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Education Notes

HIMACHAL PRADESH first Artificial Intelligence campus, which is prohib- Guwahati is among the
Show-cause notices and Data Analytics B.Tech ited by school rules. There- few cities in India to host
Shimla, june 25. The state’s degree programme start- fore, the school manage- an IIT, AIIMS, National
education ministry is set to ing in the current aca- ment had asked his father Law University and now
issue show-cause notices demic year (2024-25). The to withdraw him from the an IIM.
to teachers of schools af- first batch of 50 students institution. Following a
filiated with the Himachal for this programme will meeting with the school DELHI
Pradesh Board of School become eligible through management, Chirang Green light for bian-
Education in which the the IIT-JEE selection was granted permission to
pass percentage of class X process continue his studies. nual admission
students has fallen below The study programme However on June 23, New delhi, june 11.
25. will be administered by Chirang went missing. His Indian universities and
“The notices solicit IIT-M’s Wadhwani School body was found the next higher education institu-
explanation from teachers of Data Science and AI, day. A suicide note in his tions (HEIs) will now be
regarding unsatisfactory funded by an endowment pocket apologised for us- allowed to admit students
academic outcomes. A of Rs.110 crore by Sunil ing the mobile phone and into study programmes
thorough examination of Wadhwani, an alum and asked for forgiveness. twice a year — July-August
the class X board results co-founder of IT mul- The school’s principal and January-February —
across affiliated schools tinationals IGATE and T.M. Sathian, described from the new academic
has revealed that 116 insti- Mastech Digital. “The pro- the incident as “very year 2024-25.
tutions reported pass rates gramme aims to cultivate unfortunate” and clarified “If Indian universities
lower than 25 percent, expertise in data science that Chirang had been offer admission twice a
with 30 schools recording and offers a panoramic granted pardon and al- year, it will benefit stu-
an alarming zero percent view of its applications lowed to continue his stud- dents who missed admis-
pass rate,” said Ashish across industries,” said ies in school. Therefore, sion to a university in the
Kohli, Director of Elemen- IIT-Madras Director V. the reason for Chirang’s July-August session due
tary Education, address- Kamakoti, addressing a extreme reaction remains to delay in announcement
ing a press conference. media conference. unknown. of board results, health is-
The issuing of notices will sues, or personal reasons.
commence promptly, he ARUNACHAL PRADESH ASSAM Corporates can also do
added. Cell phone suicide New IIM approved campus recruitments
Meanwhile the educa- twice a year, improving
tion ministry has initiated Itanagar, june 26 A class Guwahati, june 2. The employment opportuni-
the process of recruiting X student allegedly took Centre has approved es- ties for graduates,” said
1,122 Junior Basic Train- his own life a day after tablishment of a greenfield Prof. Jagadesh Kumar,
ing and 1,027 Trained being asked to leave school Indian Institute of Man- chairman of UGC, the apex
Graduate Teachers who for using a mobile phone agement (IIM) at Marab- higher education regula-
will undergo a compre- on campus. The body of hita, Kamrup district near tory authority.
hensive 15-day induction 15-year-old Chirang Kri Guwahati. According to Kumar,
training program in Dis- was found hanging from Addressing a press if Indian HEIs adopt the
trict Institute of Educa- a tree near his school in conference, chief minister biannual admission cycle,
tion and Training (DIET) Anjaw district. Chirang’s Hemanta Biswa Sarma they can enhance interna-
centres to familiarise family filed a complaint said: “The state govern- tional collaborations and
them thoroughly with the against the principal and ment has offered land student exchanges. “As a
prescribed syllabus and hostel warden at Hayu- and logistics support for result, our global competi-
pedagogies, said Kohli. liang police station, de- the new B-school which tiveness will improve, and
manding an investigation will be mentored by IIM- we will align with global
TAMIL NADU into the circumstances of Ahmedabad. This will be a educational standards.”
First AI degree his death. game changer for Assam, However, it is not manda-
tory for universities to
Briefing the media,
making the state an educa-
program Superintendent of Police tion hub in eastern India, offer biannual admissions,
Chennai, june 11. The Rike Kamsi said that and will also help fulfill he clarified.
Indian Institute of Tech- Chirang, who lived in the the economic aspirations
nology (IIT), Madras has school hostel, was caught of the people.” Paromita Sengupta with bureau
launched the country’s using a mobile phone on According to Sarma, inputs

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