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J'khand govt to develop six backward districts
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has said that the governments priority is to develop six backward districts of the state. "Khunti, Simdega, Gumla, West Singhbhum, Pakur and Sahibganj are the most backward districts. The governments priority is to develop them," Das told a meeting of officials here yesterday, an official release said. Das asked deputy commissioners of these districts to focus on the most backward block and panchayat of these districts. Emphasis should be given on education, health, self-employment and infrastructure. He asked the deputy commissioners to go to a backward village every week, meet the people, know their problems and solve them. Das asked to take the services of retired teachers or youth on contract wherever teachers would be required in schools. He asked to set up poultry society so that eggs could be served in midday meals in schools. The government would also procure eggs for midday meals. He also asked to speed up electricity work ..
Education must not be politicised: MoS HRD
Amid controversy brewing post the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) paper leak, Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource Development (HRD) Satyapal Singh asserted that education should not be politicised."Education is not something that should be politicised, as it is a necessity for everyone. Indulging in politics over this will not help spur the development of this country," Singh told reporters here.For the unversed, the papers of class XII Economics held on March 26, and class X Maths, held on March 28, were leaked on social media hours before the examination. Ever since, scores of students have taken to mass-protesting to express their dissatisfaction over poor governance and the CBSE's re-examination decision.However, the Congress Party termed the paper leak as the government's failure and demanded the removal of Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and the chairperson of the CBSE.On Thursday, Congress President Rahul Gandhi accused the ...
Over 14L Class X students will not give retest: Javadekar
Amid the ongoing furore post the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X question paper leak, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday confirmed that out of the 16 lakh students, more than 14 lakh will not have to appear for the Mathematics re-exam."I am amazed to see headlines in some news channels about confusion over retest. Out of 16 lakh students, more than 14 lakh students of Class X will not have to give retest in Maths. This is the final decision," Javadekar tweeted."Class-X students from J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal, Punjab, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, WB, Northeastern states, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra, Telangana, Karnataka, TN, Puduchery, Andaman, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP, Chhattisgarh will not give Maths retest," he added.Clearing the air regarding Delhi and Haryana, Javadekar stated that a retest will be conducted only if police investigation points to a large-scale leak.For the ...
Piyush Goyal blames auditors for Nirav Modi scam
Union Minister for Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal on Friday said if auditors had done their jobs honestly and ethically then scams like the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud could have been avoided."If an auditor does his job honestly, ethically, judiciously, carefully with all the high standards the institute and teachers have set, could we have not avoided the scams like that of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi," the Union Minister said while speaking at JK Shah Classes, which gives academic training to CA student.Talking of Chartered Accountant fraternity, Goyal said if the 2.5 lakh CAs in the country determined not to participate in any wrongdoings, India will be another country altogether."Many of the CAs don't like the theory that I have articulated and been saying from the past five to seven years. Sadly many brothers and sisters of our fraternity say I have become a critic of our fraternity. I am not a critic but just showed that if the 2.5 lakhs CAs be determined that they will not
No confusion now over re-test: Javdekar
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the announcements made by his ministry today should clear all confusion regarding the re-test of the CBSE Class 10 maths and Class 12 Economics papers. The re-examination of the board's Class 12 economics paper will be held on April 25, while the Class 10 mathematics re-test, if required, would be conducted only for Delhi-NCR and Haryana in July, the government said today amid widespread outrage over the papers leak issue. In a series of tweets, the Union Minister reiterated the statements made by School Education Secretary Anil Swarup and said the aim of the government was to ensure that children's futures are not hampered. "In the larger interest of academics and students the sensitive government has taken a decision not to have nationwide retest in Maths for class 10th. The test will be held in Delhi, Haryana after final inputs from police and that too if needed it will be held in July," he tweeted. In the interest of students of 12th ...
Class X students breathe sigh of relief over retest fuss
Class Xth students heaved a sigh of relief when the Human Resource Development ministry announced that if needed, the re-examination of the Mathematics paper will happen only in Delhi and Haryana.The School Education Secretary at the HRD Ministry, Anil Swarup, on Friday announced that the leakage of the Mathematics exam was restricted to only Delhi and Haryana, and if needed the retest would only be in those two states.As soon as this news broke, students from rest of the states celebrated it."Our Maths papers went really well and now when it is finally done, we are pleased and could not ask for anything more. I am just grateful for what has happened," a Class Xth student said.Another student expressed, "We have been praying that the retest gets cancelled. And now finally it is cancelled. We were screaming when the decision came out."The HRD ministry today declared that the re-examination for the Economics paper for Class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students will be
Paper leaks: CBSE shares exam centres, bank custodians' details with police
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday shared information regarding the conduction of board papers to the police, which is probing the leaking of Class 12 Economic and Class 10 Mathematics papers.The education board, in a letter to the police, gave details about the examination centres, names of staff and superintendents at the centers, bank custodians as well as the names and contact details of bank managers who had custody of the leaked papers in Delhi and Haryana.There were as many as six complaints regarding the paper leak, and the information regarding the same have been furnished to the Special Investigation Team (SIT), the CBSE stated in the letter to the police.In the latest development in the matter, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has announced that the re-examination for the Economics paper for Class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students will be held on April 25, while Class 10th Mathematics paper will happen only in Delhi .
CBSE student moves SC against Maths re-exam
A Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) student from Cochin on Friday approached the Supreme Court against the re-examination of Class X Maths paper.Rohan Mathew approached the apex court against the decision of the CBSE to cancel and re-conduct the Mathematics exam held on March 28 over the question paper leak.Mathew sought the court's direction to the education board to publish results on the basis of already held examination.He also sought setting up of a special high-powered committee to conduct a detailed investigation into the case.The Economics question paper of class XII and Maths question paper of class X were leaked on social media hours before the examination. The Economics exam was held on March 26 and the Maths paper on March 28.Union Education Secretary Anil Swarup said on Friday that the CBSE re-exam for Class XII Economics paper would be held on 25 April but a decision on the CBSE re-exam for the Class X Maths paper would be taken later."Regarding Class 10th ...
CBSE paper leak: Board shares details of all complaints received
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has shared details of all the complaints it had received about the Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics papers being leaked, a police official said today. The board informed the police that they had received five complaints informing them that the two papers were leaked, an official privy to the probe said. The contents of these complaints have been shared with them and will be examined, the official said. In its complaint to the police, the CBSE had said that they received a complaint by fax on March 23 from an "unknown source" that a man running a coaching institute in Rajendra Nagar was involved in leaking the economics paper. The complaint also named two schools in Rajendra Nagar for their involvement in the alleged leak. On March 26, when the students sat for the economics paper, the CBSE Academic unit at Rouse Avenue received an unaddressed envelope in the evening containing four sheets of hand written answers of the ...
Alternate set of ques papers could have checked leaks: ex-CBSE officials
Former CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly today lashed out at the board for "inept handling"of the CBSE paper leak issue, contending that the introduction of one set of question paper from this year did more harm than good both for the students as well as the board. Delhi University professor J L Gupta, closely associated with the CBSE examination till recently, was also critical of the functioning of the board, observing that "alternate set of question papers" could have saved the board from the present crisis. The anger was palpable as both felt the board needs to be more competent as "complacency" has crept into its functioning. "When you are handling an examination of this magnitude, you should have a Plan B and Plan C ready. The leakages and the delay in announcing the dates of the re-examination of two papers show there was no such plans in place," Ganguly, who headed the board for eight years till 2008, told PTI. Prof Gupta, currently a member of the Delhi University Court, said the ..
CBSE paper decision in interest of people: Javadekar
Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday called the CBSE's decision on reconducting exams for class 10 and 12 leaked papers to be in "wider interest of the students and academics".
J'khand: 6 students detained with solved Maths paper during test
Six students, who allegedly went into their class 10th Mathematics exams with solved papers, were detained in Chatra today in connection with CBSE paper leaks, the police said here. Chatra sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Gyan Ranjan said the six were sitting with solved Maths papers at their test centres on March 28. They have been detained," he said. One of the detainees claimed they allegedly received the papers from Patna, following which a police team was sent to the Bihar capital city for further investigation, the SDPO said. An FIR has been lodged against the four but no arrest has been made as yet, the SDPO said. The CBSE Board examination paper leaks earlier this week has drawn widespread criticism from across the country and triggered students protest.
Devi Ahilya university opts for traditional attire for
The Devi Ahilya University, for the first time since it was established in 1964, asked participants, including dignitaries present, to wear traditional Indian attire for its convocation ceremony, university authorities said. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Vice Chancellor Narendra Dhakad, along with graduating students, were present at the ceremony today wearing clothes that included a turban native to the Malwa region and a jacket and stole. An official said that the move was to encourage Indianness, adding that the state government had also issued directives that traditional attire should be adopted for these ceremonies instead of the current practice of wearing convocation or graduation gowns and caps.
Pilot accuses BJP of ignoring plight of parents, students facing fee hike
Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Sachin Pilot today accused the BJP of ignoring the plight of parents and students who are facing fee hike in private schools and demanded clear guidelines from the Centre. Pilot said that private schools are raising fee by 25-30 per cent which is unexpected but the government was not taking any action and ignoring the concern of parents. He also condemned the CBSE paper leak. Centre should issue guideline to control fee hike in private schools. It is the duty of the government to not allow commercialisation of education, Pilot said in a statement here. He said that the state government is quiet on the issue of fees hike which shows silent nod of the government to private schools to raise fees. Not only hiking fees, private schools are even taking advance fees for 3-6 months. There is a fee regulation act and district and divisional level committees in the state but those committees formed by the government proved to be ineffective, he ...
CBSE paper leak: Have to again take tuition, pay fees, says student who has 'maths phobia'
The CBSE paper leak has come as a rude shock to many class-10 students like R Shreya who fears that she might have to go through the ordeal of preparing for the maths exam all over again which will involve spending money on tuition and fighting a "phobia" for the subject. Shreya wonders why should she be made to write the maths paper again as the examination "should be conducted only where it (the question paper) has been leaked), not in every place." "I am feeling very pressured and it is very tough for me to study maths again. Recalling all the formulas is very tough. I have to again take tuition and pay the fees," she told PTI. Her vacation plans as well as entrance exam schedule for another school after Class 10, too have gone for a toss. The teenager asked why she should be penalised for no fault of hers and said the prospect of studying for the re-examination is going to put more pressure on her. "I feel that the coming paper (re-test) will be tougher than the paper I wrote ...
'CBSE paper leak information given to police on Mar 27'
The information regarding the CBSE 10th Math's paper leak was given to the police a day before the conduction of examination, claimed a coaching teacher named Chandan Gupta, who is said to be the first one who flagged the incident.Gupta allegedly received a portion of the leaked Math's paper, a day before the exam was conducted on March 28. Following this, he informed the police, who initiated a probe into the matter."I called PCR at 10:45 pm after looking at the pattern of the paper. They then asked me to submit the paper. I do not know if they registered a complaint in this regard or not as the police refused to give the copy of the complaint to me," Gupta told ANI.He further said he was detained at the police station for an entire night even though he only acted as an informer in the entire case.Later the reports regarding the leaking of the paper started doing rounds till then the examination had already been conducted.Alongside, the Class XII Economics paper was also reported to
CBSE Class 12 re-exam on April 25, Class 10 re-test only in Delhi, Haryana
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Friday announced that the re-examination for the Economics paper for Class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students will be held on 25 April."Re-examination of Class 12th exam will be on 25th April," Union Education Secretary Anil Swarup told media here."Regarding Class 10th re-examination, as the leak was restricted to Delhi and Haryana, if it at all a re-exam will happen, it will happen only in Delhi and Haryana and a decision will be taken on this in next 15 days. If at all a re-exam is done, it will be held in July.""The idea was to see that around 16 lakh students in Class 10 do not get impacted by the leak that has happened here. And it at all the re-examination has to happen which will get to know fortnight," added the Education Secretary.Swarup further clarified the reason behind the decision to conduct re-examination for both the leaked papers differently."This decision to hold Class 12 examination is in context,
Boycott CBSE re-exam, Raj Thackeray tells students, parents
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today asked students and parents to boycott re-examination for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exam papers that got leaked. The CBSE announced a re-test of the Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics papers, following reports that they were leaked. "The government, by announcing the re-examination, is giving tension to students. This (the leak) was a mistake of the government and it should pay for the same, not the students," Raj told reporters here. "I request parents not to let students appear for the re-exam. If parents bend today, the next government will also indulge in the same thing," he said. "Parents should send this message to the government that they will not succumb to re-exam tactics. I pray to parents with folded hands to show the government that it made the mistake," Thackeray said. "Some parents met me today. What has happened (re-exam decision) is very bad. It is not the fault of students," he ...
CBSE papers were leaked on 10 WhatsApp groups
The leaked question papers of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination were shared on 10 WhatsApp groups, said the police on Friday.The Economics question paper of class XII and Maths question paper of class X were leaked on social media hours before the examination. The Economics exam was held on March 26 and the Maths paper on March 28.According to the police, the exam papers were circulated on 10 WhatsApp groups with more than 50 members in each group.The members of these groups are private tutors, students and parents.The Crime Branch of Delhi Police is questioning admins and members of these WhatsApp groups.The Crime Branch on Wednesday had set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged leak of the CBSE examination papers.On Thursday, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the CBSE will soon announce dates of re-examination.However, the Opposition parties are cornering the government over the paper leaks and ...
CBSE paper leak: Sisodia asks Javadekar to convene meeting of state edu ministers
Stressing the need to move beyond party politics on the CBSE paper leak issue, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today asked HRD minister Prakash Javadekar to convene a meeting of all state education ministers to discuss ways to stop recurrence of such serious incidents. In a letter to Javadekar, the deputy chief minister said there have been concerns over leaks of several other exam papers and asserted that not only does it affect the future of 26 lakh students, but also puts a question mark on the "sanctity" of the CBSE assessment system. He said if the examination papers are leaked, then undeserving students perform well and hard-working students are left behind, which means the country gets low quality officials, teachers, doctors and engineers. "So let us all put our minds together and think of solutions for the national good," he wrote in the letter. "I request you to immediately convene a day-long brain-storming session of all education ministers, so that we can ensure