Education

04 May

About 25% of Government Schools in West Do Not Have a Head Master

editorEducation, West Bengal

Of the total 9,990 authority faculties in West Bengal, about 2,130 faculties do not have a head teacher, according to the School Education Department. This means, 25 percent of faculties in the country do not have a head teacher. This is probably due to not hiring head teachers on a long-term basis. As per rules a head teacher can be appointed for seven years. According to sources in the faculty training department, the state authorities have to start a new recruitment process for the appointment of head teachers. The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) had earlier requested the…

02 May

COMEDK- Uni-GAUGE Entrance Exam across 400 centers

Business CorrespondentBusiness, Education, IndiaCOMEDK, Uni-GAUGE Entrance Exam

COMEDK UGET and Uni-GAUGE entrance examinations will be held on June 19, 2022, as a combined examination for admission to over 190 Engineering colleges and 50+ reputed private and deemed universities, respectively. The entrance test will be held for admissions to B.E/B. Tech programs for colleges affiliated with the Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation Trust and Uni-GAUGE member universities. The exam will be conducted online in over 150 cities across India, with over 400 test centers. This year, it expects over 80,000 students to appear for the examination. Applicants can register at www.comedk.org or www.unigauge.com. The application process is open online…

01 May

Nagpur College Professor Suspended After Students Alleged He Sought Sexual Favours

editorEducation, IndiaMaharashtra

A professor at a private university in Maharashtra’s Nagpur has been suspended and a police case registered towards him for allegedly making sexual advances in the direction of female students. The matter came to mild when college students lodged a complaint against the professor at the Pachpaoli police station in Nagpur, on the basis of which a case was once registered. According to the police complaint, Professor Rakesh Gedam, head of the laptop science branch at Dada Ramchand Bakhru Sindhu Mahavidyalaya, allegedly demanded sexual favours from the female college students in his department in exchange for top marks, and threatened…

29 Apr

Heatwave: Schools in Kolkata switch to online mode till summer break

editorEducation, West BengalHeatwave

Several private schools have decided to move classes online till the summer break and some others will make a decision in the next few days. Many of the private schools that don’t want to go online said they would continue with in-person classes and not suspend lessons till the summer break. Many children were falling sick in school because of the heat. The summer vacation in government and government-aided schools has been advanced because of the heat spell and will start on May 2, the education department announced on Wednesday. The vacation will continue till June 15. The summer vacation…

28 Apr

Calcutta University tops higher education ranking list, Mamata Banerjee expresses pride

editorEducation, West BengalMamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to Twitter to express satisfaction at Calcutta University being ranked Number 1 among the central and state-aided public universities in India via the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 2022. "Glad to study that the Calcutta University has been ranked 1st in India among all Central and State aided public Universitites and Institues by using Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 2022," she wrote. Calcutta University has been awarded the 14th rank in the total work in the sub-category of 'Decent Work and Economic Growth'. "In sub-category 'Decent Work and Economic Growth', CU has been…

24 Apr

CBSE removes topics on ‘democracy and diversity’, Mughal courts, poems by Faiz from syllabus

editorEducation

Chapters on Non-Aligned Movement, Cold War Era, Rise of Islamic Empires in Afro-Asian Region, History of Mughal Court and Industrial Revolution have been omitted from CBSE Class 11 and 12 Political Science Syllabus. From the Class 10 Social Science syllabus, CBSE dropped the theme "Impact of Globalization on Agriculture" from the 'Food Security' chapter. Portions of translations of two Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz have also been omitted from the section on 'Religion, Communalism and Politics – Communalism, Secular State'. Chapters on 'Democracy and Diversity' have also been dropped from the syllabus. When questioned about the motive behind the…

19 Apr

Students awarded at India’s First JuniorSkills Championship

Business CorrespondentBusiness, Educationindia, India’s First JuniorSkills Championship

The country’s first championship for school students JuniorSkills 2021 ended on a high note in the capital as the Additional Secretary of MSDE Mr. Atul Kumar Tiwari felicitated more than 60 winners with cash prizes, certificates, and medals. The Championship is India’s skill competition for school students, launched in partnership with CBSE.Gold medal winners will get an opportunity to travel to Shanghai in October 2022 to experience from close quarters the WorldSkills Competition where different countries participate for the ultimate recognition in skills. It was announced that the second edition of JuniorSkills will be renamed IndiaSkills Junior and a new…

15 Apr

Delhi Government To Release Covid-19 Guidelines For Schools Today As Cases Surge

editorCovid19, EducationDelhi

Amid concerns over the upward shove in coronavirus cases in the country wide capital, the Delhi authorities will on Friday difficulty Covid-19 suggestions for schools. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made the assertion in this regard until now on Thursday. “Covid instances have slightly multiplied however there is no rise in hospitalisation, so we need not worry. There is no need to panic however stay alert,” ANI quoted Sisodia as saying. “Since Covid is there, we have to examine to live with it. We are constantly monitoring the situation. A widespread tenet to be delivered for schools tomorrow,” he added.…

13 Apr

COMEDK- Uni-GAUGE Entrance Exam for UGET 2022

Business CorrespondentBusiness, EducationCOMEDK, Uni-GAUGE Entrance Exam

COMEDK UGET and Uni-GAUGE entrance examinations will be held on June 19, 2022, as a combined examination for admission to over 190 Engineering colleges and 50+ reputed private and deemed universities, respectively. The entrance test will be held for admissions to B.E/B. Tech programs for colleges affiliated with the Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation Trust and Uni-GAUGE member universities.The exam will be conducted online in over 150 cities across India with over 400 test centers. It expects over 80,000 students to appear for the examination. ComedK-Uni-GAUGE has become the second-largest multi-university private engineering exam in India with 190+ institutions and 50…

11 Apr

3 students tested positive for Covid at Ghaziabad school, offline classes suspended

editorCovid19, Education

A school in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad has suspended offline instruction after three college students tested positive for Covid-19. The cases were proposed at KR Mangalam World School in Vaishali, the 2d incident in the present day after two students in another faculty in Ghaziabad gave surprise exams. The school administration has issued a circular informing students and fathers and mothers about the decision to name offline training for two days in light of the outbreak of infection. Meanwhile, instructions will be carried out in online mode. “As three high-profile instances of Covid-19 have been pronounced in our school, the school…