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Afghanistan launches leaflet drop to boost lacklustre voter registration
Afghanistan is airdropping leaflets as it steps up efforts to boost the low number of voter registrations for upcoming legislative elections, amid concerns that a poor turnout will undermine the credibility of the poll. A series of attacks on voter registration centres across the war-torn country, including a suicide bomb in Kabul a week ago, has deterred many Afghans from signing up to participate in the October 20 ballot. Just over 650,000 adults had registered by Saturday, a fortnight after the two-month long process began, data compiled by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) showed. The IEC, which is overseeing preparations for the long-delayed parliamentary and district council vote, hopes to register up to 14 million adults at more than 7,000 polling centres. But if the current trend were to continue, fewer than three million people would be registered by the mid-June deadline. "We are concerned about the low turnout," IEC spokesman Shafi Jalali told AFP on Sunday, adding .
75% Kerala classrooms go high-tech
About 75 per cent of Kerala's 45,000 classrooms in 4,775 state-owned secondary schools have been made high-tech with laptops, projectors, speakers and other equipment.
India has chance to re-emerge as global powerhouse of edu: Naidu
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu today said the nation has a chance to re-emerge as a global powerhouse in the field of education, but for that changes in syllabus and improvement in infrastructure are needed. Inaugurating the new campus of the Central University of Kerala at nearby Periye and dedicating it to the nation, he said India was once known as 'vishwaguru' and people from across the globe used to come here to study and acquire knowledge and expertise in different domains. "However, the situation changed following foreign invasions and the British rule, and India lost its pre-eminent position in the field of education," Naidu said. The vice president said all higher educational institutes, including central universities, have the onerous responsibility of transforming the country into the epicentre of knowledge and innovation. "Today, the country has a chance to re-emerge as a global powerhouse in the field of education. But this requires reorienting the syllabus and improving
Delhi Minorities panel seeks clarification on Friday Namaz from MHA
The Delhi Minorities Commission has sent a query to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs seeking clarification over a provision that allows the Muslim employees of the government attend the Friday Namaz during work hours. The move came after a delegation of Muslim teachers in Delhi met the Commission Chairman Zafarul Islam Khan and sought his help in this issue. The delegation of teachers from schools run by the Delhi government and civic bodies said on Fridays, they faced difficulty in attending the Namaz as they needed to reach their respective schools 15 minutes before 1 am which clashes with their prayer time, Khan said. "The teachers cited an MHA order of 1954 that said Muslim government employees have the right to offer Friday prayer but a deduction from their salary could be made for the working time used in it. "Last week a query was sent to the Union home secretary seeking to know if the 1954 order still exists and the current status on the issue. A reply is awaited," Khan ...
Adityanath congratulates students for passing board exams
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday congratulated all the students who passed UP board Class X and XII examinations.The Chief Minister told ANI, "I am really happy that such a good result has come. I want to congratulate everyone who has passed in these examinations. This time all the exams were held without any complaints of cheating coming from anywhere."Earlier today, the results of Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) for class 12 and 10 were declared on the official website upresults.nic.in.UP Board director Awadh Naresh Sharma told media that the passing percentage of boys is 72.27 percent and that of girls is 78.81 percent."Results of class 12th of UP Board have been announced. The passing percentage of boys is 72.27 percent and the passing percentage of girls is 78.81 percent. Rajneesh Shukla and Akash Maurya topped with 466 marks each," Sharma said.Meanwhile, Class 10th topper Anjali Verma, daughter of a farmer, thanked her school teachers for ..
Rotten fruit causes Melbourne university evacuation
More than 500 students and teachers were evacuated from a university in Melbourne on Sunday as a result of a smell initially suspected to be gas.
Digital recording facilities in schools: Tenders invited
Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has invited tenders to equip all secondary schools in the state with digital recording and video conferencing facilities as part of the ambitious Hi-Tech School programme. Under the unique programme, 45,000 classrooms in 4,775 schools are in the process of being upgraded as hi-tech. There will also be an array of 'Student Reporters' from all schools with their own web-based school televisions that will be interconnected. As part the state government's Public Education Rejuvenation Mission, KITE has begun the process for deploying video recording devices for digital content preparation at schools along with video conferencing systems, a KITE press release said. KITE has released the national tender for 4,775 numbers of multi-function printers, HD DSLR camera, HD webcam and 42-inch LED TVs, the deployment of which would be completed by June. It has already provided laptops, multimedia projectors, projector ceiling ..
MP will register gurukuls, treat them equivalent to mainstream schools: Shivraj
While speaking at the inauguration of the three-day International Virat Gurukul Sammelan in Ujjain on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the state will register 'gurukuls', which will be treated like mainstream schools."The state will register gurukuls and treat them equivalent to mainstream schools. Every district will promote the gurukul system and the government will help trusts to open new gurukuls," said Chouhan, during the conference.According to reports, about 900 gurukuls from India and Nepal are attending the event and planning to bring gurukul education into the mainstream.On the same day, Union Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar had stated that the government is planning to revive the ancient Vedic system of education because only vedic learning can turn the upcoming generation into patriots.The minister also indicated at forming a new education policy and making a draft for the same within three months.
Education should create job providers, not job seekers: President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that education is not only a way to gain knowledge or find a job, but also plays a major role in making people self-reliant, while addressing the 27th convocation of Dr. Harisingh Gour University in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh."Universities should focus on the kind of education that creates job providers and not job seekers. He added that education must mould students' attitude and behaviour to help in nation building," he said.The President further appealed to the students to take advantage of the government schemes, which are aimed at creating better self-employment. He also conferred degrees and medals to meritorious students.The program was also attended by Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Union Ministers Satyapal Singh and Virendra Kumar. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan also graced the event.
Noida administration orders inquiry into RTE admissions
The Noida administration has ordered a probe into the admission process in schools after complaints were received that parents were submitting fake income certificates to get their wards admitted under the Right to Education Act. Noida District Magistrate B N Singh said he has ordered the probe which will be supervised by the city magistrate. The admission process for the new session, however, will continue, he said. He said the district administration has so far admitted 229 students in various private schools in the city but he was getting complaints that several parents have procured fake income certificates for admission of their children under the Act though they have annual income more than one lakh rupee. The DM has directed the city magistrate to send notices to parents and check the authenticity of their income certificates. He has also appealed to the public to provide information of persons having higher income whose names appears in the RTE Act beneficiaries.
Gujarat universities to have common academic calendar
The Gujarat government has decided to introduce a common academic calendar for state universities to ensure uniformity in their activities during an academic year, a Minister said on Saturday.
Gujarat University Professors deny campaigning for Congress
Nine professors of Central University of Gujarat (CUG) have denied campaigning for the Congress during last assembly elections.Their reaction has come after the university issued show cause notice to them for canvassing for the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates during last assembly elections.Sony Kunjappan, President, Central University of Gujarat Teachers' Association, says that the professors are being targeted."I think we are being targeted. The university should have first sought a clarification from us before issuing show cause notice," Kunjappan said.He is among the nine professors who were served a show cause notic"Notice has been issued to us that we as teachers campaigned for a political party (Congress).We have denied this," he added.The teachers' representative told ANI that the notice has been issued reportedly on the complaint of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) but it has denied giving such a complaint.The CUG Vice-Chancellor Syed Abdul Bari ...
IIT Kharagpur to launch courses to bridge Engineering, Medicine
The School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur on Saturday said it will launch new academic programmes from the upcoming academic session, spanning the realms of biology, medicine and engineering.
Rising dominance of girls a good social change: President
President Ram Nath Kovind today hailed the rising dominance of daughters in the country as a positive social change. He was addressing the 27th convocation of the Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya here. "The dominance of daughters in the country has started rising. This is a good social change. It is now becoming the order of the day. It will brighten the country's future," he said. "Due to this social change, people have started saying in jest that the reservation being provided to women for their empowerment would prove to be pointless in the times to come, and now boys might start demanding quota for themselves," the president said. "Out of the 53 students who were given medals today, the number of girls was more than the boys. A total of 32 girls got medals. Also out of 11 students who were given degrees (on stage), 10 were girl students," he said. On education, Kovind said it was not merely a mechanism to gain knowledge and employment, but a tool to make people self-reliant ..
Gujarat university professors get notice for Cong campaigning
Nine professors of the Central University of Gujarat (CUG) have been issued show cause notices for allegedly campaigning for the Congress during the recently held Gujarat Assembly polls. CUG Vice Chancellor S A Bari today said a professor, an associate professor and seven assistant professors were asked for an explanation on complaints received by the Union HRD ministry and the state education department. He said the notices were issued on the basis of a complaint received by the Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat which alleged that the teachers were involved in campaigning for a particular party and its candidates. "Some of our teachers appear in the photographs that have been enclosed with the complaint as evidence and their names have been written in the letters. We have asked the teachers if the allegations are true or not," said Bari. The complaint was reportedly filed by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students' wing of the RSS, on November 17 last year. An ...
SAD claims chapters on Sikh gurus 'expunged' from Class 12 history books, Punjab govt refutes
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab today claimed that chapters on Sikh Gurus have been "expunged" from Class 12 history books of the state education board, but Chief Minister Amarinder Singh dismissed as "malicious" the opposition party's allegation. SAD spokesman and former education minister Daljit Singh Cheema demanded a high-level probe and stern action against the alleged development in the Punjab School Education Board's Class 12 history books. "It is shocking that the state's own school board has expunged the history makers of Punjab from the history books of Punjab," said Cheema in a statement. There were 23 chapters carrying information about Sikh Gurus, Sikh warriors and historical facts about Punjab in the Class 12 history book, the SAD leader said, claiming the content has been replaced with a half-page description about the glorious period of the Sikh history. Lambasting SAD leaders for trying to spread "misinformation" on a sensitive religious issue, Chief Minister .
Class 10, 12 exam results will be declared on time: TN Edu Min
The results of class 10 and 12 board exams will be declared as per schedule and on time, Tamil Nadu School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan said here today. There would not be any delay in announcement of the results, which would be received by students through SMS in seconds, Sengottaiayan told reporters on the sidelines of an awareness programme on online counseling for engineering 2018, here. To a query on the possibility of return of sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran to AIADMK, Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani, who was present, said that will be decided by Chief Minister K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister,O Panneerselvam, who are also joint coordinator and coordinator of the party, respectively.
CM Mufti inaugurates new building complexes at Cluster University in Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today inaugurated multiple building complexes at the Cluster University here, hoping the infrastructure development would give academic activities at the varsity a new push. The state government had carved out two cluster universities, one each at Srinagar and Jammu, in 2016 to further strengthen the higher education. Mufti inaugurated two buildings of school of sciences, school of teacher education, school of humanities and liberal arts and school of engineering. An official spokesman said the chief minister, who is also the Chancellor of the University, hoped that the new complexes would give the academic activities at the varsity a new push. The spokesman said since its inception, the university, besides the routine academic activities, is running eight integrated honours courses while four more will be introduced this year. Among these, the two are being offered for the first time by any university in the state, he said. Earlier, ...
Entrepreneurship Development Clubs in Haryana universities, colleges: Govt
The Haryana government has decided to set up dedicated clubs in all universities and colleges in the state to inculcate 'entrepreneurial culture' among youth. The setting up of Entrepreneurship Development Clubs (EDCs) is aimed at equipping the youth with skills to act as "job creators instead of being job seekers" in future, the Haryana Higher Education department said today. Education minister Ram Bilas Sharma said the EDCs would be set up within the existing placement centres in all the higher educational institutions in the state, according to an official statement. "This would be a part of the department's drive to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in the state. These clubs would also facilitate campus-industry linkage on the higher education institutes of the state," he said. Sharma said that the vision to set up EDCs would be to develop in-house institutional mechanisms in the higher education institutes to create entrepreneurial culture among the stakeholders and ...
No change in academic session in Kashmir schools this year
The Jammu and Kashmir government today decided to continue with the existing system for conduct of examinations in November session for the current academic year in schools in the Valley. The education department had initiated a proposal for change of academic session from November to March on the demand of parents and the students. "The School Education Department has decided to continue with the existing system for conduct of examinations in November session for the current academic year," a notification issued by Director School Education Kashmir, G N Itoo stated. Itoo said a decision, if any, on shifting the examinations to the March session shall be taken in due course of time after thorough deliberations with the stakeholders, general public and the educational experts. "To take a considered view of the issue, an expert committee headed by Chairperson J K BOSE was constituted by the government with Directors of School Education Jammu/Kashmir and experts from University of ...