Page 451 - Education
Indian universities on recruitment drive for African students
Indian universities have embarked on a recruitment drive to attract African students into their institutions.
Students ask Assam policemen police to leave disputed area
In the backdrop of clashes between Assam's security forces and students from Mizoram at the disputed area along inter-state border, various Mizo students' bodies today demanded that the Assam Police personnel leave the spot within 20 hours, a statement said. The demand came after the Mizo Students Union, the Aizawl City College Joint Students Union and clan-based student bodies held a meeting here. However, the students' bodies did not mention what action they would take if their demand was not met. The students also demanded that the Assam government compensate the Mizo people injured in alleged firing and lathi charge by the Assam Police since the trouble broke out on March 8 at Zopui along the border separating districts of Hailakandi in Assam and Kolasib in Mizoram. Assam and Mizoram have a long-standing boundary dispute, and there had been tension in the Hailakandi-Kolasib region several times in the past. Meanwhile, at least two opposition parties of Mizoram demanded the ...
Business leaders should have analytical abilities: Vinod Gupta
Top industrialist Vinod Gupta today said business leaders need to have strong analytical abilities and "knowledge of engineering can provide that foundation". "Most business schools take students without any analytical background. The students end up lagging behind others when they start their business careers," Gupta said at the silver jubilee celebration of his institute - Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur. IIT Kgp Director P P Chakrabarti said the premier institution would look forward to contributing to India's economic growth through technology-enabled management education. "The management school will be working with other institutions and departments at IIT-Kgp in areas of quality control, medical science and technology and manufacturing," he said. Unlike other management schools, VGSoM has aligned its academic programmes and research with the IIT system, Chakraborti added.
Primary education should only be in Indian languages: RSS; wants local language option for higher education
Pitching for promotion of local languages, the RSS today said the government needs to formulate a suitable policy to ensure that primary education "should only be" in mother tongue or any other Indian language. At its crucial triennial meeting of office bearers, the ruling BJP's ideological mentor passed a resolution on the need to protect and promote "Bhartiya" languages. Candidates appearing in higher education entrance exams of all faculties including technical and medical should have the option of the local languages, it said, adding that the medium of teaching and study material should also be available in Indian languages. The RSS also welcomed that the NEET and UPSC examinations have now been started in "Bharatiya" languages, but said the same option should be available for all other entrance tests and competitive exams. Primary education across the country should only be in mother tongue or any other Bharatiya language. For this, parents should also make up their mind and the .
India, France ink pact for mutual recognition of educational qualifications
India and France today signed an MoU for mutual recognition of educational qualifications. Frederique Vidal, France's Minister of Higher Education and Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar signed the MoU at the 'Knowledge Summit' held coinciding with the first state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to India. The Knowledge Summit brought together education and research industry experts. At the Summit, agreements were signed between universities and research institutions of both countries to boost student mobility between the two countries. "It is historicfor the first time; a government-to- government MoU has been signed to mutually recognise academic qualifications. It will help the student community. There used to be only bilateral arrangements between institutions to institutions, Javadekar said while speaking at the Knowledge Summit at the Pravasi Bharatiya Bhawan. According to an official statement, "The agreement between the two governments will ...
National Police Academy director visits police HQ in Jammu
Director of Hyderabad-based Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy D R Doley Barman today visited the police headquarters here and discussed issues with regard to training and management of police personnel. Barman interacted with senior police officers during the visit, a police spokesman said, adding that Director General of Police (J&K) S P Vaid was also present. She said the academy was keen on conducting various courses and training sessions, such as IPS induction courses, training on different subjects, including cybercrime. The DGP assured Barman that her advice regarding the training would be taken into consideration while framing policies and plans for the training of J&K police personnel, the spokesman said.
Education key to social security of girls, says Naqvi
Education should be the first priority for the country as it is the "golden key" to ensure constitutional and social security of citizens, especially girls, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said. The Narendra Modi government has been working towards educational empowerment of minorities, especially girls, on a priority basis, the minority affairs minister said. He said education is the "golden key" to guarantee constitutional and social security of girls. "We should take it as a mission to make education our first priority." Addressing a programme at Anjuman-a-Islam Girls High School in suburban Mumbai, Naqvi said education is a very strong tool for development and the Modi government is committed to educational empowerment of minorities. Naqvi said due to efforts of the Centre, the school dropout rate among Muslim girls, which was earlier more than 70 per cent, has now come down to about 40 per cent. "The goal of the government is to bring it down to zero per ...
UK college to expand Hinglish course offering
A UK college which piloted a language course in Hinglish last year is planning to offer it to a wider range of students from this year following an interest among students to learn the new language, which is a blend of Hindi and English. Portsmouth College said the popularity of the course, offered as part of a wider module, reflects an interest among students for work placements with Indian companies and that having a basic grasp of Hindi would give them a head start in the market. "The Hinglish course finished last week and there have already been enquiries from students and adult learners about taking up this course next year," said James Watters, Head of E6 Programmes at the college. The unique course was introduced for a select group of students in November 2017 to raise student awareness of the language, get them to explore how Hinglish is used in society and business in the UK and internationally, and give them insights into specific cultural reference in ...
Politics in India at uncertain, divided stage: Himachal Governor
Indian Politics is not in a good condition and is currently based on an uncertainty of ideas, pointed out Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Dev Vrat.He said this was because religion was being interpreted wrongly to the extent that it is creating divisions between and among citizens.Participating in the valedictory ceremony of the Amity Youth Fest 2018, Acharya Dev Vrat appealed to students to value India's rich culture and history.Commneting on the challenges being faced by Indian society today, he said these have been created by educated people and not the uneducated or the poor ones.He said, "True religion advises us to treat people in a way we want to be treated by others."Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah pointed out, "Each election has divided us and not united us. There is so much noise and argument over every issue in Parliament. Issues need to be resolved with dialogue and not argument.""God does not feel threatened, it's the people asking for votes .
One primary school at every one km in Bihar: minister
The Bihar government has been successful in setting up a primary school at every one km while middle and secondary school are at every three and five km respectively, the in-charge minister (education) said. The statement was made by Shravan Kumar in the Bihar Assembly yesterday. The state government is gradually moving towards its goal of setting up a high school at every panchayat, Kumar said adding that out of 8391 panchayats of the state, there were middle schools in 5059 panchayats and high schools in 2200 panchayats. The minister was replying to a debate on his department's budgetary allocation of Rs 32,125.63 crore for 2018-19 which was later passed by a voice vote. after the opposition members staged walk out from the House expressing dissatisfaction on government's reply. The government has also relaxed the criterion for availability of land for setting up a high school, he said adding that the land requirement for setting up a high school was reduced to 0.75 ..
West Bengal: TMC accused of assaulting Visva Bharati students
Trinamool Congress Party workers have been accused of thrashing some students of West Bengal's Visva Bharati University, who were demonstrating against the cutting down of trees at Shyambati area near Shantiniketan in Birbhum district.While the students were demonstrating, some TMC workers led by their local leader Nurul Huda Kaji, reached the spot and allegedly started beating them up a bid to disperse them from the spot.According to the claims of the students, the incident took place in presence of the police force, who did not intervene.Some of the students, reportedly, were injured in the incident.
Odisha govt directs schools to run morning classes in summer
The Odisha government has directed all schools to conduct morning classes from April two as preventive measure against possible heat wave during summer this year, an official said. The School and Mass Education Department has directed in a letter yesterday to all schools including public schools and privately managed schools to reschedule timing of all classes between 6.30 am to 10.30 am from April 2. The letter said that mid day meals (MDM) would be served at 10.00 am and in no case the school would remain open beyond 11.00 am. It also asked the school authorities to complete assessment exercise/examination by March 31. As the state is expecting intense heat wave this time as per prediction made by the IMD, the letter asked the authorities to ensure adequate safe drinking water and first aid in schools. The school authorities were also instructed to advise the students to come to the school with umbrella and water bottle during the summer season. The new academic ...
Agra: Slum dwellers allegedly asked to convert to Christianity
The slum dwellers in Agra's Jagdish Pura area have alleged that they were approached by people asking them to convert to Christianity in return for better facilities.The women living in the slums of Sector-4 Awas Vikas colony told ANI that a pastor along with four Sisters had approached them on Thursday, and after singing some hymns, they promised to give better education to their children and better housing if they joined Christianity."They also gave us 'samosa' and told us to convert for children's education. When a man saw all of this and intervened, the 'Father' immediately changed his clothes. Police were called. Many, including my daughter, started feeling dizzy after consuming the 'samosa'," Maya, one of the residents said.Meanwhile, the Jagdish Pura police have begun probe into the matter after receiving a complaint regarding the same"We received a complaint from an organisation. The matter is being probed. We have talked to the people of the missionary. They have told us that
Each election has divided people: Farooq Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah said today that "each election has divided", and not united, the people of the country. Addressing an event at Amity University here, the Lok Sabha MP and National Conference chief said, "Each election has divided us and not united us...the people asking for votes who feel threatened and tend to divide the people of the nation in the name of religion. I appeal to students to create a nation where every religion is respected, which will lead to peace. He advised the students to work hard and nurture the feelings of brotherhood and affection within every person to make the country great again. Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Dev Vrat advised the students to value the rich culture and history of the country. He shared that the challenges in present times are created by educated people and not by the uneducated and poor ones. He said that Indian Politics is not in a good condition since it is based on uncertainty of ideas.
Do not divide people of Tamil Nadu: Kamal Haasan
Actor-politician Kamal Haasan said today people should let Tamil Nadu decide what it wants and not interfere in its affairs as doing so could be "volatile and dangerous". Haasan, who recently launched his political party Makkal Needhi Maiam (People's Justice Centre)in Tamil Nadu, said no one should divide the people of the state. Haasan was speaking at the 15th edition of the Young Indians Annual Summit, 'Take Pride 2018'. Asked about the education system of the country and if it's healthy,Haasan said he himself was a high school dropout. "There must be something terribly wrong with it (the education system) that a high school dropout is more successful than so many educated people," he said. The 63-year-old filmstar-politician said over the decades, there hasn't been a "sea change" and thinks launching a skill set development programme will be the equivalent of "the new satyagraha movement". "If we do that, we empower India so much that education will take care of itself. I think we .
Students of architecture from Israel praise Chandigarh's beauty
Young architecture students from Israel, who are visiting various parts of the country on a study tour, were bowled over by architectural designs of various buildings in the city, which was designed by Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier. The group of nearly 15 students, most of them in their early 20s, arrived in Chandigarh yesterday night. The students said they are pursuing various architecture courses at Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa city. Accompanied in the city by Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon and during their India visit led by Ralhy Jhirad, President and Managing Trustee, Bene Israel Heritage Museum and Genealogical Research Center, the students were taken around the city today. They visited the Haryana Assembly complex in the morning and even watched the ongoing budget session's proceedings for a brief period. The group also visited the Secretariat and the High Court buildings, besides places of tourist interest. "Chandigarh has been hailed ..
Swaminathan denies JNU teachers' claim of support to compulsory attendance move
A group of 90 JNU teachers today claimed that the administration's compulsory attendance move had received support from scientist M S Swaminathan and 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan, among others, a claim denied by the two eminent persons. A representative of the teachers' group, Prof. Atul Johri, told reporters, "Some of the prominent academicians (who extended support) include agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan, (former ISRO chairman) G Madhavan Nair and likes of them." However, when PTI contacted, scientist M S Swaminathan and his biographer Dr Parasuraman, who are on a visit to Delhi for an event, denied making any such endorsement. "It is totally unethical if someone is doing it," Parasuraman said. Sreedharan too said he had not extended support to the move. "They have not contacted me and I have not given any such support," he told PTI. The issue of compulsory attendance has triggered fresh tussle between the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration and students. The ...
Bring back black money from abroad: Jethmalani
Former Union Minister and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Friday stressed the need to fight corruption and ensure that black money stashed abroad by many Indians was brought back.
200 Nepalese students receive scholarship from IndiaSCHOLARSHIP
India today provided scholarships to 200 Nepalese students as part of its effort to support human resources development and the overall socio-economic development of the country. The scholarship scheme was started by the Government of India in 2002 for meritorious Nepalese students marking the completion of 50 years of India-Nepal Economic Cooperation. So far more than 2,150 Nepali students have been benefited from this scholarship scheme from across 77 districts of Nepal. The scholarship scheme enables selected Nepalese students to continue studying MBBS, BE, BSc, BA, B.Ed, BBA and under-graduate courses at various universities and colleges in Nepal by providing financial assistance. Under this scholarship scheme, an MBBS student receives Rs 4,000 per month for five years while a BE student is provided Rs 4,000 per month for four years and a student studying in other under-graduate courses receives Rs 3,000 per month for three years. Shanker Das Bairagi, Secretary at the Ministry of .
Delhi govt invites proposals for developing 'happiness curriculum'
The Delhi government has invited proposals from organisations, universities and individuals for a partnership with its education department to develop a "happiness curriculum" for students. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had last month announced that the government planned to introduce a course in the next academic session, named "Happiness". The course will be introduced for classes Nursery to 8. "The proposals are being sought for developing an activity-based curriculum for the new subject. The proposals can be sent by March 15 to happiness.doe@gmail.com," an official statement said. "The Directorate of Education (DoE) will invite select entries to participate in a national-level workshop that will be held towards the end of this month," it added. The curriculum will include components that will instil self-awareness and care in the students, reduce stress and anxiety, help manage depression, build ability to focus on education and work and encourage creative and critical ...
