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Govt should promote research, innovation in education: President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said that the government has a responsibility to promote and support research and innovation in centres of education.He also said, there is a specific responsibility that lies with the researchers as well.The President said this while presenting the Visitor's Award for Research in the field of Basic and Applied Science, Humanities, Arts and Social Science during the meeting of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities at Rashtrapati Bhavan.He also presented the Visitor's Award for Technology Development.President Kovind said that emphasis should be given to the merits of research and teaching profession in the society at large. He also said, this profession offers unique benefits that no other career offers, that is freedom to ideate and to test and spread those ideas through research and teaching.Expressing his deep interest for education, the President said, education holds the key for the development of nation and people and plays an important .
41 injured in clash between AMU students, cops
28 students and 13 cops got injured in a clash which broke out between students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and police on Wednesday.The students were marching to police station after Hindu groups protested outside the university campus a day ago, when the clash broke out.Students demanding ban on Hindu groups alleged that they were targeted by the police."Students were marching to the police station demanding to know why protesters of Hindu were groups let off without an FIR against them and why were they not stopped before reaching AMU. Police baton charged on them and used tear gas," a spokesperson from the university.
Research, innovation bedrock of advancing knowledge: President
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday highlighted the importance of research and innovation in improving the socio-economic status of a nation, terming it the bedrock of advancing knowledge.
Harsimrat requests PM to sack Dayal Singh College management
Union Food Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Dayal Singh College governing body chairman Amitabh Sinha for hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community. The Union minister, who briefed the prime minister on the issue today, said despite a written assurance by Prakash Javadekar on January 16 this year that the name of the college would not be changed, its management deliberately "inflamed" the sentiments of the Sikh community by putting up banners changing the name of the college to Vande Matram Dayal Singh College at its annual prize distribution function on April 25. Earlier today, Javadekar said the HRD ministry will not allow Dyal Singh (Evening) College to be renamed Dyal Singh Vande Mataram College and will take action against its management committee for doing so without consent. Delhi University, however, maintained that no such decision has been taken. Badal alleged that Sinha was deliberately "misusing" the name 'Vande ...
Mirwaiz stops short of condemning stone-pelting on school bus in J&K
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today called the stone-pelting incident on a school bus in Shopian district "hooliganism" but stopped short of condemning the attack in which a Class 2 student was injured. "The stone-throwing incident in Shopian on a school bus is quite disturbing and one fails to understand why a school bus carrying children was targeted," he said in a statement. He said those who indulge in "such hooliganism" should realise that these actions "tarnish our movement and provide an opportunity to our adversary to defame it". He said it is the duty of each Kashmiri to "safeguard the people's movement for which immense sacrifices are being given and do no such thing that will be detrimental to it in any way". Miscreants hurled stones at a school bus carrying nearly 35 students at Zavoora in Shopian district this morning. A Class 2 student suffered head injuries in the attack.
DUTA seeks Rahul's help to resolve issue of reservation for SC/ST candidates for teaching posts
The Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) today met Congress president Rahul Gandhi, seeking his intervention to resolve the issue of reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes candidates for teaching posts. The University Grants Commission (UGC) in a circular on March 5 notified that fresh reservation rosters for the scheduled castes/scheduled tribes category has to be prepared keeping department/subject as a unit instead of university/college. "The delegation appraised Gandhi of the implications of the 5th March letter from the UGC, asking for implementation of department/subject-wise roster, instead of the current practice of taking the university/college as a unit. This would lead to a drastic reduction in the number of reserved positions as is already seen from the advertisements that have come out," DUTA president Rajib Ray said in a statement. Gandhi promised to help them in every possible way to get the matter resolved, he added. "He also assured the ...
SC upholds Kerala HC order striking down 3 acres land-300 students norms for schools seeking CBSE nod
The Supreme Court today upheld the Kerala High Court verdict striking down two conditions the state government had set for schools seeking its NoC for CBSE affiliation -- three acres land and 300 students on its roll -- saying the state was seeking to "arbitrarily" impose its authority on educational institutions. The top court termed the conditions imposed on schools by the state government seeking its No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for CBSE affiliation as "arbitrary" and "without any rationale basis". A bench of justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta dismissed the appeal of the Kerala government challenging the high court's decision. "The fundamental right to free and compulsory education to all children between the age of 6 and 14 years postulates good quality education and not just education for the sake of providing education. Regulation of such education is permissible by law and not by executive fiat," the bench said. It said that unfortunately, in this batch of petitions, the ...
Oxford University Press unveils assessment solution in city
UK-based Oxford University Press (OUP) unveiled a new assessment solution 'Oxford STAR' here today to assess the learning process of students by providing analytical reports to schools and parents. The Oxford STAR initiative was piloted across 12 schools present across the country ahead of the launch. The assessment solution is designed to help students, teachers, parents and school administration to profile a student, scholastic ability and skills. It is based on a competency framework, mapped to key skills and behavioural competencies of the student. The assessment provides analytical information on the performance of a student to educators every year. Speaking at the inaugural of the Oxford STAR here, chief executive of OUP Nigel Portwood said "We are always looking for opportunities to develop new products and solutions to support education worldwide.Oxford STAR will provide educators with a better understanding of students' progress and improve learning ...
Harassment-accused JNU professor not in-charge of any girl hostel: HC told
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that varsity professor accused of sexually harassing women students, had resigned from administrative work and did not hold any post of the warden of any hostel or member of any committee.
Never used 'encrypted' question papers to prevent leaks: CBSE
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today clarified that no"encrypted" question papers were used in conducting any board examination this year as a measure to avoid leaks. The clarification by the CBSE comes following reports that the board resorted to the method after reports of leaks of economics (Class 12) and mathematics (Class 10) question papers. "While a number of measures were adopted to make exams fool-proof, no 'encrypted' format question papers was used in conduct of any board examination this year," a senior CBSE official said. The CBSE had conducted the economics retest on April 25, nearly a month after it was leaked, triggering widespread outrage and confusion among students across India. There were also reports of the CBSE's Class 10 mathematics paper being leaked, but the board decided against a retest of the Class 10 paper, saying the examination was "largely an internal segment" of the school education system. The HRD Ministry had set up a committee to ...
HRD ministry won't allow renaming of Dyal Singh college: Javadekar
The HRD ministry will not allow Dyal Singh (Evening) College to be renamed Dyal Singh Vande Mataram College and will take action against its management committee for doing so without consent, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said today. Delhi University, however, maintained that no such decision has been taken. In a statement, the university said it has not changed the name of Dyal Singh (Evening) College. The original name cannot be changed, the HRD minister said after reports that the management had quietly renamed the college and banners of 'Vande Mataram Dyal Singh College' had been put up. Union Food Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal took up the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the cabinet meeting today. She said she had briefed the prime minister and "requested" that the college's governing body chairman Amitabh Sinha be sacked and action taken against Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi for hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community. "Have requested PM ...
Paramount duty of universities to ensure campuses nurture free expression: President
President Ram Nath Kovind said here today it was the paramount duty of universities to ensure that their campuses emerged as spaces that nurtured free expression and ideas, where experimentation was encouraged and failure was not ridiculed. Addressing concluding session of the vice-chancellors' meet of central universities at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the president said it was important that the universities hold their convocations regularly and on time as one year academic calendar is incomplete till convocation was held and degrees were distributed. Underlining the issue of faculty shortage faced by the universities, Kovind, among other solutions, suggested that the ability of each university to attract talent also depended upon its own reputation and quality. "So, compete to become the best among your peers and your success at hiring and retaining talent will automatically improve," he said. The president said the universities should play a leading role in addressing the specific ...
Govt won't allow renaming of Dyal Singh college: Javadekar
The government will not allow Dyal Singh College (Evening) to be renamed Dyal Singh Vande Matram College and will take action against its management committee for doing so without consent, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here today. The original name cannot be changed, the minister said after reports that the management had quietly renamed the college and banners of 'Vande Mataram Dyal Singh College' had been put up. Union Food Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal took up the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the cabinet meeting today. She said she had briefed the prime minister and "requested" that the college's governing body chairman Amitabh Sinha be sacked and action taken against Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi for hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community. "Have requested PM @narendramodi ji to sack Dayal Singh College mgmt head Amitabh Sinha for going against HRD min. assurance that name of Dayal Singh College won't be changed.I briefed him that .
Strict action against those who changed Delhi college name: Javadekar
Reacting to the change in the name of Dyal Singh College here, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday warned of strict action against the management people who "dared" to change the name.
Violence at AMU over Jinnah portrait
Police today lobbed teargas shells to disperse AMU students demanding the arrest of protesters who had barged into the campus, shouting slogans over a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah which hangs at the student union office. District magistrate Chandra Bhushan Singh said two two youths were injured in the police action. Earlier, members of a right-wing organisation had briefly clashed with Aligarh Muslim University students and entered the campus. They were then taken away to a police station from where they were later "rescued" by other protesters, AMU student union members said. The protesters were agitated over the portrait of the Pakistan founder which a local BJP MP wanted removed.
LU rectifies rules, Aadhaar not needed for admission
The Lucknow University has amended a guideline that had made Aadhaar number mandatory for candidates filling online admission forms. "Aadhar card is not compulsory in the online application process of University of Lucknow. Inadvertently, there was an oversight in the admission form filling guidelines regarding this and this error has been corrected," the varsity's Director (PR) Prof NK Pandey said in a press note. No form would be rejected on the basis of not filling of the Aadhaar number, he said in note issued last night. Significantly, in March this year, the Supreme Court had put an interim stay on the requirement of Aadhaar for filing application forms of various competitive examinations. When the Lucknow University admission process started early in April, the state university had declared submitting of Aadhar or at least its enrolment number as one of the mandatory requirements.
HC asks JNU prof not to take charge of hostels housing women
The Delhi High Court today directed a JNU professor, accused of sexually harassing women students, should not take charge as warden of any hostel in the university campus which houses women. While also directing the professor not to interact with the students, the court also questioned the varsity over the absence of women members in a fact-finding committee, set up by it to probe his alleged misconduct. It passed the direction after it was informed by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) counsel that Prof Atul Kumar Johri had resigned from administrative work and was no more the warden of any hostel or member of any committee. The court said the university will consider the advisability of sending Johri on leave and this decision can be taken by the varsity after the fact-finding committee, set up by JNU, gives its findings. "In my view, it is also in the interest of the professor to reduce the chance of interaction with the complainants or potentional witnesses," Justice Rajiv ...
HRD ministry will not allow renaming of Dyal Singh College: Javadekar
The HRD Ministry will not allow Dyal Singh College (Evening) to be renamed and will take action against its management committee for doing so without consent, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here today. "We had earlier also asked them to reconsider the move. We will not allow the college to be renamed. "If there are two Dyal Singh colleges, they can call them A and B or 1 and 2 to differentiate but the original name cannot be changed, the minister told reporters. The minister's comments came following reports that the management had quietly renamed the college with banners of 'Vande Mataram Dyal Singh College' being put up. "The ministry will take action against the college management committee for going ahead with the renaming despite me making a statement in Parliament that it cannot be done, Javadear added. A controversy had erupted last year with various sections vehemently opposing the move to rename the college.
Confident AMU admin, students will resolve Jinnah portrait row with sensitive approach: Naqvi
Asserting that Muhammad Ali Jinnah is not a role model for Indian Muslims, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said he was confident that the patriotic Aligarh Muslim University administration and the students there would resolve the row over the Pakistan founder's portrait with a "sensitive approach". Minority Affairs Minister Naqvi also said things have changed in India after 1938, when Jinnah was accorded life membership of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students' union. He said the issue should be resolved keeping public sentiments in mind. Jinnah is neither an icon of India nor the ideal (role model) of Indian Muslims. The AMU administration and students there are patriotic and there is no question of raising questions over their patriotism, Naqvi said. I am very much confident that the issue will be resolved with a sensitive approach, he said. The minister also pitched for not letting the controversy escalate further. BJP MP from Aligarh, Satish Gautam, had yesterday ..
VC hasn't given us a hearing since we got elected to union: DUSU prez
Ever since we got elected to the Delhi University Students Union, the Vice Chancellor has not given us a hearing, DUSU president and NSUI member Rocky Tuseed alleged, after he was allegedly restricted from entering the 96th Foundation Day celebrations of the university yesterday. Yesterday, Tuseed alleged that security guards and Delhi Police personnel did not allow him in when he tried to enter the venue. "It is the absolute limit of anarchy and great display of authoritarianism. I, under my personal capacity as a student, was going to take part in the event. Later, I had planned to meet the Vice Chancellor (Yogesh K Tyagi) of our university for a simple audience to speak to him about the important issues concerning students," he said. "But the security guards and Delhi Police pulled me out without citing any reasons. Neither have we received any invitation to any programme, nor were we given an appointment to meet the VC," he added. The event at Viceregal lodge was attended by ...