rabindra Sarovar here on Wednesday.
Delhi Cabinet approves restructuring of SCERT, creation of two new DIETs
The Delhi Cabinet today approved restructuring of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and creation of two new District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs). Currently SCERT Delhi is led by a Director and Joint Director and has a sanctioned capacity of 44 academic faculty posts and 101 non-academic posts. "The Delhi Cabinet has decided to restructure the SCERT and set up two new DIETS in Shahdara and South-East Delhi," Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. According to a Delhi government official, "After restructuring, SCERT Delhi will be led by Director (Academic) and Joint Director (Administration)". "SCERT will have a total of 12 administrative divisions with a total of 103 academic faculty, five post-doctoral fellows and 191 non-academic staff. This includes a B.Ed division catering to intake capacity of 200 students a year," the official said. Currently there are only nine DIETs catering to the needs of 11
Chhattisgarh class 10 and 12 board exams: Girls outshine boys
Girls outshone boys in the results of class 10 and class 12 examinations announced today by the Chhattisgarh State Board of Education (CGBSE). The overall pass percentage of students of class 12 and class 10 stood at 77% and 68.04%, respectively. The results were announced by School Education Minister Kedar Kashyap in presence of senior officials of his department. This was for the first time that the results of both the board exams were declared on a same day. For class 12, the pass percentage for girls and boys stood at 79.40% and 74.45%, respectively, while for class 10 it stood at 69.44% for girls and 66.42% for boys. Out of 2,73,013 students who had registered for the CGBSEHigher Secondary School Certificate Examination(class 12), a total of 2,70,043 students, including1,31,234 boys and 1,38,809 girls, actually appeared for the exam. "A total of 2,07,111 students, i.e 77%, passed the exam," Kashyap said. Likewise, out of total 3,88,566 regular students who had ...
Outfit claims Hindu students being 'threatened' in Jamia; holds rally near varsity
An outfit which led a protest march near Jamia Millia Islamia University said today it was opposing the "intimidation" Hindu students were facing inside the campus. Yesterday, around 6 pm, a group of students, claiming to be from Jamia, took out the march to Gate 7 and allegedly raised slogans against Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, such as "Jinnah premi desh chhodo" (Jinnah lovers, leave the country), and "Hinduon ko darana band karo" (Stop scaring Hindus). "Radical organisations on campus were threatening Hindu students after incidents like Kathua rape and AMU controversy. Two students, who are Hindus, were beaten up inside the campus. We organised this march to fight that intimidation," said Rahul Tiwari, one of the organisers of the march. "Such organisations are not just against Hindu students, but also against those who are not supporting their ideologies. This has been happening for four weeks now," Tiwari, who claims to be a student of the varsity, said. Meanwhile, the
BHU calm after night-long clashes between student groups
The situation is under control after night-long clashes between two student groups in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi -- the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police said on Wednesday.
PIL filed against publishing board exam results in media
Citing incidents of students committing suicide over failure to clear board exams, a PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking handing over of results to parents directly instead of publishing them on websites and in newspapers. When the petition came up for hearing today, the court issued notice to the Tamil Nadu School Education Secretary and Director. The bench comprising justices V Parthiban and P D Audikesavalu posted the PIL filed by A Senthil Kumar for hearing after four weeks and directed the authorities to file the counter by then. Senthil Kumar, in his petition, said the results of the public examinations held for the students of class 10, 11 and 12 were published in newspapers and on websites. On seeing the results, the students who fail in the exams attempt suicide and some of them had also died, he said suggesting the alternative method of handing over the results to the parents at a parent-teacher meeting on the school premises. This can prevent suicides as ...
French International School in Delhi now open for Indian students
The French International School here, which was set up in 1960 and has students from 47 nationalities, has now opened its doors to Indian students. The Ambassador of France to India, Alexandre Ziegler, made an announcement in this regard today. "The Lyce Franais International de Delhi (French International School in Delhi) has been here for decades now and yet is not quite well known in the Delhi education landscape. "We want this to change. LFID is not only a French school. It actually enrolls students from 47 nationalities. But believe it or not, it couldn't till last year enroll Indian nationals. This absurd situation had to change," he told reporters. The Ambassador further said that among the 316 students enrolled in the school, only half are French, 123 hold other nationalities. "I am proud to announce that 25 Indian families have already chosen the LFID as the International school for their children. Currently 25 per cent of the curriculum is being taught in English while rest .
London ranked top city for students
London has been ranked the best city in the world for university students.
