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CBI busts human trafficking gang, books five
The CBI on Tuesday registered a case against five persons, including two women, on charges of attempting to traffic 11 Punjab-based teenaged boys to the US on non-immigrant visa under the garb of an educational trip, an official said.
No re-test for CBSE Class 10 students anywhere in India
The government on Tuesday said no re-examination of the Class 10 maths paper will be conducted anywhere in the country, bringing major relief to nearly two lakh CBSE Class 10 students in Delhi, NCR and Haryana.
Two city universities find place among the list of top
The City-based Bharathiar University is ranked 13th among Indian Universities and 20th under the overall categories of NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) of Ranking of 2018 of Union Ministry of Human Resources and Development. The university is the only State University under Arts and Science category to top the list of NIRF, a varsity release said here today. This achievement was due to consistent teaching and research activities, it said. Another city-based Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has emerged as the 8th best university among the Indian Universities, the only private university to appear in the top 10 list. "It is a wonderful outcome of the visionary leadership of the world-renowned humanitarian leader Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, in setting the dual goals of education for life and compassion-driven research, the university vice-chancellor, Dr P Venkat Rangan said in a release.
IIT-M bags top honours for the third time in a row
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, here has emerged as the Top-Ranked Engineering Institute in the country for the third consecutive year. The premier educational institute was declared as the number one among the Engineering institutes in the India Rankings, 2018, by National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of HRD, a press release said. "The ranking is an affirmation of the consistent hard work of our faculty, staff and students and the zeal with which we are implementing and exceeding the targets of our Strategic Plan 2020", IIT Madras Director professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi said in the release. IIT Madras also retained its position in the overall category where it was adjudged as the Second Best Institution in the country after Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, under the overall ranking of institutions. "IIT Madras leads in research as well as industry collaboration anchored by its hugely successful Research Park. We will continue to ..
Students act of insulting teacher deplorable: Kerala CM
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said the government would take stern action against the students who insulted the retiring woman principal of a college in Kasargod district last month. Vijayan was replaying to a submission by opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala who brought to the notice of the assembly the incident related to bursting of crackers and display of posters with writings 'condolence' in the campus as a farewell to the retiring College Principal P V Pushpaja. Referring to the allegation of Chennithala that students behind the incident belonged to Students Federation of India, (SFI), the student wing of CPI(M), Vijayan said SFI never agree or accept this kind of actions. The students should consider teachers as their mothers and that was our culture, Vijayan said. Insulting a teacher cannot be agreed, he said, adding, all would condemn such acts and nobody would support it. Education Minister C Raveendranath said that two students have been ...
Number of DU colleges among India's top 10 in HRD ministry ranking dips
Five Delhi University colleges have made it to the list of top 10 colleges in the country under the HRD Ministry's national ranking framework released today. Last year, six colleges under the Delhi University had figured in the top 10 list. While Miranda House has been ranked number one yet again, St Stephens College, which participated in the ranking for the first time, has bagged second rank. Hindu College, which did not participate in the rankings last year, is at the fifth position in the top 10 list. Bishop Heber College at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, which was at fourth position last year, has bagged third rank this year. The ranking of Loyola College in Chennai has dipped from second to sixth position. Similarly, DU's Shri Ram College of Commerce and Lady Shri Ram College for Women, which were at third and seventh position respectively last year, have been ranked seventh and eight position respectively. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in West Bengal's Howrah and Madras ...
MBBS student found hanging in hostel of BRD medical college
A fourth year MBBS student of Baba Raghav Das Medical College here was found hanging from the ceiling fan of a hostel room here today, the police said. "Sumit Siddharth, a 2014 batch MBBS student, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in room number 119 at new UG hostel and it appears that he took the extreme step out of depression," Principal of the medical college Ganesh Kumar said. According to some students, Siddharth was upset over something since the last few days and had not appeared for an exam on Monday. However, no suicide note was found, the police said. The body has been sent for post mortem, SP city Vinay Kumar Singh said. The principal said that Siddharth's parents in Lucknow have been informed about the incident.
Haryana education dept makes wearing helmets compulsory for students
Haryana Higher Education Department has made wearing of helmets and fastening of seatbelts in cars mandatory for all college students even when they are inside the campus. The decision was taken in a review meeting of Road Safety Programme held under the chairmanship of Dr Rakesh Gupta, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Haryana, an official spokesman said. Those students who would not abide by the rules would not be allowed to enter the campus, he said. The spokesman said the director general of Higher Education Department has issued directions to the principals of all government, government aided private and self-funded colleges for strict compliance.
CBSE not to conduct class 10 re-test; says it's internal segment of edu system
The HRD ministry today decided against conducting a re-examination of the CBSE class 10 mathematics paper following reports of paper leak, with the board saying that class 10 was just an "internal segment" of school education system. Education Secretary Anil Swarup had earlier in the day said, "Consequent to a preliminary evaluation of the impact of the reportedly leaked CBSE class 10 maths paper & keeping in mind the paramount interest of students, the CBSE has decided not to conduct a re-examination, even in the states of Delhi NCR and Haryana. Hence, no re-exam for class 10". In a later statement, the Central Board of Secondary education (CBSE) said, "Class X examination is essentially a gateway for class XI and thus remains largely an internal segment of school education". "On the other hand, class XII exams are a gateway to higher education and various professional competitive exams which have limited seats...therefore, giving undue advantage of to a handful of beneficiaries .
IISc overall top in NIRF rankings
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru came out at the top overall in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by Human Resource Development Ministry here on Tuesday.
CBSE paper leak: Court sends all accused to police custody
A Delhi Court on Tuesday sent all the accused in the CBSE paper leak case, to two-day police custody.On Sunday, two teachers of a private school - Rishabh and Rohit - along with a tutor of a coaching centre, Touqeer were arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking class 12 Economics paper.The teachers allegedly opened the paper 30 minutes before the exam, clicked the picture and forwarded the same to the tutor.More than 60 people have been questioned till now, out of which 10 are tutors of coaching centres. Also, more than 50 cell phones of students and tutors have been seized.The CBSE also cracked a whip on its officials and suspended one with immediate effect for lax supervision in an examination centre (0859).The question papers of class XII Economics and class X Mathematics exams held on March 26 and March 28 respectively, were leaked on Whatsapp.
PDM University awarded Economic Times Best Education Brand Award 2018
PDM University, Bahadurgarh, one of the leading universities of North India, has been conferred The Economic Times (ET) Best Education Brand 2018 award as a symbol of excellence in educating and skilling India's future.The award was presented to Prof. (Dr.) A. K. Bakhshi, Vice-Chancellor of the PDM University, by Vinod Tawade, Minister of Education, Govt. of Maharashtra, at a glittering function held at Taj Vivanta in Mumbai on Saturday, March 24, 2018.The event also saw the unveiling and launch of the Coffee Table Book 2018 by the minister.PDM University has received this prestigious award for the second year in succession. Receiving the award, Prof. Bakhshi said, "We are indeed delighted to receive this award, which recognises our efforts to provide best quality of education to our students. PDM University is and will always remain committed to the empowerment of its students for their all - round development."He also thanked all the stakeholders - the management, staff, students ...
Pacific World School celebrates Orientation Day
Pacific World School, one of the best CBSE schools in Greater Noida and an initiative by the management of DPS Indirapuram, conducted an orientation programme.In this programme, many presentations were organised by children and teachers.About 400 parents with children participated in this event.On this occasion, the school's pro-vice-chairperson, Nidhi Bansal, director Meeta Rai and principal Seema Kaur were present.The programme commenced with a lamp lighting ceremony and a welcome to all visitors.Soulful dance performances were presented by teachers and students for Ganesha Vandana.School principal Seema Kaur thereafter greeted all those present for the program and thanked them for being a part of it.'Aashayein Khile Dil Ki' and other songs were also presented by school teachers and children."We are grateful to all the parents that they became a part of this successful programme. It is our sheer pleasure and endeavour to educate the children who will be bright future prospects of ...
Google Wi-Fi, Chromebooks now available on buses for rural students
After Apple released new classroom software for schoolgoers last month, Google has launched "Rolling Study Halls" to help students from rural communities access Wi-Fi and Chromebooks on buses.
Enrolment drive to improve admission of students in schools
A drive has been launched in Ganjam district to improve the enrolment of students in Class 1. The campaign, christened as 'Prabesh Utsav', began yesterday and would continue till April 6. Teachers, volunteers and members of the panchayats, including the sarpanch and ward members, will be involved in the drive. It mainly involves organising rallies in villages, said district education officer (DEO) and district project coordinator of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Sanatan Panda. April 6 will be celebrated as 'full attendance' day, he said. After taking admission in Class 1, the students will be given text books on April 6. "We have already received the text books from the government. These will be distributed among the students on April 6," the DEO said. The state government faced criticism last year when it failed to provide free textbooks to the students for several months after the start of the academic year. "The SSA has been conducting an enrolment drive for the past ..
President plants Baobab sapling
President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday planted a Baobab sapling, which has a life span of over 2,000 years, in the gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
No re-exam for Class 10: Government
The government announced on Tuesday it will not conduct any re-examination for Class 10 maths paper despite an alleged leak of the question paper.
CBSE will not re-conduct Class 10 exam: HRD Ministry
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will not re-conduct the examination of Class 10 Maths paper, which was leaked online on March 28, just hours before it was conducted throughout the country.in view of opposition to its earlier consideration, the CBSE has decided not to conduct the exam in the states of Delhi NCR and Haryana, Human Resource and Develop Ministry Secretary (Education) Anil Swarup tweeted on Tuesday.Swarup said the decision was taken by keeping in mind the paramount "interest of students"."Consequent to the preliminary evaluation of the impact of reportedly leaked CBSE class 10 Maths paper and keeping in mind the paramount interest of students, CBSE has decided not to conduct re-examination even in the states of Delhi NCR and Haryana. Hence, no re-exam for class 10," the secretary tweeted.The CBSE had earlier announced to re-conduct the examination of Class 10 Mathematics in Delhi NCR and Haryana and Class 12 Economics paper over their leakage reports.The ...
No re-examination for CBSE Class 10: HRD ministry
The HRD ministry today decided against conducting a re-examination of the CBSE Class 10 mathematics paper following reports of paper leak, in the "interest of students". "Consequent to a preliminary evaluation of the impact of the reportedly leaked CBSE class 10 maths paper & keeping in mind the paramount interest of students, the CBSE has decided not to conduct a re-examination, even in the states of Delhi NCR and Haryana. Hence, no re-exam for class 10," Education Secretary, Anil Swarup said. The ministry had last week announced that the re-examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 economics paper would be held on April 25. It had said the Class 10 mathematics re-test, if required, would be conducted only for Delhi-NCR and Haryana in July. The announcement had come after the board received complaints that question papers of two subjects were leaked.
Bridge gap between rural and urban education: Kakodkar
The aim of higher education should be to use local resources and provide students an easy access to knowledge and content, noted nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar has said. He suggested reducing reliance on foreign education and products, and using indigenous resources more. Kakodkar called for bridging the gap between rural and urban education so that students can apply their academic skills in their surroundings. The former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission said universities should focus on skill-based education and give the task of conducting exams to a private agency. "Our syllabus should be based on needs of the society and compatible technology," he said at a symposium on higher education here yesterday. "The aim of higher education should be to use indigenous resources and provide easy access of knowledge and content in the student's mother tongue," he said. "We rely on other countries for education and products and think what is imported is the best. This ...