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BIHAR convent educated peers. The free-of-charge Gya- sections 420 (cheating),
Absent teachers This endeavour is aimed nodaya Residential School 465 and 468 (forgery) of
crackdown at reversing the trend was recently conferred the Indian Penal Code,
a ‘Centre of Excellence’
said Suresh Sable, a Pune
of brain-drain from the
Patna, july 6. The state state and channelise the award by the state govern- Zilla Parishad education
government has ordered energy of youth in a posi- ment. department official.
deduction of a day’s salary tive direction,” said the “During the inspec-
of 87 teachers of 3,486 chief minister, addressing J&K tion of these schools,
government schools in a media conference. “After Design-own-degree we discovered that the
Patna district, found ab- their return, these princi- managements were charg-
sent during inspections in pals will share best prac- initiative ing exorbitant fees from
the past five days. tices with students and Jammu, july 27. Prof. parents without necessary
This action was taken their colleagues thereby Umesh Rai, vice chancel- approvals and sanctions
following a directive of ensuring that students lor of Jammu University, from the government,”
additional chief secretary get acquainted with the announced the launch of said Sable.
(education department), pattern of study in foreign a four-year ‘design your
K.K. Pathak, who asked countries,” he added. degree’ undergraduate DELHI
district magistrates programme which will be Teacher training
to conduct frequent MADHYA PRADESH offered by the university
inspections of government Students protest from the current academic promise
schools from July 1, and year beginning this month. New delhi, july 30. Three
“immediately” deduct march “By allowing students to hundred institutions coun-
a day’s salary of those Indore, july 25. A group of select courses from diverse trywide will be developed
found absent without valid 150 students of the state fields of study, the ‘design as ‘centres of excellence’
reason. government-run Gyano- your degree’ programme for capacity building of
Simultaneously, the daya Residential School will equip them with well- teachers, said Union edu-
State Council of Edu- in Morod village walked rounded education that cation minister Dharmen-
cational Research and 20 km to the Indore col- nurtures critical thinking, dra Pradhan.
Training (SCERT) has also lector’s office to protest creativity, and adapt- Speaking at the Akhil
ordered similar deduction against mismanagement of ability -- essential traits Bhartiya Shiksha Sama-
of its lecturers posted in the school. for thriving in the rapidly gam 2023 to celebrate
Purnea and Darbhanga “The school refused evolving global economy,” the third anniversary of
districts, for not attending to provide financial said Prof. Rai, addressing the National Education
online meetings convened assistance for the a press conference. Policy 2020 inaugu-
by the council on July 5. treatment of a student The objective of the rated by Prime Minister
who suffered injuries after self-designed degree is to Narendra Modi, Pradhan
PUNJAB falling from the third floor produce graduates who said: “Capacity building of
Singapore training for of the institute. We jointly aren’t just experts in their teachers is a priority and
from this academic year,
chosen fields but also
collected Rs.19,000 to
principals foot the medical bill of the possess a “holistic under- 300 institutions including
Chandigarh, july 22. Chief injured student. Moreover, standing of the world,” he 100 for school education,
minister Bhagwant Mann we are suffering an acute added. 100 for higher education
flagged off two batches shortage of books and and 100 for skill institu-
of 72 government school regular teachers in the MAHARASHTRA tions will be developed as
principals to the Principals school,” said a student Exorbitant fees cases centres of excellence. It is
Academy, Singapore for protestor. our collective responsibil-
updating their profession- “I have ordered an Ad- Pune, july 13. Cases have ity to convert the National
al knowledge and expertise ditional District Magis- been registered against Curriculum Framework
in K-12 education. trate to conduct a detailed managements of the (NCF) guidelines into text-
“The motive is to ensure inquiry into the com- privately promoted Bliss books. All educational and
that students of state gov- plaints of students. Action Edify International and skill institutions will have
ernment schools receive will be taken against those Rudiment International to work jointly on this.”
world-class education, found guilty,” said Indore schools located in the
thereby enabling them district collector Ilayaraja Pimpri-Chinchwad area Paromita Sengupta with bureau
to compete with their T, addressing the media. of Pune district under inputs

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