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Now Council clears bill on Maratha quota in PG medical courses
The Maharashtra Legislative Council Friday unanimously cleared a bill to provide reservation to the Maratha community in post-graduate medical courses. This comes a day after the bill was unanimously passed in the Legislative Assembly. The BJP-led state government had earlier promulgated an ordinance to amend the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Reservation Act, 2018 to provide reservation to Maratha students in post-graduate medical courses. On November 29 last year, the Maharashtra Legislature had passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation in education and government jobs for Marathas, declared as socially and educationally backward class by the government. However, the admissions to post-graduate medical courses had begun on November 2. Citing this reason, students from the open category had moved the Bombay High Court and the reservation was struck down. Last month, the Nagpur bench of the high court had said that the 16 per cent reservation ...
'Easy A' spin-off in the works
A spin-off of Emma Stone's coming-of-age comedy "Easy A" is in the works with scribe of the first film, Bert Royal, attached to write and direct the upcoming movie. "Easy A", which released in 2010, was a teen comedy about a clean-cut high school student who relies on the school's rumour mill to advance her social standing, was directed by Will Gluck. According to Variety, the new movie is still in early development, as Royal is in the process of writing the screenplay. The spin-off will also mark Royal's directorial debut. As per the sources, the spin-off will be set at the same high school and will explore many of the same themes as the original.
Yoga day celebrated in UP
The International Yoga Day was Friday observed across Uttar Pradesh, with Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attending the main programme in the state capital. The main programme was held at the Raj Bhawan in the state capital. BJP state vice-president Vidyasagar Sonkar said International Yoga Day functions have been organised across the state and in almost all districts. UP ministers joined the functions in their respective districts.
Army kicks off 2nd batch of Super-30 in Kashmir
Indian Army here on Thursday started the second batch of Super-30, an initiative to provide free coaching to youths."It is an Indian Army, NEIDO and HPCL initiative, an initiative to provide them with the chance to hone their skills," Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen KJS Dhillon told ANI.Students appearing for medical entrance exams like MBBS, AIIMS and NEET will get an opportunity to study in this educational centre.Under this initiative, the students will get coaching and guidance for a period of twelve months for entrance examinations of various Medical Colleges spread across India.The inauguration is a part of the Army's sustained initiative to secure a better future for the Kashmiri youth.Last year on March 17, the Indian Army under the aegis of Chinar Corps signed a Memorandums of Understanding with corporate partner Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and training partner National Integrity and Educational Development Organisation (NIEDO) for this purpose.Similar to the ...
Maharashtra Assembly passes amendment for quota to Maratha students in PG medical admissions
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment in socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC) Act 2018, providing reservation to Maratha students in post-graduate (PG) medical and dental admissions.Assembly passes amendment for quota to Maratha students in PG medical admissionsThe government had earlier promulgated an ordinance over the same. The Maharashtra Legislature had on November 29 last year passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation in education and government jobs for Marathas, declared as socially and educationally backward class (SEBC) by the government.Citing the reason that the admissions to post-graduate medical courses had begun on November 2, students from the open category had earlier moved the Bombay High Court and the reservation was scrapped. Last month, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court had said that the 16 per cent reservation for the Maratha community under the SEBC category will not be applicable for the post-graduate ...
DoE to probe 'fake letter' circulated among school mgmt committees
The Directorate of Education (DoE) will investigate the origin of a "fake letter" that was circulated among some groups of school management committees, asking parents to whom they will vote in the upcoming assembly polls. It had questions what parents had to say about the AAP government's education policies and for whom they would vote. DoE Director Binay Bhushan said it was a fake letter that had been circulated to create mischief and they would investigate its origin. Sources in the Delhi government said the letter was circulated among some groups of school management committee with a "malicious intention".
UGC writes to all universities, colleges to organise 'Mass Yoga Demonstration' tomorrow
Ahead of International Yoga Day, University Grant Commission (UGC) secretary Rajnish Jain has written to Vice-Chancellors of all Universities and principals of all colleges to organise Mass Yoga Demonstration tomorrow.The UGC has also asked universities and colleges to upload details of the participant in various yoga activities on their website."I once again request all the universities and colleges to organize a Mass Yoga Demonstration based on Common Yoga Protocol on June 21, 2019, from 7 AM to 8 AM with participation of staff, teachers and students and also upload details of participants in various activities and videos and pictures related to dissemination and popularization of Yoga conducted by your University/ College on the UGC's University Activity Monitoring Portal latest by 3 p.m. on June 21, 2019," the release read.Jharkhand's Ranchi will host the main event of the International Yoga Day which will also be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The Centre along with ...
This school in Assam accepts plastic waste as fee from students
A school in the pristine woods of Pamohi accepts polythene bags and plastic wastes as the only form of fee. The school makes students pledge that they will not burn plastic. Instead, they will hand over any plastic waste to the school.The Akshar School has the kind of fee structure where children deposit at least 10 to 20 plastic items per week, with a pledge to not burn plastic, said Parmita Sarma, who co-founded the school with Mazin Mukhtar in June 2016."The school gives formal education to more than 100 children belonging to an economically backward category," Sarma told ANI.The school has designed the curriculum fundamentally for poverty-stricken children.Not only do they teach children lessons in science, geography, and mathematics, but also provide vocational skill training so that they can become skilled professionals by the end of the course, said Mukhtar.
Comprehensive training module for over 1,000 heads of Delhi schools
A three-day long training for all heads of schools, principals, and vice-principals of the city-state, beginning Thursday, was organised here at the Vigyan Bhavan.The training is aimed at building the administrative capacity of school leaders, said a press note issued from the office of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia."The government is conducting a comprehensive training module for more than 1,000 heads of schools," said the statement.Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia said: "The focus of the government has been to reduce non-academic burdens from and provide academic assistance to Principals, so as to promote an environment of learning.""Principals are now free to innovate, experiment in their schools to improve the quality of education provided to children. We are institutionalizing innovation.""In five years, we started from the minus levels and reached the ground level. On this foundation, we now have to build upwards. Five years from now, when I stand here again before you as ...
UP govt introduces Khadi school uniforms
The Uttar Pradesh government has introduced Khadi school uniforms on a pilot basis in some districts of the state to promote the indigenous fabric among children, the state's basic education minister said on Thursday. "In order to promote Khadi, and also enable the children to know its importance, the state government has decided to introduce Khadi school uniforms in primary schools (classes 1 to 5) in the state on a pilot project basis," Anupma Jaiswal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Basic Education told reporters here. Initially, the project will be implemented in one block each in the four districts of the state including Bahraich from the academic session beginning in July, she added. "As per the results, the pilot project will be replicated across the state," Jaiswal said. The school uniform for boys is dark brown trousers and pink shirts, while for the girls it is dark brown skirts and pink tops. The collars will be brown for both boys and girls.
Discourage use of Tik Tok, PUBG: Goa education dept to schools
The education department of the Goa government has directed schools to discourage students from downloading on their mobile phones popular video-sharing app Tik Tok and multiplayer combat game PUBG. The app and the game create "safety and security" issue for children in the state, it said. In a circular issued to the heads of educational institutions, the department said "the action in time may be of great help in saving some lives." The directions were issued following recommendations of the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The circular, signed by Director, Education Nagaraj Honnekeri, said schools should also call a meeting of Parents Teachers Associations to create awareness about "not to download or use Tik Tok app and PUBG game." The app and the game "create issue of safety and security of children in Goa," it added. While concerns have been raised about addictive nature of Tik Tok and PUBG, the Madras High Court, in May, had imposed a ban on the .
Over 1,000 inmates of Delhi prisons to train as yoga teachers
More than 1,000 inmates of prisons in Delhi are going to be trained as yoga teachers within a year under an initiative aimed at helping them start a new life after being released, officials said. The project, 'Sanjeevan', was inaugurated on January 23 after a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in this regard between the Prison Department and the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) in December 2018, they said. Under the project, instructors from the institute will train inmates in 16 jails in the city, including Tihar, with an aim to provide them life skills so that they can work as yoga teachers and make a living, Director General (Prisons) Ajay Kashyap said. Tihar alone has over 16,000 inmates across its various jails. "It is our job as well as our moral duty to provide some skill to the inmates so that when they can start a new life after being released. And for that particular reason, we have started this project. We do not want any inmate to come back again .
Maha to make Marathi mandatory in CBSE, ICSE schools in state
Maharashtra government will bring in a legislation to make teaching Marathi language compulsory in all schools in the state, including those affiliated to ICSE and CBSE, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Thursday. Fadnavis informed the Legislative Council that there is already a provision for teaching Marathi language in schools attached to non-state education boards. "Despite this, if there are some schools not teaching Marathi language to students, we will initiate action against them," the chief minister said. If needed, the existing law can be amended to ensure that Marathi language is taught in all schools in the state, Fadnavis said. At present, Marathi is a compulsory subject up to class 8 in schools run by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), a private board which conducts the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) examination. The chief minister was responding to a ...
SC reserves verdict on extension of deadline for counselling for PG seats in deemed universities
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will pass orders on whether to allow deemed universities and private colleges to fill up their vacant seats in PG medical and dental courses by extending the schedule of counselling. The top court said that the question is not whether it has power to do it or not but whether it should allow the deemed universities and colleges to fill up their vacant seats by making an exception to the set schedule of admissions. Deemed universities and colleges claimed that they have around 1,000 seats vacant in the PG medical courses and if stray vacancy counselling round is extended then such seats could be filled. A vacation bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant, after hearing the arguments, reserved its verdict on a plea by the Education Promotion Society of India, a registered group of over 1,300 educational institutions of the country seeking to extend the counselling to facilitate admission on vacant seats. Senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing
Monsoon likely to hit Odisha on Friday
The southwest monsoon is likely to hit Odisha on Friday, after a delay of about 10 days, a senior MeT official said on Thursday. "Conditions are now becoming favourable for the arrival of moonsoon in Odisha, which is expected to cover several parts of the state in the next 24 hours," Director of Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, H R Biswas said. Movement of a cyclonic circulation and formation of a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is facilitating the process, and it will pave way for arrival of monsoon in the state, he said. Several places in Odisha, including Bhubaneswar and districts like Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Khurda, Balasore, Jagatsinghpur and Mayurbhanj have experienced pre-monsoon rains since Thursday morning, the MeT office said. Meanwhile, the Odisha government has preponed the date for reopening of schools to Friday from June 26, as the mercury dipped following the pre-monsoon showers. "Keeping in view the change in weather condition, the government ..
Medha signs an agreement with Joint Entrance Examination Council, Uttar Pradesh
Medha, a Lucknow-based non profit, signed an agreement with the Joint Entrance Examination Council Uttar Pradesh recently to set up a State Training and Placement Cell.The vision of the project is to ensure quality employability skills training on campuses of 141 Government Polytechnics across the state while strengthening the placement cells of these institutes and managing their overall placement ecosystem.An innovative solution which is both student-centric and tech-based has been designed to tackle the issue of increasing unemployment in the state as a part of this agreement between Medha and JEECUP.Through this project, intensive training will be imparted to the Polytechnic students to increase their career awareness and prepare them for the job market. Along with it a tech-based the solution will be provided for maintaining placement records, skill assessment, real-time job matching and uniform placement information dissemination across 141 Government Polytechnics."Through State
Tamil Nadu: Coordinator refutes media reports on school shutting down in Chennai due to water scarcity
After a report about Christ King School in Tambaram being shut down due to water scarcity got wide coverage by national print media, coordinator of the school refuted the reports claiming it to be false and that the school was shut down due to construction work.A circular was circulated in the school stating that due to construction in the school premises, classes 6, 7 and 8 will be given leave on Monday."Washroom is located across the construction zone and the children have to cross that zone to reach the washroom. So, the decision was taken by the management for the safety of the students", said Coordinator of the Christ King School."Unfortunately that decision is being coincided with water scarcity issue and false information is being spread viral on social media. We are deeply upset with this false information being projected about our school", she further added.The coordinator further said that the school has 24/7 access to water and reverse osmosis (RO) is installed in the ...
Will make sure Marathi is made compulsory subject in all schools: Devendra Fadnavis
Our government will ensure that Marathi education is made compulsory in all the schools of the state, said Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday."Despite the fact that the Marathi language was obligated academically, it has been informed to us that some state and national boards like Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSC) are not complying with the set norms," Fadnavis added.The BJP leader had said on Sunday that as much as 13 new bills will be tabled and the presenting of budget too will be held during the monsoon session in the Maharashtra Legislative Council.Highlighting upon strengthening the implication of Marathi, he further added, "If need be, all necessary amendments will be done to achieve this objective. We'll make it a rule to enforce Marathi and will ensure its inclusion in all schools across Maharashtra, no matter which board they are functioning under."The 14th Maharashtra Assembly Elections are set to be held
Three dozen students crying inconsolably without reason foxes authorities
A shocking video of over three dozen students, mostly girls, crying inconsolably together without any apparent reason in their classroom have flummoxed J&K education authorities, prompting them to provide psychological counselling to children. The authorities swung into action soon after the video related to the last week incident occurring on two consecutive days, June 13 and 14, at a school in Kathua near here went viral. Nearly three dozen students, mostly girls, of the government high school at Bani in Kathua could be seen in the short video clip lying on the floor and crying inconsolably as their teachers try to console them. "On June 13, the impact was less but on the next day soon after the morning assembly was over and the children were heading for their classes, such a behaviour was witnessed," Kathua Chief Education Officer Prem Nath told PTI. The officer said he immediately deputed teams from nearby schools and the concerned sub-divisional magistrate and tehsildar along
Singapore MathGym launches operations in India
Singapore MathGym, an after-school program offering Math skill courses from the age group of 4 to 14 have launched their India operations on 19th June 2019. Its Indian Headquarters is based out of Chennai.The courses offered to improve the thinking and math skill of a child. It is a proven fact that Math skills taught in the formative years in a child are designed to provide the foundation children need, to succeed in elementary school and beyond."Singapore MathGym is an enrichment program that has a focused vision to empower children to evolve into critical, creative and self-inspired thinkers as well as learners for life. In India, majority of the children memorize Math up to the Higher secondary level and struggle thereafter. This program aims to make the learning of Math more enjoyable while laying a foundation in higher-order math skills," said Aspire K Swaminathan, Head - Indian Operations."Tomorrow's challenges can't be solved by yesterday's skill set," he added.How does this ..