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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 .
Pakistan's school for transgenders set to open its doors
A school for the education and vocational training of Pakistan's transgender community is set to open its doors from April 15 in Lahore, the media reported on Friday.
Antony criticise bill on medical colleges in Kerala
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister A K Antony today criticised the Kerala government for adopting a bill in the assembly to regularise admissions made in two medical colleges during 2016-17. The House should not have 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, Antony told reporters here. Alternative steps should have been taken to help the affected students and their parents, Antony said, adding, both ruling and opposition should come together to end the cheating of private managements. Former KPCC President V M Sudheeran also came out against Congress led UDF supporting the bill. Meanwhile, Law Minister A K Balan defended the bill and said the legislation was politically and technically correct. Government expect that Governor would accord approval to the bill, he said. The issue of two ...
Restricting plafulness may increase negativity in small boys
Do you, as a teacher, often tend to rebuke your male pupils for their playful attitude? Beware, continous restrictions or discouragment for playfulness may push them towards having negative perceptions of themselves.
MAHE leapfrogs seven places to achieve best ever rank, KMC Manipal ranked fourth
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Manipal has vaulted seven places in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings for Universities in India, announced by the Union HRD Ministry in New Delhi on Tuesday.From 18, MAHE moved to the 11th rank, which is the best yet for the University. In the overall ranking too, MAHE has jumped 12 places, from 30 to 18.Indeed, a remarkable achievement for the University celebrating its silver jubilee this year. And that's not all, there was a lot more to cheer about with five of its constituent units doing extremely well in the rankings and making their presence felt in the education world.Kasturba Medical College, Manipal was ranked fourth in India and the Medical College at Mangaluru was 16th. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences retained its rank of being the seventh best in the country. As for Faculty of Architecture, the college got the 10th rank. FOA needs a pat on the back for being the only private college to figure .
Teachers' certificates from doubtful institutes unacceptable:
Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said the government will focus on quality of teachers and will not accept certificates from any doubtful institutes while appointing them. Sarma, during a discussion on education in the Assembly, said his focus is to improve the system, keeping in mind the students' interest on top. "Students have the fundamental right of quality education. Unless we have quality teachers, it is not possible. In the venture schools or colleges, no one knows how the teachers are appointed," he said. Countering the appeals of MLAs across all political parties that a humanitarian approach should be adopted for retaining jobs of teachers, Sarma said the human rights of students is of topmost importance. "Teachers are getting certificates from varsities like Magadh University and Vinayaka University. This time, when we will provincialise ( to bring under Assam government service) the venture institutes, we are going to check each ...
2 college students arrested, let off on bail for insulting principal
Two students of a college here were arrested and later let off on bail in connection with the incident of bursting crackers and paying 'homage' to the college principal, who will retire in May this year, police said today. Sharat Damodaran and Praveen M P, both second year students of Nehru College, were arrested yesterday and let off on bail, they said. Enquiry with regard to another student, Mohammed Aziz, was going on, sources said. Police had, two days ago, registered a case against three students on the basis of a written complaint by principal P V Pushpaja, seeking action against them for insulting her and causing 'mental agony' by their action. Members of the pro-CPI(M) Students Federation of India (SFI) had burst crackers, rejoicing at her retirement and humiliated her by paying 'homage' last week by putting up a poster offering 'condolences' to a teacher "who had died in the hearts of students." Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had also condemned the incident in the ...
CBSE exam: HRD warns students against 'fake leak mafias'
The HRD Ministry has warned students and parents against "fake leak mafias", saying a purportedly leaked political science paper is doing rounds on social media. Examination for the board's Class 12 Political Science paper was held today. "Fake leak mafias are at it again. Students and parents are advised not to fall prey to such mischiefs. The political science paper purported to have been leaked is fake. Similar attempts were made in the past to disrupt smooth conduct of CBSE exams," HRD's School Education Secretary Anil Swarup said. The HRD Ministry has set up a "high-powered committee" to examine the process by which the CBSE conducts examinations, following the alleged leak of the Class 10 mathematics and the Class 12 economics papers. The Ministry had last week announced the re-examination of the CBSE Class 12 economics paper on April 25. It had said the Class 10 mathematics re-test, if required, would be conducted only for the Delhi-NCR region and Haryana in July. However, it ..
Ashram school superintendent booked for molestation
The superintendent of an ashram school run by the Maharashtra government has been booked on charges of molesting girl students, police said today. Ashram schools are government-run educational institutes for tribals. The 36-year-old superintendent molested the girls repeatedly in the school premises located in Talasari area of Palghar district, they said. Last evening, one of the victims approached the police following which a case was filed against the school official, the police added. He has been booked under IPC section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and also the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, they added. Last month, the superintendent was arrested after two girl students of the school, aged 16 and 17, filed a complaint accusing him of molestation and harassment, police added. He was later released on bail.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France for boosting education
Signing of MoU with a foreign country is not a unilateral course of action and verily depends on various factors viz. education system prevailing in that country, response of the foreign country, bilateral relations, mutual benefit to be accrued by signing such kind of MOUs, etc. In some cases it can materialize soon whereas in other cases it may not materialize or take time. In other words, agreement with a country evolves during the course of negotiations and as such it cannot be predicted/planned in advance.
Handloom dept. extends helping hand to unemployed youth in Leh
The handloom department, established in 1966 in Leh district, imparts training to unemployed youth in various handloom activities.Training of tailoring, weaving, stitching, spinning and dyeing are among other skills, being taught in this handloom department.At present, there are four training centre at different Block level in Leh district.The training session for learner vary from six months to one year during which they also get stipend of Rs.500.After the completion of the training the trainees also receive certificates and can also serve as teacher at village level centers to teach others.The department also organises training competition and gives financial or machinery assistance to individual or group to set up business unit of their interest under the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) fund project.
Over 25 students fall ill after eating meal at Noida school
At least 30 students of Step by Step School in Noida fell ill due to suspected food poisoning.Taking note of the matter, District Magistrate BN Singh has ordered an investigation into the matter."We have sent city magistrate, circle officer and food safety officer for investigation. We had received information that 25-30 students fell ill but their number and condition is yet to be confirmed. Officers weren't allowed access in the school earlier. Currently, we have taken cognizance into the matter," Singh told ANI.Step by Step is a school in Noida sector 132 where students are provided breakfast and lunch in the canteen.Meanwhile, the principal of the school assured that necessary actions are being taken to investigate possible causes."Some of the students at our school had mild to severe stomach ache and some also vomited. It is unclear as to the cause of the apparent problem. A team of doctors from Max Hospital was called in immediately to provide medical attention to affected ...