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           DELHI                  have been restructured    MADHYA PRADESH         health and education Dhan
         Graphic book for         according to UGC’s      Third child penalty      Singh Rawat, addressing a
         well-being               Academic Bank of Credits   Bhind, august 8. The   press conference.
                                  framework.  Currently,
                                                                                     The syllabus for the
         New delhi, august 29. A   KKHSOU offers 44 study   service of a government   Hindi degree programme
         new graphic illustrations   programmes at 276 study   school teacher of CM   has been prepared by a
         book for adolescents     centres and a regional   Rise School in Bhind    state government-appoint-
         titled Lets Move Forward   centre in Jorhat.     district has been        ed committee of expert
         was launched by            “The degrees and      terminated for concealing   medicos, who studied the
         Dharmendra Pradhan,      diplomas of the open uni-  information about his   Madhya Pradesh model
         Union education minister,   versity are on a par with   three children while   before adapting it for
         to guide adolescents     other universities offering   accepting employment in   medical colleges of Uttara-
         to maintain holistic     regular courses, and our   March, in violation of the   khand, he added.
         well-being. The book     government is recognising   government’s two-child
         focuses on interpersonal   it for future recruitments,”   norm.             PUNJAB
         relationships, gender    said Ranoj Pegu, the state’s    Addressing the media,   Student police
         equality and substance   education minister, ad-  school principal Tikam   scheme
         abuse prevention, among   dressing the media.    Singh said: “According
         other issues.              The minister also urged   to the state government’s   Chandigarh, august 22.
           A collaborative effort of   students denied admission   General Administration   In collaboration with the
         NCERT and Unesco, this   into college undergradu-  Department (GAD) order,   community affairs, police
         book is accessible in mul-  ate courses to register with   a third child should not   and education ministries,
         tiple languages and will be   KKHSOU.            be born to a government   Chief Minister Bhagwant
         distributed to state educa-                      employee after January 26,   Mann introduced a
         tion ministries, teacher    HARYANA              2001.”                   Student Police Cadet (SPC)
         education colleges, and in-  Sapling nurturance     The termination order   scheme.
         stitutes of advanced study   scheme              said a complaint against   Starting this year
         in education, among other                        the teacher was found    the course curriculum
         educational and health   Chandigarh, august 3.   to be true following an   formulated by the Bureau
         institutions nationwide.  Kunwar Pal, the state’s   investigation by the district   of Police Research and
           Initiated under the Ay-  education minister,   education officer.       Development, will be
         ushman Bharat campaign   announced that students                          taught over two years to
         of April 2018 launched by   of government schools,    UTTARAKHAND         class VIII students. The
         Prime Minister Narendra   who plant a sapling in class   Hindi medical    state government has
         Modi, the School Health   IX and nurture it until   education             allocated Rs.50,000 per
         & Wellness Programme     class XII, will be awarded                       annum for each school
         is being implemented by   additional 15 marks in   Dehradun, august 11. The   towards the scheme which
         the Union education and   their class XII school-  state government is all set   will be implemented in all
         health and family welfare   leaving examination.  to introduce professional   districts statewide.
         ministries.                “A detailed proposal in   medical education in Hindi   Under the scheme,
                                  this connection will soon   in state medical colleges   students will visit police
           ASSAM                  be notified. Marks will   from September 1.      offices, police stations,
         New open university      be awarded on the basis    “In a gift to students   cyber cells, forensic science
                                  of the health of planted   with Hindi as their me-  labs and police training
         Guwahati, august 3. The   trees,” said the minister   dium of instruction, Utta-  centres. They will also be
         state’s Krishna Kanta    after a meeting with school   rakhand will be the second   taught traffic rules and
         Handique State Open      education officials. He also   state in the country after   regulations, unarmed
         University (KKHSOU)      directed forest department   Madhya Pradesh to intro-  combat and legal rights
         has become the country’s   officers to ensure availabil-  duce such an initiative.   and laws, and encouraged
         only open university     ity of saplings and educa-  Mansukh Mandaviya, the   to participate in Republic
         to introduce four-year   tion ministry officials to   Union health minister, has   Day and Independence
         undergraduate courses as   appoint liaison officers in   agreed to formally launch   Day parades.
         mandated by NEP 2020.    each school to coordinate   the MBBS courses in Hindi
         Moreover, all KKHSOU     with forest department   in the state’s medical col-   Paromita Sengupta with
         academic programmes      officers.               leges,” said minister of              bureau inputs

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