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1 student wounded in shooting at Florida high school
A gunman carrying a shotgun in a guitar case opened fire at a Florida high school, wounding one student as other students and teachers piled desks and cabinets against classroom doors to make barricades. The 19-year-old suspect was later arrested and apologised as he was led away in handcuffs. Friday's shooting at Forest High School in Ocala happened on a day planned for a national classroom walkout to protest gun violence. A 17-year-old boy was taken to a hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening wound to his ankle. The suspect, Sky Bouche said "sorry," followed by "It doesn't matter anyway" to reporters as he was led from the school in handcuffs by several deputies. Authorities said Bouche was a former student at the school. "I didn't shoot anyone," he said to reporters. He ignored most of the other questions until asked what he'd say to the shooting victim. That's when he said, "sorry." The shooting comes just over two months after a gunman killed 17 people and wounded 17 ...
US teachers' union drops Wells Fargo over gun industry ties
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has cut its ties with the financial services giant Wells Fargo & Co. over the latter's connections with gunmakers and the National Rifle Association (NRA).The 1.7-million-member national union notified the San Francisco-based Wells Fargo on Thursday (local time) that it is dropping the bank as a recommended mortgage lender.In a letter to Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan, president of the AFT Randi Weingarten, wrote, "We can only assume that, in light of your silence ... you have decided that the NRA business is more valuable to you than students and their teachers are." reported the Hill."The lives of students and educators must be valued more than guns. This is America - Wells Fargo has the right to be the NRA banker, but we have rights too. ... We have a responsibility on behalf of our members and their students who face potential gun violence every day," the letter read.Earlier this month, the union told Wells Fargo that American teachers ...
Gun violence protest: US students walk out of classes
Students across the United States (US) walked out of their classes on Friday as a part of a National School Walkout over a demand to end gun violence and introduce anti-gun reforms.The event, which grew out of a petition on the Change.org web site, saw more than 2,000 walkouts nation-wide, with at least one planned in every U.S. state and the District of Columbia, reports the New York Times.Student Lane Murdock launched the National School Walkout campaign in the wake of the Parkland shooting in Florida.Friday's National School Walkout marked the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, several media reports said.On this day in 1999, two gunmen killed 12 students and a teacher at the Columbine High School in Colorado.Participants reportedly also observed 13 seconds of silence in honour of the 13 victims of the Columbine shooting.The walkout's website said the event's goals were to "hold elected officials accountable," to advocate "solutions to gun violence,"
Indian-American wins USD 100,000 Jeopardy College Championship
An Indian-American student has won the prestigious USD 100,000 Jeopardy College Championship in a quiz show televised nation-wide. Dhruv Gaur, a first year student at Ivy League Brown University, won the grand prize after competing with 14 other students at the event which concluded yesterday. Gaur won the "Jeopardy! College Championship", claiming the USD 100,000 prize and earning a berth in the next edition of the game show's Tournament of Champions. The Georgia native hit the academic bowl circuit during high school, winning the state championship, and later scored a perfect 1600 on his Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) before his acceptance to Brown, the university said in a statement. "Nobody can really walk into a competition like this with 14 other incredibly talented and brilliant students and immediately expect to win it all. I know I certainly didn't," Gaur was quoted as saying by The Mercury News. "The idea of winning the whole tournament didn't even cross my mind until ...
Delhi govt asks its schools to collect used textbooks from students, form book banks
The Delhi government has asked its schools to collect old usable textbooks from students of all classes and form book banks. The move comes following recommendation of better utilisation of used books by the National Green Tribunal. The banks will offer the books to underpriviliged children. "Every year lakhs of tonnes of paper gets consumed in printing of books for students. As the students pass out, they are provided next set of books (of the higher class) and books of the previous class become redundant," a communication sent to government schools by the Directorate of Education (DoE) read. "The schools are, hereby, directed to collect usable old text books from the students of all classes to set up a book bank under eco-club in every school," it stated. The education department has directed schools that old books of the previous academic session should be collected from students on voluntary basis for the book bank. Books will be provided to the less privileged children through ..
1 injured, suspect in custody in Florida school shooting
A student was injured in a shooting at a Florida high school here on Friday, shortly before students were to stage a walkout as part of a national protest against gun violence.The Marion County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the 17-year-old student was shot in the ankle.CNN reported that a suspect, who is not a school student, was already in custody, and the injured student was taken to a nearby hospital.A school resource officer heard a loud bang at 8:39 a.m. (local time), and three minutes later, an officer took a 19-year-old suspect, who is not a student, into custody, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told reporters.The motive for the shooting is however unclear.Students at about 2,500 schools around Florida were supposed to walk out of their classrooms today as part of the National School Walkout against gun violence.Forest High too was to participate in the walkout.However, aerial news footage from the scene showed a sea of students gathering outside a steepled church to meet ..
Scandal: Police conduct searches at MKU V-C's office
The CB-CID officials today conducted searches in the offices of top officials of Madurai Kamaraj University in connection with the probe into a scandal where a woman college teacher allegedly attempted to lure students to extend sexual favours in return for higher marks. In a related development, Tamil Nadu Higher Education Secretary Sunil Paliwal said a committee has been set up to prevent recurrence of such exploitation of students and assured all those involved in the scandal would be punished. The scandal came to light when an audio tape of assistant professor Nirmala Devi's advice to students to "adjust" with some officials went viral on social media recently. A report from Madurai said the searches were held in the offices of the MKU Vice-Chancellor P P Chellathurai and its Registrar V Chinnaiah. The two officials were not present in the offices, it said quoting police. The CB-CID police action came a day after the two officials were questioned by them. The searches
By sacking adviser, you tried to destroy children's future, Sisodia to Modi
Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that sacking of Atishi Marlena as his adviser was an attempt at destroying the future of the children of Delhi.
J-K MLA starts 24 hr hunger strike
Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rasheed today started a 24-hour-long hunger strike here to protest the alleged atrocities on students by police and other agencies. Rasheed started the hunger strike at the Press Enclave and was joined by few of the supporters of his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP). The hunger strike is to protest against atrocities on students by the police and other agencies. It is painful that while people across the world are showing concern and taking to the streets, the local police is using all brutalities against peaceful students," he told reporters. He alleged that the police had not been allowing students to come out of their college or university premises.
Naidu expresses concern over global ranking of Indian varsities
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu expressed concerns today over the global ranking of Indian universities, saying that there are more than 800 varsities in the country but none of them figures in the top-ranked institutes. Addressing an event here, the vice president said that merely expanding infrastructure with sleek-looking buildings will not make an institution excellent unless it imparts education of highest standards without compromising on quality. He said education should not only prepare the country's youth to face challenges of a technologically-driven knowledge society, but also make them analyse critically and come out with innovative solutions to the problems people face. Liberal and interdisciplinary education is must to get a holistic perspective of the increasingly knowledge-centric and interdependent world, Naidu said in an official statement released here. He said education in silos will not prepare students for the future. Liberal education with focus on technology, ..
Shooting at Florida school as students stage walkout
A Florida high school student shot and wounded a classmate today as students around the country were poised to stage walkouts to protest gun violence. The Sheriff's Office for Marion County said the suspect was in custody following the early morning shooting at Forest High School in Ocala, Florida. The Ocala Star Banner newspaper said one student shot another in the ankle. "At this time we have one person injured and they are being treated by medics," the Sheriff's Office said. The Ocala shooting came as students nationwide were urged to walk out of classes to mark the 19th anniversary of the 1999 school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado which left 13 people dead. The walkout has been organized by students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 14 students and three adult staff members were killed by a troubled former classmate on February 14. The Parkland students have spearheaded a grassroots campaign for gun control which included marches by
Police remove students from occupied Paris university site
French police removed students from a Paris university building today that had been occupied for a month to protest admission changes that also are causing turmoil at other campuses. Paris police said the clearing of the Tolbiac Center, a 22-story tower in southern Paris affiliated with Paris 1 University, went "without incident." Interior minister Gerard Collomb said in a tweet that "the rule of law will be restored everywhere." Students have blocked access or disrupted classes at several other campuses in France to oppose the changes that they fear threaten public university access for all French high school graduates. Paris 1 University President Georges Haddad said no students were injured during the eviction operation. He told reporters he felt "great relief." He said police discovered "more than 10 Molotov cocktails" at the center. He estimated the occupation had caused damage worth "hundreds of thousands of euros" and said the site would remain closed until further notice. The .
Cambridge Assessment English inks pact with TCS iON
Cambridge Assessment English, department of University of Cambridge, has inked a partnership with TCS iON here, to offer Business English qualifications across the country. TCS iON is the strategic unit of IT major Tata Consultancy Services. The Cambridge English qualifications programme has been launched on the TCS learning hub online platform, making globally recognised qualification accessible to candidates across the country, a press release said. Candidates opting to take up the programme can directly register online, it said. Cambridge English also announced the launch of mobile application BEC Exam Orientation and portal Campustowork.org. The 'BEC exam' orientation mobile application supports candidates with exam preparation through a detailed understanding of the format of the paper, revision exercises. The Campustowork.org portal brings corporates, educational institutions and students to come together to pick the right candidates for suitable ...
NSUI holds protest march for women's safety in DU campus
National Students' Union of India (NSUI) today held a protest march in Delhi University's north campus condemning recent rape incidents and demanded various measures to ensure safety of women in the campus. Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda also took part in the protest. "We want implementation of UGC guidelines with regard to internal complaints committee, installation of CCTVs across the campus and deployment of Delhi Police personnel outside every college that comes under Delhi University," a memorandum submitted to DU's dean of students' welfare said.
'Teacher with a Heart Award' for 20
The Manochetna Academic and Research Centre (MARC), a wing of the Manovikas Kendra, that works for children with learning difficulties in mainstream schools, will confer 'Teacher with a Heart Award' to 20 teachers in such schools across West Bengal. This will be an outreach initiative to honour teachers who have done exemplary service to the children of mainstream schools, which admit students diagnosed with learning difficulties, MARC Director Arundhati Sarkar said here today. The teachers have been selected by a panel of academic experts after the names were nominated by their respective institutions. They have been selected on criterion like "being compassionate to children and coming to their side when they are in emotional need," Sarkar said. There will also be a separate honour 'outstanding category' for one of the 20 recipients, the Director of Manovikas Kendra Dr Anamika Sinha said. The award ceremony will take place on April 26. MARC Director Sarkar said, "We are
Delhi engineering college again barred from admitting students
G.B. Pant Government Engineering College has been barred for the second year in a row from admitting students because the institute has failed in creating basic facilities and infrastructure in the 10 years of its establishment.
No Class X maths re-exam, decision based on trend analysis
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBSE) informed the Delhi High Court that decision of not having the re-exam of Class Xth Maths paper was taken after conducting trend analysis of Science, Maths and English papers.The CBSE said that they cannot put lakhs of students in difficulty just for one student who wanted a re-exam of Maths paper.A bench comprising of Justices Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar asked numerous questions to the student's counsel, who has been seeking re-conduct of the exam.On April 16, the court asked the CBSE to find out the reasons for the decision for not re-conducting the examination.The question papers of class XII Economics and class X Mathematics exams held on March 26 and March 28 respectively, were leaked on Whatsapp.The re-examination of the Class XII Economics paper will be conducted on April 25. However, there will no re-test for Class 10 Maths paper.Till now more than 60 people have been questioned in the case, out of which 10 are tutors of coaching ...
Decision on re-exam taken on basis of trend analysis: CBSE
The CBSE on Friday told the Delhi High Court that after doing a trend analysis of science, maths and english papers, it decided not to conduct a re-exam of the Class 10 mathematics paper which was allegedly leaked.
Vir Das' notebooks 'Frequent Breaks' to inspire students
Actor-comedian Vir Das has designed the covers of a limited edition notebook named "Frequent Breaks" that he says will encourage students to take breaks from their studies during exam time.
Three inebriated school teachers arrested
Three teachers of a private school were arrested for allegedly drinking liquor and creating public nuisance in Bihar's Madhuabni district, police said. There is a complete prohibition in Bihar since April 5, 2016 While patrolling a police team found that three teachers of the school located at Saharghat bazar creating a scene at the school premises in the evening of Wednesday. They were booked under various provisions of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 after they were found having taken liquor in the medical examination conducted at Benipatti hospital, the police said.
