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9 kids die in Himachal school bus accident
At least nine children from a private school in Himachal Pradesh were killed when their school bus skidded off the road and fell into a 100-feet-deep gorge in Kangra district on Monday, police said.
CBSE yet to announce postponed Classes 10, 12 exam dates in Punjab
The CBSE is yet to announce new dates for the Class 10 and Class 12 examinations that were postponed in Punjab in view of the 'Bharat Bandh' on April 2, leaving the students and parents anxious. At the request of the state government in view of 'Bharat Bandh' called by several Dalit organisations against the alleged "dilution" of the SCs/STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had postponed the exams scheduled on April 2. "It has been a week and I was completely prepared for the exam and now we don't even know that when the exam will be held," Jaspreet Mehra, a Class 10 student from Bhatinda said. Supriya Bhatia, an IT professional said, "It's depressing for students to aimlessly prepare for exam without knowing an exact date. It should have been announced that day only". The board officials, however, said, that the dates will be announced soon. "The dates will be announced soon, students and parents should not panic," a senior CBSE official
Auxilo Finserve plans to disburse Rs. 100 Cr. of education loan through its Pune centre
Auxilo Finserve Pvt Ltd., India's fastest growing education ecosystem NBFC, on Monday inaugurated its specialized centre in Pune and plans to disburse Rs. 100 crore of education loan in the next two financial years, from this centre.As a part of its nationwide expansion plans, Auxilo Finserve aims to reach out to a maximum number of students in fulfilling their education financing needs for higher learning, as well as providing hassle-free loans to educational institutes for their infrastructure upgradation requirements.Pune, popularly known as the education hub of western India, has been a home to hundreds of educational institutions that provide various streams of courses to lakhs of students.Through specialized centre in Pune, Auxilo Finserve attempts to add value in education financing with providing easy, quick and customized loans at economical rates and repayment options."We feel this centre will essentially support hundreds of valuable dreams of this city's youth that can ...
Jammu Univ students sit on indefinite fast
A group of students from the University of Jammu today began 'fast-unto-death' in support of their various demands, days after the authorities revoked suspension of five students and discussed their demands. Dozens of students staged the protest within the university complex and pledged to continue the fast-unto-death till their demands are met. We are continuing the ongoing 19-day strike in support of our demands. We have started the fast-unto-death and will not budge till the university administration respond positively to our demands, said Abinandan Sharma, a student from the varsity. On April 4, the students had called off a three-week long agitation after the authorities revoked suspension of five students who were suspended for allegedly ransacking the Dean Students Welfare (DSW) office. A committee formed by the university and the student representatives had also agreed that the demands raised by the students with respect to university infrastructure and facilities were ...
Two teachers bag two-week masterclass at Oxford
Oxford University Press announced on Monday that it will sponsor the top two winners of Teaching Professionals Olympiads (TPO) English Challenger track for a two week "Oxford English Language Teachers Academy Masterclass" at Oxford University.
QS Awarded Crescent University an 'Overall 4 Star Rating' for excellence in Education
The World top University Ranking agency QS has awarded Crescent University, a prestigious "4 Star Rating" in the Overall category. Abdul Qadir A. Rahman Buhari, Chairman, Board of Management of the Institute, received the certificate of rating from Ashwin Fernandes, Regional Director - Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, QS Intelligence Unit, UK. Dr. H. Devaraj, Former Vice Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) was present. The event took place in the city today.Very few Universities across the globe have been awarded the 4 Star Rating by QS. Crescent is the fourth in India, to receive an Overall 4 Star Rating. Earlier, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore; SRM University, Chennai and VIT University, Vellore were given the QS recognition.Following the awarding of QS Stars, Ashwin Fernandes briefed on the QS Star Rating and unveiled the QS Star results. Prof. Tan Sri Dato' Sri Ir. Dr. Sahol Hamid Bin Abu Bakar, Vice-Chancellor addressed the gathering ...
CBCS for undergraduate subjects in Haryana
The Haryana government today said it has decided to introduce choice-based credit system (CBCS) and revise the syllabus and workload in eleven subjects at the under-graduation level "in keeping with global scenario". The subjects are economics, political science, psychology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, botany, zoology, commerce and geography, said an official spokesperson of the higher education department. Committees comprising five to six members of the teaching faculties in each subject have been constituted. Members of these committees would meet at Kurukshetra and Rohtak on April 14 and 15, said the spokesperson. They would review the existing syllabi in the universities of Haryana, the neighbouring states as well as the model curriculum of UGC to make an assessment of the workload and evolve choice-based credit system, he added.
Haryana govt to introduce choice-based credit system (CBCS) at undergraduate level
Haryana government today said it has decided to introduce choice-based credit system (CBCS) and revise the syllabus and workload in eleven subjects at the under-graduation level in state universities"keeping with global scenario". The subjects are economics, political science, psychology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, botany, zoology, commerce and geography, said an official spokesperson of the higher education department. Committees comprising five to six members of the teaching faculties in each subject had been constituted and they would meet at Kurukshetra and Rohtak on April 14 and 15, said the spokesperson. They would review the existing syllabi in the universities of Haryana, the neighbouring states as well as the model curriculum of UGC to make an assessment of the workload and evolve choice-based credit system, he added.
NCERT books should be available to all students, directs Uttarakhand CM
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday instructed all the District Magistrates of the state to ensure NCERT books are made available to the students and parents through book sellers and retailers.This comes after the state government made NCERT books compulsory in private schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).Earlier, complaints were received that schools were prescribing books by private publishers that cost exorbitantly.The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, and its books are prescribed by the CBSE.
IIT JEE main examination held
The Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (Main) was today held for around 10.43 lakh aspirants in 112 cities in India and abroad. The offline exam, conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), was held in 104 cities across 1,613 centres across the country and in eight centres in as many countries abroad. "The sixth edition of JEE (Main) 2018 offline exam was held for approximately 10,43,739 candidates registered for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes in NITs, IITs and other centrally funded technical institutes etc," the CBSE said in a release. JEE (Main) is also an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced).
3 new polytechnic institutes to become functional soon
Three new polytechnic institutes will soon become functional in Nagaland, state Technical Education Minister Temjen Imna Along said today. While a polytechnic has already been inaugurated at Seithekema C in Dimapur, the second institute at Tuensang would be inaugurated on April 11 and the third institute at Phek within few days, he said. Interacting with media persons on the sidelines of a regional workshop on technical education for the northeastern states, Along said, "the available infrastructure is poor, but we will try our best to use the infrastructure that is available now." On the possibilities of upgradation of Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu in Zunheboto district into a full-fledged engineering college, the minister said extensive study is being made on the feasibility. "There are many issues and the department needs sometime to deal with issues concerning landowners, but we will make sure that a degree engineering college comes up in Nagaland," he said.
Owaisi for de-reservation of Urdu teachers post reserved for backward class
All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday wrote a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao requesting him to de-reserve the posts reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes in Urdu medium Teachers Reservation Test (TRT).Stating that the posts are lying vacant due to non-availability of the SC/ST/BC candidates, Owaisi further asked the Chief Minister to fill those posts as per the merit."With reference to the subject cited, I am herewith forwarding the application of TS Urdu Trained Teachers Association, that the candidates of TRT 2017 submitting the notification certain vacancies had notified for Urdu medium candidate also as per the roster system it is noticed that candidates belongs to SC/ST/BC (A-C-D) are not available and most of the vacancies for Urdu medium posts throughout the Telangana state," his letter read."In view of above I request to De-Reserve the posts reserved for SC/ST/BC(A_C-D) in TRT ...
UP board exam results to be out this month, new session to commence on April 16: Dy CM
UP Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said today the results of Class 10 and Class 12 examinations conducted by the state board will be declared this month and the new academic session will commence on April 16. "We are happy that it was a copying-free examination and the answer sheets have been evaluated in time. We will declare the results of UP Board examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 in April," Sharma, who was in Jaunpur to inaugurate a school, told reporters. In the coming months, he said, this practice will be replicated in universities and colleges. "All universities have been directed to ensure all examinations are over by June 15. The government is also making efforts that from next year all universities hold their examinations at the same time." The board exams this year were conducted amid tight security and strict measures were put in place to discourage cheating. Reports have said more than 10 lakh students skipped the exams - conducted between February 6 and March ..
NCERT books should be made available to all students: Rawat
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today issued strict instructions to all district magistrates to ensure authentic NCERT books are made available to all students through booksellers and retailers. All booksellers should be asked to supply NCERT books to retailers as per their requirements so that authentic books are made available to students, an official release said. Rawat also asked the DMs to take stern action against booksellers who refuse to supply NCERT books in small quantities to retailers. NCERT books were made compulsory in CBSE affiliated private schools by the state government from the new session following complaints from guardians that private schools were prescribing books of private publishers in an arbitrary manner to make profit.
Odisha seeks review of AICTE's no admission decision
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday sought the intervention of Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar for reconsideration of AICTE's decision to debar admissions into two premier diploma institutions in the state.
Important to get Thackeray's speech delivery right, says Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is portraying the role of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in a biopic, said that it was necessary to master the ease and speed with which the leader delivered speeches. Siddiqui, who was at the 'Goa Fest 2018' here, said the film is one his most challenging projects. "One of the important aspects of Balasaheb's character was the ease and the speed of his public speeches. It is important for me to get this ease and speed," Siddiqui said. The actor, who is originally from Hindi speaking belt, said he is taking tuition to get his Marathi accent right. "The film is being shot in Hindi and Marathi. Till a month ago, I could not speak Marathi but I have started taking tuition. The film's shooting is expected to be wrapped up by June," he said. The project is produced by Sanjay Raut, Sena Rajya Sabha member and editor of the party magazine Saamana.
UK boarding school to allow boys to wear skirts
A leading privately-run boarding school in the UK will allow boys who wish to wear a skirt to make it a uniform choice. Uppingham School at Rutland in the East Midlands region of England already uses gender-neutral terms like "pupils" rather than girls and boys and now wants to take a sympathetic approach to its pupils who identify with a gender they were not born with. "I would hope that any pupil could come to me and say, This is who we are, this is how we wish to express ourselves. We want to wear these clothes', and we would probably allow that," Richard Maloney, the headmaster of the school, told The Sunday Times'. Maloney was reacting to British television doctor Christian Jessen, who studied at Uppingham boarding school from the age of seven, saying that he might have opted to wear a skirt at school if he had been given the choice. "I probably would have worn a skirt to shock. I never toed the line, I was always different," said Jessen, the star of a TV show 'Embarrassing ...
Chess: Checkmating problems of kids in Rajasthan slums
A 64-square chequered board changed the life of several children living in urban slums of two districts in Rajasthan after they were introduced to the game of king, queen and pawns. Deepak Sevta, a 14-year-old minor living in an urban slum of Hanumangarh district, is one such prodigy among the hundreds of children living such slums, whose life transformed after they hooked to the mental sport on an 8x8 chessboard. "Chess has changed my life. I feel more patient and focused in studies and my result (has) improved significantly. I started playing in 2014 and, since then, I have been a consistent player," said Sevta, whose father works at a saw machine in Hanumangarh, around 400km from Jaipur. Suraj Indora and Bajrang are two other children, who have started utilising their free time in playing chess, than being part of any wrong company. "I secured 58 per cent in Class IX and then 64 per cent in Class X... I am expecting 70 per cent in 11thexams. Chess has played a role in improving my .
Mgmt students should build purpose-driven firms: Harvard prof
Senior faculty of Harvard Business School, Prof Srikant M Datar, has exhorted management students to build purpose-driven organisations as the world will require many more "thoughtful and caring managers in the years to come." The senior associate dean of the Harvard Business Scholl was speaking as the chief guest at the 53rd convocation of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta yesterday. "Be open minded and willing to learn, act boldly and be responsible towards your organisation and society after you leave this premier institution," he told the students after after conferring diplomas to them. A total 433 students were awarded diplomas at the convocation. Chairman of IIM Calcuttas Board of Governors Shrikrishna Kulkarni said, "With passing years and increasing responsibilities, you need to be consistent with your dedication and eminence will seek you." A total of 68 students were conferred Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX) and 50 students given the .
Chinese varsities sever ties with professor over sex scandal
Two Chinese universities have severed ties with a professor who was accused of the sexual assault of a female student who committed suicide in 1998.