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Education Notes

UTTARAKHAND
can’t leave children to the said Ratan Lal Nath, the Sciences and Technology,
Demolition order mercy of barbarians,” said state’s education minister. announced admission of
Chouhan. Of the five colleges, three foreign students into the
DEHRADUN, SEPTEMBER 15. The chief minister will be promoted by the university’s undergrad
School education minister directed the officials to state government and two postgraduate programmes
Dhan Singh Rawat ordered ensure police verification including a law college will and short skill courses.
demolition of all dilapidat- of employees and organise be promoted privately. As “It’s the varsity’s mis-
ed school buildings in the workshops to train staff as a result the total number of sion to make Kashmir an
state, a day after the ceiling well as make parents and undergrad colleges in the education hub and not
of a toilet in a government children aware of the pro- state will rise to 22. only to build capacity
primary school in Cham- visions of the Protection of “Tripura Central Uni- to attract students, but
pawat district collapsed, Children from Sexual Of- versity has already granted also send our students
killing an eight-year-old fences (POCSO) Act, 2012. affiliation to all these de- to premier institutions
student and injuring three gree colleges including the overseas. Kashmir offers
others. MIZORAM two private colleges,” said adventure and agri-eco
Addressing a press con- New campus impasse the minister, addressing a tourism as well as winter
ference, the minister said media conference. sports activities which
a district-wise survey will AIZAWL, SEPTEMBER 16. Chief will attract students from
be conducted to identify all minister Zoramthanga BIHAR around the world,” said the
dangerous school buildings briefed Union education No-bags day vice chancellor, addressing
and they will be demol- minister Dharmendra the media
ished. Pradhan and apprised him PATNA, SEPTEMBER 18. In
“The school manage- of the need to improve line with the National JHARKHAND
ment is to blame for this education standards and Education Policy (NEP) New APU campus
incident as instructions establish additional higher 2020, the state govern-
to evacuate dilapidated education institutions in ment is all set to introduce RANCHI, SEPTEMBER 24. A
school buildings are issued the state. According to a a ‘no school bags’ order partnership agreement was
from time to time,” added state government commu- and a mandatory weekly signed by the Jharkhand
Bansidhar Tiwari, director, nique, the chief minister games period in public and state government and
school education. especially sought the private schools. An official Azim Premji Foundation
Centre’s help to establish notification will be issued (APF) to establish a Azim
MADHYA PRADESH a new campus of Mizoram soon, said Dipak Kumar Premji University (APU)
Molestation outrage University (MZU) in south Singh, additional chief campus in Ranchi. The
Mizoram’s Lunglei town. secretary in the education memorandum of under-
BHOPAL, SEPTEMBER 15. Earlier state higher and ministry. standing was signed by
Sexual molestation of a technical education min- Addressing a press con- Jharkhand chief minister
three-year-old child inside ister Dr. R. Lalthangliana ference, Singh said: “The Hemant Soren and APF
a school bus in Bhopal informed the legislative weekly ‘no-bag day’ will chairman Azim Premji
has shaken the confidence assembly that the state have task-based practi- in a video-conferenced
of the people, said chief government is ineligible to cal classes. At least once a ceremony.
minister Shivraj Singh finance the construction of week, students will come The new campus will be
Chouhan following an MZU’s southern campus to schools only with their in the city’s Itki area, and
emergency meeting of because it is a Central lunch boxes. The day will is likely to admit its first
the cabinet. He directed government-funded uni- be devoted to practical and batch in July 2024.
officials to take stringent versity. experiential learning.” “I believe the APU
action against the accused campus will raise stan-
and management of the TRIPURA JAMMU & KASHMIR dards of higher education
private school. Five new colleges Ambitious programme in the state. Now meritori-
“Parents send their ous students won’t have to
children to a selected AGARTALA, SEPTEMBER 16. SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 19. migrate to other states for
school because they have Five new undergrad Under an unprecedented higher education,” said the
faith in the institution. colleges including an initiative, K. Nazeer Ah- chief minister, speaking on
It is the duty of school English-medium college mad Ganai, vice chancel- the occasion.
managements to ensure will be inaugurated in lor of Sher-e-Kashmir Paromita Sengupta with
this trust is not broken. We the new academic year, University of Agricultural bureau inputs

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