Education and Career

New Delhi, May 17: In a major push for inclusive education, the government has decided to allow corporates, non-profit companies and societies to open 2,500 schools across the country. The Public Private Partnership (PPP) model finalised by the Planning Commission in consultation with the private sector this week allows the government to fill 1,000 of the 2,500 seats in each school with children from the deprived sections.

The schools envisaged will remain government schools, but run by private management. The scheme will benefit as many as 25 lakh poor children.

Shimla, May 16: The Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) has decided to create an extra seat and reserve it for single girl child in M.Phil courses, an official said here Sunday.

Earlier, the university created an extra seat in graduate and postgraduate professional courses and reserved it for girls who were the only child of their parents.

“Now we have decided to reserve one supernumerary seat for single girl child in all M.Phil courses also from this academic year on the pattern of postgraduate and undergraduate courses,” HPU Vice-Chancellor Sunil Kumar Gupta told IANS.

Chennai. May 15: The State government has extended the last date for submitting application forms for medical colleges till May 31. “Earlier, the last date for submitting the forms was May 27, but since many schools are expected to receive their mark sheets only by May 27, it has been decided to extend the last date by four days,” Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj said here on Saturday.

Mumbai, May 15: Education experts are wondering whether the government will actually implement the tough new provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) legislation. State education minister Balashaeb Thorat said his department was in the process of modifying the law to prevent interviews of students for admission to primary schools, or for charging capitation fee to admit students.

Currently, schools openly take donations and rarely face any action, if at all. “That’s not entirely true.

Jaipur, May 14: In a shocking display of brutality, over hundred female teachers sitting in protest inside the residence of Rajasthan Minister of Education Bhanwarlal Meghwal were beaten by the police here on Friday.

The police brutally attacked teachers of the Nursery Teachers Training (NTT) course, who had assembled at Meghwal”s residence demanding recognition of the NTT certificate course that would enable them to apply for jobs with the government.

New Delhi, May 14: Government is planning to provide education loans at four percent interest rate to help students from weaker sections of society to pursue higher studies.

Discussions are on between the HRD Ministry and the Planning Commission on this innovative concept, which is seen as a significant initiative of the UPA government.

“It (education loan at four per cent proposal) is at a preliminary stage. We have discussed this idea with the Planning Commission and it is supportive,” HRD Minister Kapil Sibal told a news agency.

Chennai, May 14: Students in Tamil Nadu who took the Class XII Higher Secondary Examination this March have recoded a pass percentage of 85.2, according to the results declared by the Directorate of Government Examinations here on Friday. This is a 2.2 percentage point-increase from last year’s 83 per cent.

Keeping up with the tradition, girls have outdone boys. The pass percentage among girls is 88 per cent, while that among boys is 81.9 per cent. Girls of this batch have also recorded a 2.5 percentage point-increase from the 85.5 per cent that they had obtained last year.

New Delhi, May 14: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal will be honoured by New York-based Institute of International Education (IIE) for supporting global collaboration in education.

Sibal will be honoured with Stephen P Duggan award for Mutual Understanding, the highest honour of the institute, a release issued by the HRD Ministry said.

New Delhi, May 13: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal will be honoured by New York-based Institute of International Education (IIE) for supporting global collaboration in education.

Sibal will be honoured with Stephen P Duggan award for Mutual Understanding, the highest honour of the institute, a release issued by the HRD Ministry said.

Chennai, May 13: Nalini alleged that attempts were being made to poison her food. Days after she complained of being harassed by officials at the high-security Vellore prison, Rajiv Gandhi assassination case life convict Nalini has alleged that her life is under threat and claimed of being assaulted by jail authorities.

In recent letters to ADGP Prisons K R Shyamsundar, she alleged that attempts were being made to poison her food and that she was also being assaulted.

New Delhi, May 11: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has published the admit card for Entrance Examinations and Combined Entrance Examination 2010 for Biotechnology.

The JNU admit card is available for download at its official website http://www.jnu.ac.in/.

The direct link for JNU admit Card is http://admissions.jnu.ac.in/admitcard.html.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University is the one of the best institutions in the country which offers research and quality education.

—-Agencies

West Bengal, May 10: West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) has postponed the examinations of even semesters 2010-11.

According to the Controller of the examination, Debyajyoti Konar, said that West Bengal State Election Commission has asked West Bengal University of Technical (WBUT) to postpone the even semester 2010.

The new dates and schedule will be declared shortly.

The new schedule will be published soon on the website http://www.wbut.net.

—Agencies

Hyderabad, May 10: Maulana Azad Urdu University, admission process, starts Share Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), the only varsity in India offering courses through Urdu, today started the admission process for regular courses with the commencement of sale of applications.

Admissions in M Ed, B Ed, D.Ed, MCJ, MBA, MA Translation studies, PG Diploma in Information Technology, M Phil, Ph D and Polytechnic courses will be on the basis of entrance examinations and in all other courses admissions will be on merit basis.

Lucknow, May 08: The Uttar Pradesh government has directed the higher education department to finalise proposals of affiliation received from the degree colleges in the state by next week.

“Decision on all the 600 proposals received from the degree colleges regarding affiliation should be taken up by May 12 and the regional higher education officers should examine the proposals,” Higher Education Minister Rakesh Dhar Tripathi said during a review meeting last evening.

Lucknow, May 08: The Uttar Pradesh government has directed the higher education department to finalise proposals of affiliation received from the degree colleges in the state by next week.

“Decision on all the 600 proposals received from the degree colleges regarding affiliation should be taken up by May 12 and the regional higher education officers should examine the proposals,” Higher Education Minister Rakesh Dhar Tripathi said during a review meeting last evening.

Morigaon, May 08: Young Narayan Konwar from Assam who cracked the civil services examination this time had failed once in his Class 12 board exams and secured a second division in Class 10.

‘Failure is the pillar of success,’ Konwar told IANS outside his mud-and-thatch hut in village Shyamkota in Morigaon district, about 80 km from Assam’s main city Guwahati.

The road leading to the village is potholed. There is no electricity still in the entire Shyamkota area.

Jaipur, May 07: The Rajasthan government today announced that muster roll of Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) engaging lakhs of labourers would be digitised on computer in a unified manner.

Holding a meeting on implementation of MGNREGA scheme here, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said the trial work on digitisation was under way at Jodhpur and Churu and it would be expanded in other districts soon.

Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra would be linked with the muster roll computerisation work at panchayat samiti and gram panchayat levels, Gehlot said.

Aligarh, May 07: A teachers’ body at the Aligarh Muslim University has demanded immediate removal of CCTV cameras installed at the campus, calling the measure as an “unacceptable encroachment” into privacy of people at the premier institute.

At a special meeting of the AMU Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) yesterday, a resolution demanded immediate removal of security cameras installed at many places in the campus.

Washington, May 07: A new research has discovered that females are twice as likely to suffer from heart troubles caused by stress at work places than their male counterparts.

The discovery suggested that the long-familiar harmful effects of job tension on males cause more harm to women’s heart.

During the research, among female nurses in Denmark, scientists observed for 15 years the impact of having a hard job on the hearts of 12,000 females aged 45 to 64.

New Delhi, May 07: Under attack on the Mayapuri radiation accident, Government today said Delhi University had violated rules by selling scrap containing radioactive material and that those responsible would not be spared.

Minister of State in the PMO Prithiviraj Chavan asserted that all the 19 nuclear plants generating electricity in the country were completely safe and mechanisms would be strengthened in the field of atomic research and medical use as “some lessons have been learnt” from the accident in which one person died.

Mumbai, May 07: Now, a Class 12 Cambridge student can appear for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), for admission to any of the 11 national law schools in India.

On Thursday, the National Law Institute University in Bhopal confirmed that students affiliated to University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) are eligible to sit for CLAT. The test will be conducted on May 9.

Srinagar, May 07: Transforming a hurdle into a moment of opportunity, Dr. Shah Faesal coped with personal tragedy to become the first from the Kashmiri province to top the Union Public Service Commission 2009 examinations.

The untimely death of his father in 2002 at the hands of “unidentified militants” days before his Pre-Medical Test did not deter Dr. Faesal from clearing the test or from becoming the first candidate from Kashmir in several years to be selected to the Indian Administrative Service through open merit.

New Delhi, May 07: On May 9, when people across the country will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Kolkata-based St. Xavier’s School and College will join in the celebrations for its former student, whose association with the institution, though brief, was close to the poet’s heart.

Amritsar, May 06: Guru Nanak Dev University here today started the online admissions for the coming academic year.

The University is the first in the region to adopt online admission process.

The University has set up five desks at its computer centre to guide the students on submission of online admission forms.

–Agencies

New Delhi, May 06: Of the 875 candidates who cleared the civil services exam, 30 are physically challenged, it was announced Thursday.

Among the 30, 14 are orthopaedically challenged, five visually impaired and 11 are hearing impaired, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said.

A total of 680 male and 195 female candidates have been recommended for appointment to the prestigious Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other central services.