In a bid to weed out duplicate applications, Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB) is all set to cancel registration of more than 12,888 students appearing for UP Board Exam 2019. The decision comes after the newly introduced software detected names of the applicants who registered more than once from[Read More…]
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Make social service mandatory for students: Naidu
Bengaluru: Urging teachers to teach students moral values and ethics, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday advised educational institutions to make social service mandatory for their wards. “Make social service or service to armed forces or voluntary organisations like National Service Scheme (NSS) and Scouts & Guides mandatory for[Read More…]
Neglected NEET aspirant writes an open letter to PM Modi
Explaining the many hardships and struggles an NEET aspirant has to go through, a student has written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after being denied of the seat in medical college, despite scoring 400-480 out of 720 in NEET 2018. “Students who are not deserving are getting[Read More…]
Newsd Exclusive: Child trafficking case which wasn’t
Another case which Jharkhand police busted and presented as of child trafficking, exposed on Saturday, turning out to be fake. 76 minor boys, who were earlier claimed to be rescued from Bokaro railway station before being smuggled, have now been identified as students who were travelling to Telangana for study[Read More…]
Agriculture Science, a mandatory subject in a Mangaluru school
Sharada Vidyaniketana School in Mangaluru has introduced Agriculture science as a mandatory subject for students from 5th to 10th standard. Every Saturday, 800 students at Sharada Vidyaniketana School in Talapady step out of their classrooms and take to the agriculture field, digging the soil and sowing seeds. Students between the ages[Read More…]
Jindal varsity’s international affairs students shine in job market
Sonipat: Turning a common perception on its head, international affairs students of O.P. Jindal Global University here have shown that pursuing a so-called conventional course can also open several doors of recruitment including in multinational companies, think tanks and international NGOs. This year, Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), Care India[Read More…]
Electoral tactics alone cannot defeat BJP: CPI-M
New Delhi: It will be wrong to underestimate the pan-India strength of the BJP and to think that electoral tactics alone will be enough to defeat it, the CPI-M has said. The key link at this juncture is to gather the growing discontent against the BJP rule, especially due to[Read More…]
Shamli: Over 200 students fall ill after inhaling toxic gas
At least 200 students were taken ill after inhaling fumes of toxic gas from a nearby sugar mill in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli. They were students of Saraswati Vidya Mandir and Saraswati Junior High School. Reportedly, they inhaled the gas that was used to treat garbage at the plant. They were[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh: Five extra marks for students who engage in Swachh Bharat initiative
In an attempt to foster the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, the Andhra Pradesh government has proposed to allot five extra marks to students of class 9 and above who participate in the initiative. To achieve the status of Open Defacation by March 2019, the state government has to construct 21 lakh[Read More…]
Violent clashes erupt in BHU following molestation of student
Violent clashes erupted in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Saturday night between a group of students and police when the former were protesting against the alleged shaming of a molestation victim by the university administration. The students, including a large number of girls, allegedly used arson pelted stones while the[Read More…]
Video: Principal brutally thrashes students for complaining about heat
Video of a principal thrashing a student has flooded the internet. The footage is of a school in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. In the video, the students are seen lined up against a wall and beaten by the teacher with a wooden cane. The first student in the video is seen[Read More…]
NCERT launches online portal for home-delivery of textbooks
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has launched an online portal that will let parents and schools across the nation order textbook directly with the body. The step will ease the step of buying books and also aid parents to save money used on sourcing books from[Read More…]
CBSE class X result likely to be declared tomorrow
The wait is finally over! The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to declare its result for class X on June 3, though the timings are yet to be confirmed. The results will be declared on its official website cbse.nic.in and cbseresults.nic.in. Every year CBSE announces the date[Read More…]
Protest in Delhi seeking ban on cow vigilantes
UP CM Adityanath wants images of teachers on school walls
In order to improve the standards of education quality in state-run schools and ensure regular attendance, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath wants pictures of faculty members posted on school walls. This step will be taken to check and cross-check from students if those teachers’ whose images are on the wall[Read More…]
Facebook may help reduce exam anxiety: Study
Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US have found that undergraduate students, who have high levels of anxiety before an examination, may control it by reading supportive comments, ‘likes’ and private messages from Facebook friends. “We found that only the students who received supportive messages from their Facebook[Read More…]
Jadavpur University centre of Naxal ideology: BJP
Condemning Monday night’s violence on CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday questioned the West Bengal administration for not taking firm decisions concerning the increasing ‘Maoist activities’ in one of Bengals’ top educational institution: Jadavpur university. BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha said, “The government should take[Read More…]
Women told to attend event in ‘full covered, decent dresses’ at IIT Delhi hostel
A hostel of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) has issued a notice asking women to wear “full covered decent western or Indian dresses” on their house day – an annual event where residents invite guests in the hostel for an hour. The event is planned for April 20. A[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Eight Karnataka students drown at Vayri coast, three rescued
In an unfortunate incident, eight engineering students, including two girls from Belgaum in Karnataka drowned in the sea off Malvan, Sindhudurg, in Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon. Another three were rescued by the locals and one of them is in serious condition and undergoing treatment at hospital. Reportedly, the victims were[Read More…]
Protest is nothing but publicity stunt: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly
After a conflict in Kolkata’s Jadavpur University between TMC goons and students; students raised slogans demanding freedom from RSS. On this, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) condemning the protest, on Monday said this was just a ‘publicity stunt’. The students of the University were seen holding placards which read: “Yogi is[Read More…]
HCL hiring Class XII pass outs straight out of high school
India’s fourth-largest software services exporter HCL Technologies is approaching young kids and hiring them straight out of high school to train them to be IT professionals. The company is offering talented Class XII pass outs with a background in science a salary of Rs 1.8 lakh per annum for developing[Read More…]
Haryana: 192 cases of cheating in Board exams
On Wednesday, the Board School Education Haryana (BSEH) has registered 192 cases of cheating in board exams. It also canceled geography exam for Class XII students in Ladan of Jhajjar district due to increasing rate of students cheating to pass the exam. Also, it has canceled Class XII geography exam[Read More…]
Application for H-1B to be accepted from April 3
Ramjas is not an isolated incident but a part of the Left’s organized pattern
The unfortunate incident of a students’ clash at the Ramjas college of Delhi University has been projected as an issue of free speech & democratic rights. But what is being missed in the coverage by the various media outlets is that this is not an isolated incident but part of[Read More…]
Rising toll of caste-based discrimination in central universities, BHU tops the list
Out of all the central universities that recorded caste-based discrimination against Dalits in 2015-16, Benaras Hindu University tops the list. Unfortunately, BHU witnessed 19 cases of caste-based discrimination. The second being, Gujarat University with 18 complaints, according to the University Grants Commission (UGC). This, however, is not BHU’s first liability,[Read More…]