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Education Notes

ASSAM and XII board exam top- Finland for training, from The accused teacher
Question paper pers were conferred cash 52 to 87 to ensure equal Bikram Singh, created a
leakage row rewards up to Rs.3 lakh, a representation of primary ruckus when confronted
laptop and mobile phone. in-charges from all 29 by angry villagers, said
Guwahati, march 14. Addressing a media administrative zones of the Devinder Kotwal, Gajoth
Twenty-two people includ- conference, the chief education department.” Panchayat leader. Several
ing teachers and students minister said: “Even if a bottles of alcohol were also
have been detained for student from Bihar, Uttar MADHYA PRADESH recovered from him. “The
questioning about leakage Pradesh or any other part Molestation charges teacher is an alcoholic
of a general science ques- of the country tops from and needs to be dealt with
tion paper of the class X any Jharkhand school, against teachers sternly to safeguard the
state board examination he/she will be rewarded Dindori, march 8. The future of students,” Kotwal
which led to cancellation by the state government. state government issued added.
of the exam. We want to lessen the a transfer order to Sanjay Police have taken
Addressing media per- initial financial burden of Singh, Superintendent of cognizance of the matter
sonnel, education minis- the families of meritori- Police (SP), for “poorly after receiving a written
ter Ranoj Pegu, however ous students after board handling” a molestation complaint from villagers,
denied the involvement of examinations, so that they case of girl students in said additional deputy
any teachers. “There is no pursue higher education.” a district school run by commissioner Bhaderwah
question of involvement of Jabalpur Diocesan Educa- Dilmir Chowdhury.
teachers. The papers are DELHI tion Society (JDES) of the
kept at police stations and Finland teacher Roman Catholic commu- GUJARAT
taken to examination cen- nity. GIFT City’s Deakin
tres only on the morning training A caretaker nun, prin-
of the test day,” he said. New delhi, march 4. After cipal and guest teacher of campus
Added Gyanendra several disputes with the school were booked Ahmedabad, march 3. In a
Pratap Singh, Director Delhi’s AAP government in on charges of assaulting first-of-its-type initiative,
General of Police: “The As- the past, Lt. Governor VK and molesting several girl the International Financial
sam Police has registered Saxena approved the gov- children. The caretaker Services Centre Authority
a criminal case and the ernment’s new proposal was booked for overlook- (IFSCA) has granted ap-
Crime Investigation De- to send primary teach- ing complaints of the girls, proval to Deakin Univer-
partment has been given ers of state-run schools while the nun was charged sity, Australia to establish
charge of the investiga- to Finland for training. with beating them. Action a campus in GIFT (Gujarat
tion.” While granting approval, was initiated only after International Finance Tec)
Saxena noted the AAP officials of the Madhya City, said Injeti Srinivas,
JHARKHAND government’s refusal to Pradesh Child Protection chairperson of IFSCA.
Special rewards bring “impact assessment Department visited the Addressing a press
scheme of the foreign training school. conference, Srinivas said:
programmes conducted in

“Deakin is the first foreign
Ranchi, march 27. Chief the past, on record,” said J&K university that will set up
minister Hemant Soren an official from the LG’s Inebriated teacher its own campus in India.
introduced a special re- office. We are in talks with an-
wards scheme for a cohort Addressing a press con- booked other Australian university
of 68 class X and class XII ference, the official said: Bhaderwah/jammu, march and a UK-based university
rank holders across all “Lt. Governor VK Saxena 12. Residents of a village in that are keen to set up
exam boards (Jharkhand has approved the educa- Doda district locked down campuses here in GIFT
Academic Council, CBSE tion ministry’s proposal a government primary City. This is a major devel-
and CISCE) and toppers of for training of primary school after a teacher was opment as the university
the Jharkhand Olympiad. school in-charges in Fin- found in inebriated condi- will offer the same courses
A total sum of Rs.1.32 land. Taking the approach tion during working hours. as they are offering in
crore, laptops and mobile of equitable benefit for A video of the incident Australia at a fraction of
phones were distributed all, the LG has increased went viral on social media, the price.”
at a specially organised the number of primary prompting authorities to
awards ceremony. in-charges (headmasters) initiate an inquiry against Paromita Sengupta with
The first three class X who were to proceed to the teacher. bureau inputs

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