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UTTAR PRADESH suaded the SC-ST associa- Earlier, ICAI an- Hemendra Kumar Meena,
Facelift for govt tion to withdraw its invita- nounced a 75 percent fees additional superintendent
schools tion on the plea that BJP waiver for all chartered of police, Meham district.
Those accused and
accountancy courses for
is “against the interests of
LUCKNOW, APRIL 3. To marginalised communi- students from the Union their accomplices allegedly
ensure 100 percent enrol- ties”. territories of Jammu & distributed pre-written
ment in primary and up- “I prepared my presen- Kashmir, Ladakh and answers to students
per primary schools in Ut- tation on the contributions North-eastern states. inside the examination
tar Pradesh, chief minister of Babasaheb Ambedkar hall. According to a police
Yogi Adityanath launched beyond drafting of the GUJARAT statement, a case has been
a statewide ‘School Chalo Constitution, his role as Mission Schools of registered and further
Abhiyan’ (attend school an economist, diplomat investigation ordered.
campaign) from Shravasti and an educationist... At a Excellence Meanwhile, hours
district, which has UP’s time when the country is AHMEDABAD, APRIL 5. The before the arrests of the
lowest literacy rate. celebrating 75 years of its World Bank and Asian accused, Congress general
“Government schools independence, one thing Infrastructure Investment secretary Randeep Singh
must achieve all the goals that we ought to learn Bank (AIIB) will provide Surjewala slammed the
of Operation Kayakalp from the makers of our a loan of Rs.7,500 crore BJP-led government of the
which aims at giving Constitution is their abil- towards the state govern- state, claiming there have
schools a facelift. Towards ity to listen, absorb and ment’s Mission Schools been 40 cases of mass
this end, all state-run respect other viewpoints,” of Excellence project, to examination malpractice
schools have been directed said Paswan in a state- improve the quality of statewide in seven years.
to offer basic facilities ment posted on Facebook education in Gujarat’s
such as toilets, drink- and Twitter. 35,133 government and MIZORAM
ing water, furniture and 5,847 grant-in-aid schools. Enrolments boost
uniforms to students, and J&K Under the Mission
also ensure deployment of Commerce education Schools of Excellence proj- AIZAWL, APRIL 7. Student
adequate teachers under ect, the state government enrolment in government
the campaign,” said the drive has budgeted expenditure schools has risen sig-
chief minister, addressing JAMMU, APRIL 4. The of Rs.10,000 crore over nificantly, according to re-
media on the occasion. Institute of Chartered the next five years. A ports from schools across
Accountants of India World Bank delegation the state, said education
DELHI (ICAI) signed a five-year visited Gandhinagar to minister Lalchhandama
Withdrawn invite partnership agreement study the Schools of Excel- Ralte, addressing a meet-
indignation with Directorate of School lence project. Led by the ing at Sakawrdai village
bordering Manipur.
Education, Kashmir for
bank’s global education
NEW DELHI, APRIL 14. Delhi promoting commerce edu- director Jaime Saavedra, “The state govern-
University’s top-ranked cation among students of the delegation also visited ment has taken several
Lady Shri Ram (LSR) Col- the Union territory. Under the state education minis- measures to improve the
lege for Women withdrew the agreement, commerce try’s command and control education system and
an invitation to BJP na- education will be pro- centre in the state capital. recruit more teachers,
tional spokesperson Guru moted in government and prompting parents to send
Prakash Paswan, following government-aided second- HARYANA their children to govern-
protests from members of ary and higher secondary Exam malpractice ment schools. School
its students’ community. schools. admissions have increased
After LSR’s SC-ST “Commerce education arrests two-fold in some schools,
(scheduled castes and can play a critical role to CHANDIGARH, APRIL 7. A and new classrooms will
tribes) community adver- promote the growth of principal, teacher and two have to be constructed or
tised an interview with industry and the whole staff members of a govern- the capacity of the exist-
Paswan to commemorate economy. Kashmir’s ment school in Haryana ing ones increased at a
the birth anniversary of talented youth need to have been arrested for aid- few places,” the minister
SC-ST leader Dr. B.R. transform into major ing and abetting students added.
Ambedkar, the Students’ contributors,” said a joint to indulge in malpractice
Federation of India (SFI) statement released on the while writing a class X Paromita Sengupta with bureau
unit of the college per- occasion. board examination, said inputs

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