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CBSE leaks: 3 school staffers held in Himachal's Una
The Class 12 economics paper of CBSE was leaked on March 23 - three days before the exam date - in Himachal Pradesh's Una town and it was shared on at least 40 WhatsApp groups, Delhi Police said today after the arrest of three people in this connection. The three - Rakesh Kumar, Amit Sharma and Ashok Kumar - all from DAV Centenary Public School in Una, were arrested by the crime branch after lengthy investigation and questioning, R P Upadhayay, special commissioner (crime) of police, said. Rakesh Kumar had been teaching at the DAV school as a PGT economics teacher for eight years. He was the centre superintendent of Jawahar Navodaya Public School in Una, where the CBSE exams were being held. Amit Sharma and Ashok Kumar worked at the DAV school as clerk and peon respectively. On March 23, three days before the economics paper exam, Rakesh Kumar collected bundles of computer science paper, the exam for which was due that day, from the strong room of Union Bank in Una. He also picked up .
Bill on medical college admission: BJP meets Governor
A BJP delegation today submitted a memorandum to the Governor P Sathasivam urging him not to give assent to a bill to regularise admissions made in two medical colleges during 2016-17. The ruling CPI-M led LDF government passed the bill in the assembly with the support of the Congress headed UDF opposition. BJP MLA O Rajagopal, who headed the delegation, told reporters that they submitted a memorandum to the Governor urging him not to give assent to the bill as it was "aimed to help" the private managements that admitted students by "accepting bribe". "We have sympathy towards the students whose admission would be affected", he said. However, it was not possible to support this kind of irregular proceedings, he said. The House had on April four passed the Kerala professional Colleges (Regularisation of Admission in Medical Colleges) Bill-2018 for regularising admission of students of the private Karuna Medical College, Palakkad and Kannur Medical College. Congress ...
Fate of 180 MBBS students at stake as Kerala Governor returns bill
Kerala Governor P.Sathasivam on Saturday returned a bill seeking to regularise the admission procedures of 180 third year MBBS students at two self-financing medical colleges in the state.
Jharkhand Principal stabbed to death with beer bottle
A school principal was on Saturday stabbed to death with a beer bottle in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said.
Governor concerned over poor ranking of Maha universities
Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao today expressed serious concern over the poor ranking of universities from Maharashtra at the national level and asked vice-chancellors to prepare a detailed strategy for improving their standing. All universities in Maharashtra except Pune were ranked above 150 in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) declared by the HRD ministry recently. The Pune university was ranked ninth in the list of best varsities in the country. The governor, who is also chancellor of universities in the state, emphasised on the need of examination reforms. Referring to the 'serious negligence' in the evaluation of papers and declaration of results in the University of Mumbai, he asked VCs to accord top priority to declaration of results of all exams in a time-bound manner. Rao called for according top priority to examination reforms, including end-to-end computerisation. The governor was addressing a meeting of vice- chancellors and pro ...
Fair, transparent process followed in Anna University V-C selection: Raj Bhavan
The Raj Bhavan today asserted that a "fair and transparent" process was followed in the selection of M K Surappa as vice-chancellor of the Anna University here. It also urged that there be no politics and "mud-slinging" over his appointment. The clarification came after Surappa's appointment by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit triggered a political row over the former's Kannada origin. Opposition parties, including the DMK, had questioned Surappa being chosen as the vice-chancellor of the premier technical varsity in the Tamil Nadu capital. "The whole process was fair and transparent. The welfare of Anna University and engineering colleges affiliated to the university, faculty and the students was kept in mind when making the selection," the Raj Bhavan said. There was no "extraneous interference" in the selection process, it said. "Since the choice of the vice-chancellor was done entirely in accordance with the statute, it is requested that politics be kept out and unnecessary ..
Include life, works of JP in school syllabus: Gehlot urges Javadekar
Union minister Thaawarchand Gehlot has urged HRD minister Prakash Javadekar to include the life and works of Jayaprakash Narayan in school syllabus. Narayan, popularly referred to as JP, is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against the then prime minister Indira Gandhi In his letter to the HRD minister, Gehlot also sought that the period of Emergency be included in school curriculums. The Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment said he has received a representation in this regard from the national president of the Loktantra Senani Sangh (LSS), Kailash Soni. Soni also sought that social and political workers, who participated in the movement against the Emergency, be recognised and declared as freedom fighters. Gehlot has also written to Home Minister Rajnath Singh in this regard. The LSS is an organisation representing political prisoners jailed during the Emergency. Loktantra Senanis fought the "second war for Independence" and restored democracy during the ...
3 held for leaking Class 12 Economics paper
A Special Investigation Team of Delhi Police has arrested a teacher of a private school, a clerk and a support staff from Himachal Pradesh on charges of leaking the CBSE Class 12 Economics paper, an officer said on Saturday.
CBSE case: Three more arrested
Three accused- including a teacher, clerk and support staff- have been arrested from Himachal Pradesh over the leak of Class XII Economics paper.The investigation in the case revealed that the paper was leaked in handwritten form.On April 5, the Delhi Karkardooma Court sent three more accused in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Paper leak case to judicial custody.The Centre on April 4 formed a panel to examine the conduction of examinations and suggest measures to handle the same.The question papers of class XII Economics and class X Mathematics exams, scheduled on March 26 and March 28 respectively, were leaked on Whatsapp.
NIT Mizoram students call off stir after police starts probe
The agitating students of the National Institute of Technology, Mizoram, called off their indefinite stir against poor quality of hostel food which they alleged had caused the death of a student, police said today. The students, who launched agitation on April 2, called off their stir yesterday after the police started enquiry into the death of the student, they said. A first year student Sevsharan Kumar, hailing from Bihar, was taken ill in the NIT hostel at Tanhril near Aizawl on March 26 and died in a Guwahati hospital on March 31, they said. The NIT students alleged that Kumar died after consuming rotten food served in hostel mess. The police took up the case and launched investigation into the cause of the death of Kumar and also whether the hostel warden provided poor quality food to the boarders, they said. Earlier yesterday, at the instructions of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Principal Secretary (Home) Amir Subhani had called up the Home Department of ..
Trump admin calls for making public Harvard's admission data following discrimination suit
The US Department of Justice has called for making public Harvard University's admissions data after a lawsuit against the Ivy League institution alleged that it discriminated against Asian-Americans students in its admissions process for years. A lawsuit was filed in November 2014 by anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions alleging that Harvard admissions practices discriminate against Asian-American applicants. In a filing yesterday in a Boston federal court, the Justice Department called on the court to make Harvard's documents public, saying the government has a substantial interest in the case. Students for Fair Admissions includes over a dozen students who claim they were rejected from Harvard because the it engages in "racial balancing" by capping the number of Asian-Americans it admits each year. According to a report in The Harvard Crimson, the university paper, the Department of Justice called for the unsealing of the admissions data, which Harvard has ...
Pakistan's first school for transgenders to open on April 15
Walking on the path of social reform, Pakistan is to inaugurate country's first ever institute for educational and vocational training for transgender community.As per a news report by the Dawn on Friday, The Gender Guardian school will be inaugurated on April 15 at Lahore under the aegis of Asif Shahzad, who is also school's founder.The school has been built by an NGO named Exploring Future Foundation which is set to open two more branches of the school in Islamabad and KarachiThe school will also host crash courses for fashion designing, beautician and hair styling courses, graphic designing, computer, and mobile repairing.It will have separate wings for primary, matriculation and also graduation-level classes.Shahzad told the Dawn, " School has 15 faculty members three of whom themselves are from the transgender community".Further, it has been reported that more than 40 students from the transgender community have already taken admission in the school which will be formally ...
Disadvantaged engineering students learning at faster rates: Stanford study
Engineering students from disadvantaged groups are learning at a faster rate than their counterparts from the general category, claims an ongoing study being conducted by the Stanford University for India.
Fee regulation panel decision riles schoolkids' parents in Gujarat
Parents of students of private schools in Gujarat on Friday flayed the announcement of forwarding the provisional fee structure to school managements by the Zonal Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) set up by the state government without making it public.
Rupani launches Guj govt drive to rank primary schools
The Gujarat government today launched Gunotsav, an annual exercise where ministers and bureaucrats visit state-run primary schools over two days to rank them from A+ to D. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today launched the programme from Govindi village in Panchmahals district. "The drive for qualitative improvement in the last 15 years has resulted in the increase in number of A+ grade schools from five to 2,117 and those having A grade from 3,823 to 12,556. The number of B grade schools dropped from 12,883 to 1,613 and D grade from 14,582 to 300. The numbers speak about the success of Gunotsav," Rupani said. "My government spends Rs 25,000 crore annually on education from kindergarten to postgraduate level to make learning simple and world-class," he added. He said that his government planned to make all classrooms virtual smart ones in five years, replacing blackboards with palmtops. A release from the state's Information department stated that over 54 lakh students from .
JNU reservation policy: JNUSU members hold protest, meet social justice minister
Members of JNUSU today protested outside the social justice ministry against the alleged violation of the reservation policy in admissions by the varsity administration. A JNUSU delegation later submitted a memorandum to Union Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot highlighting the issue. "We have submitted a memorandum to the minister and apprised him of the issue," JNUSU Joint Secretary Shubhanshu Singh said. "He assured us of action. We also raised the issue of the death of a Dalit student at Mizoram University and submitted a memorandum in this regard," he said. Flagging alleged "tampering" of the reservation policy in admissions by the JNU administration, the university students' union had two days ago petitioned the Lok Sabha seeking its intervention to restore the benefits awarded to students belonging to backward castes.
HC declines DPS plea accusing Khurshid of trademark infringement
The Delhi High Court has dismissed pleas by Delhi Public School (DPS) seeking to restrain Congress leader Salman Khurshid from using Delhi Public World School or Delhi Public World Foundation to describe his institutes. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw refused to grant any relief to DPS, saying the issue of its trademark being infringed was already considered by a division bench of the high court which had accepted the assurance given by Khurshid's institutes that they will not use the words 'Delhi', 'Public' and 'School' in sequence. The court said that DPS had not agitated its concerns before the division bench and "was satisfied merely with the assurance". "In the aforesaid facts, following the principle of hierarchy of benches, it is felt that any exercise by this court, to now consider the entitlement of the plaintiff to the said relief, would be in breach thereof and the decorum which the benches are required to maintain," the single judge said and dismissed the applications moved by .
Assam Assembly passes bill to regulate fees of pvt schools
Assam Assembly today unanimously passed a bill to regulate fees of private schools, having a provision to slap a penalty to the tune of Rs 10 lakh as well withdrawal of registration for violators. Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami announced the passage of the The Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2018 in the House after a brief discussion over some amendments brought in by opposition MLAs. As per the bill, the government shall set up one or more Fee Regulatory Committees to determine the fee structure for any standard or course of study in any non-government schools imparting education in primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary level. The committee would headed by a government nominated retired district or sessions judge or an official of All India Service. Besides, it will have a chartered accountant, a civil engineer, a representative of the private institutes and an academician as members. The Secretary of the Assam Higher ...
Meghalaya govt allocates Rs 1000 cr for education: Sangma
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today said his government has prioritised education and allotted nearly Rs 1000 crore for the sector. Replying to a debate on the Governor's address, Sangma said, "We have allotted nearly Rs 1,000 crore for the education sector. But this is not enough as the financial burden in this sector is high." He said the government has also set up a task force to study the education policy and it is expected to submit its report within three months. The chief minister highlighted the need to release salary of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan school teachers which was lying pending for the last 7/8 months was a big task for the new government. The chief minister said 150 schools will be provided with additional classrooms and activity-based aids for the students to help them learn science and mathematics. "We have to inculcate their love for the subject when they were young," he said, calling on the parents and society to also play their part in this ...
SC stays ordinance on medical admissions to two Kerala colleges
The Supreme Court has rapped the Kerala government for promulgating an ordinance nullifying its last year's order freezing illegal admissions to two medical colleges in the state and stayed its operation. The court's direction came on an appeal by the Medical Council of India against regularisation of these admissions made in self-financing Kannur and Karuna medical colleges in 2016-17. A bench of justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit yesterday stayed the Kerala Professional Colleges (Regularisation of Admission in Medical Colleges) Ordinance of 2017. "In our prima facie view, the ordinance in question blatantly seeks to nullify the binding effect of the order passed by this court. Prima facie, it was not open to declare this court's order as void or ineffective as was sought to be done by way of the ordnance. "We place on record that we had scanned the documents regarding admission in the first round of litigation and the case was heard at length for several days. Hard copies were also .