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Imphal Times Supplementary issue Page No. 4
More rice for distribution to A New Horizon: National Education Policy 2020
beneficiaries during lockdown continues Public Relations Officer, Manipur University
By -Wangjam Devendra Singh)
IT News of 11472.6 quintal of rice quintal of rice under PMGKAY The Union Cabinet chaired 5+3+3+4 curricular · The policy envisages and private higher education
Imphal, August 6: under NFSA was lifted for six for July from FCI godown, by the Prime Minister Shri structure corresponding to broad based, multi-disciplinary, institutions will be governed
ACs. The lifted quantity with Jiribam on August 4 & 5, 2020. Narendra Modi approved ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 holistic Under Graduate by the same set of norms for
In continuation of the state the ACs were 1674.85 quintal The same AC had reported the National Education Policy years respectively. This will education with flexible regulation, accreditation and
government’s initiative to for Keishamthong AC, 1452.1 lifting of 62.10 quintal under 2020 on 29 th July 2020, bring the hitherto uncovered age curricula, creative combinations academic standards.
ensure availability of quintal for Singjamei AC, PMGKAY for July from FCI unfolding a New Horizons for group of 3-6 years under school of subjects, integration of · Affiliation of
foodgrains to all concerned 2272.83 quintal for Patsoi AC, godown, Sangaiproutoday. transformational reforms in curriculum, which has been vocational education and colleges is to be phased out in
during the ongoing lockdown, 2080.97 quintal for In respect of Ukhrul AC in education systems in the recognized globally as the crucial multiple entry and exit 15 years and a stage-wise
several Assembly Konthoujam AC, 1877.35 Ukhrul district, 1300.2 quintal country, replacing the 34 year stage for development of mental points with appropriate mechanism is to be
Constituencies (ACs) of the quintal forSekmai-Saitu AC of rice under PMGKAY for the old National Policy on faculties of a child. The new certification. UG education can established for granting
Statecontinued with the lifting and 2114.5 quintal for month of July was lifted today Education (NPE), 1986. system will have 12 years of be of 3 or 4 years with multiple graded autonomy to
of PDS rice from certain MayangImphal AC. It may be from FCI godown, Ukhrul. This new education policy schooling with three years of exit options and appropriate colleges. Over a period of
godowns located in various mention that the assembly It is also reported that rooted in Indian ethos is Anganwadi/ pre schooling. certification within this period. time, it is envisaged that every
parts of the State. constituencies have 1114.98.320 quintal of rice aligned to the self-reliant India · Emphasis on · Academic Bank of college would develop into
Karong AC in Senapati completed lifting of its under PMGKAY for the month for Sustainable Development Foundational Literacy and Credits to be established to either an Autonomous
district had lifted 3089.65 allocated NFSA rice for the of August was lifted today for and aims to transform India Numeracy, no rigid separation facilitate Transfer of Credits degree-granting College, or a
quintal of rice under month of July.Imphal West Jiribam AC in Jiribam district into a vibrant knowledge between academic streams, · Multidisciplinary constituent college of a
PMGKAY for the month of district too distributed 3063.6 from FCI godown, Jiribam. society and global knowledge extracurricular, vocational Education and Research university.
July meanwhile, Mao AC of quintal of PMGKAY rice in It may be mentioned that PDS superpower by making both streams in schools ; Vocational Universities (MERUs), at par Others
the same district also reported Konthoujam and rice under various schemes school and higher education Education to start from Class 6 with IITs, IIMs, to be set up as · An autonomous body, the
lifting of 4114.65 quintal of SingjameiACs. namely NFSA and PMGKAY more holistic, flexible, with Internships models of best multidisciplinary National Educational
rice under PMGKAY for July Tamei AC (Tousem Sub- are being lifted for multidisciplinary, suited to 21st · Teaching up to at least education of global standards in Technology Forum
on August 4, 2020. Division) in Tamenglong distribution to the residents of century needs and aimed at Grade 5 to be in mother tongue/ the country. (NETF), will be created to
In Imphal West district, a total district had lifted 511.17.160 the State. bringing out the unique regional language. No language · T h e N a t i o n a l provide a platform for the free
capabilities of each student, will be imposed on any student. Research Foundation will be exchange of ideas on the use
·
Assessment reforms
Sports News thereby reflecting a truly with 360 degree Holistic created as an apex body for of technology to enhance
assessment,
global citizen.
fostering a strong research
learning,
Wangjam Devendra Singh, Progress Card, tracking Student culture and building research planning, administration.
Olympic committees discuss Public Relations officer, Progress for achieving Learning capacity Higher Education setting up of Gender Inclusion
higher
· NEP 2020 emphasizes
across
Outcomes
education.
Manipur University has
·
shared
and
new
A
·
Fund, Special Education
the
important
eradicating abuse in Japanese highlights of the NEP 2020. comprehensive National Commission of India(HECI) will Zones for disadvantaged
regions and groups
Curriculum Framework for
be set up as a single overarching
School Education
New Policy aims
· New Policy promotes
·
sport after damning report for universalization of Teacher Education, NCFTE 2021, umbrella body the for entire Multilingualism in both
higher education, excluding
will be formulated by the NCTE
higher
schools
education from pre-school to
in consultation with NCERT. By
and
medical and legal education.
secondary level with 100 % 2030, the minimum degree HECI to have four independent education. National Institute
Courtesy HT Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) qualification for teaching will be verticals - National Higher for Pali, Persian and Prakrit ,
New Delhi, Aug 6: in school education by 2030. a 4-year integrated B.Ed. degree Education Regulatory Council Indian Institute of Translation
· NEP 2020 will bring . (NHERC) for regulation, General and Interpretation to be set up
International Olympic 2 crore out of school children Higher Education Education Council (GEC ) for · The Centre and the States
Committee president Thomas back into the main stream · Gross Enrolment Ratio standard setting, Higher will work together to increase
Bach has held discussions through open schooling in higher education to be raised Education Grants Council the public investment in
with his counterpart at the system. to 50 % by 2035 ; 3.5 crore (HEGC) for funding, and Education sector to
Japanese Olympic Committee · The current 10+2 seats to be added in higher National Accreditation Council( reach 6% of GDP at the
about eradicating abuse system to be replaced by a new education. NAC) for accreditation. Public earliest.
within Japanese sport
following a damning report by
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Rains batter Maharashtra:A shrine in
last month. The HRW report
found child athletes in Japan
often suffer physical and included first-hand accounts victims of bullying or Kolhapur submerged in flood waters
verbal abuse and sometimes from athletes. harassment.
sexual abuse during training The timing of the HRW’s Since then, a new governance IT Correspondent disruption. Municipal kmph, continued. The Mumbai injured in the incident but two
after documenting the report is particularly poignant code for sports organisations Mumbai, Aug 6: Commissioner I S Chahal visited fire brigade received 6 complaints vehicles parked outside the
experiences of over 800 as Japan was expecting to be has been established in Japan, the spot to asses the loss caused of wall and house collapses, 141 check-post were damaged.
athletes in 50 sports. holding the Summer Olympic but the HRW says it is not Several districts of Maharashtra due to wall collapse. complaints of tree and branch fall Renovation work was
The IOC said in a statement Games in Tokyo this year. enough. were inundated as the incessant The Indian Meteorological and 10 cases of short circuits. undergoing in the post.
on Thursday that Bach had The Games, however, have “In light of incidents in the rains continued for the second Department (IMD) predicted However no injuries reported. Besides another tree collapsed
held a teleconference with JOC now been postponed until past, various efforts have day on Thursday with different heavy rains to continue and Water entered the ground floor outside the ‘garden gate’ of
chief Yasuhiro Yamashita to 2021 because of the global been made to eliminate abuse regions remained submerged, issued orange alert for Thane, of the state-run J J Hospital in Mantralaya. The trees near
discuss what changes have COVID-19 pandemic. in the sport world,” the JOC throwing normal life out of gear. Palghar, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Mumbai’s Byculla area in South Mahalaxmi Race Course in
and will be made. “Both During their discussion, said in their own statement on In Kolhapur in Western Pune, Kolhapur and Satara Mumbai, forcing hospital South Mumbai were also
Presidents stressed the Yamashita stressed the Thursday. Maharashtra, most of the districts in Maharashtra. The administration to shift some of the uprooted due to heavy winds.
determination of their different measures taken by “Together with each NF buildings were submerged and National Disaster Relief Force patients and equipments on Three cranes were damaged at
organisations to fight against Japanese sport to try to (National Sporting knee deep water gushed into (NDRF) deployed as heavy rains Wednesday. Similarly over 200 the Jawaharlal Nehru Port
any form of abuse,” the IOC prevent abuse. Federation) and other relevant several houses. Similar scenes continue to batter the state. The commuters were stranded in container terminal in Navi
said. In 2013, the JOC promised to bodies, the JOC will were also witnessed in Raigad weather department added that Mumbai’s local trains since the Mumbai owing to heavy rains.
The report, titled “I Was Hit take steps to wipe out continuously exert the utmost district near Mumbai, where water there was some decrease in the trains remained stranded between However, there were no injuries
So Many Times I Can’t violence among its sports effort to revert to the gushed in houses located in low cloud mass around the city. Masjid Bunder and Byculla and all are safe, a spokesperson
Count”, looked at Japan’s federations after an internal fundamental understanding of lying areas. The famous shrine of “The Doppler weather radar stations on the Central line in said.
history of physical survey revealed more than wiping abuse from elite sports Narsoba (Dattatraya) located at Mumbai is showing up a little Mumbai. They were evacuated Heavy rains caused the roof of
punishment in sport and 10% of its athletes had been activities.” Kolhapur was totally submerged reduction in cloud mass around by the teams of National Disaster Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium to
and the attempts to drain out the Mumbai. Intermittent intense Relief Force (NDRF). come crashing down, with the
Letter to the Editor water were on. However spells are going on in Mumbai, The railway authorities wind blowing away the facade
Thane, Palghar and North
suspended the suburban train
of the Navi Mumbai stadium.
continued downpour was posing
impediment in the work. Konkan,” deputy director general operations between CSMT-Vashi Similarly Hockey player Yuvraj
On pregnant lady’s demise after The Panchganga river water at of IMD, Mumbai, K S Hosalikar stations on the Harbour line, Walmiki residing at Marine
Kolhapur in western Maharashtra
CSMT-Kurla on the Main line and
Lines in South Mumbai, had to
said, “Reduction in activity is
also between Churchgate and
seek assistance from the BMC
crossed the warning level on
expected from tomorrow onwards
hospital refused to provide treatment Thursday morning following as per the IMD global forecast Kurla due to water-logging on as rainwater seeped inside his
system model guidance” he
heavy rainfall in the area, the
tracks around Masjid Bunder,
house. Yuvraj (30), was part of
district disaster management cell added. Kurla, Sion, Marine Line and other the Indian team that played in
Dear Sir, secondly, to also reach out and assist the said. Nine state highways and 25 The Colaba weather observatory stations. At least 33 BEST buses the 2014 Word Cup at The
victim’s family. The news that circulated in other roads in the district have in south Mumbai on Wednesday providing bus services in Hague in the Netherlands. His
Yesterday, Mrs. Kanpatliu Kamei, a the facebook, mentioned that the patient been affected due to the heavy recorded its highest single-day Mumbai were stuck across the brother Davinder Walmiki also
pregnant woman, passed away along with was admitted in Senapati District Hospital rains, a Public Works Department precipitation in the last 22 years city due to water logging. represented India as a defender.
the unborn child at about 4 am, as she was at around 2 pm on 5 th Aug. 2020. At about official said. The Krishna river for the month of August, said an The signage atop the In neighbouring Palghar police
denied medical assistance for child delivery 10:30 pm, the patient was asked to go to was also in spate and nearly 90 India Meteorological Department headquarters of Bombay Stock saved 22 people stranded after
in the two government run hospitals and Imphal for the treatment. At about 12:30 am water weirs were submerged in official. K S Hosalikar, deputy Exchange (BSE) building in the heavy rains caused floods in
some other private hospitals in Imphal. It they went about weeping and begging but Kolhapur and Sangli district. director general of IMD, Mumbai Fort area of south Mumbai parts of the district. Those
is with the intention to protect and the hospitals turned them away. The victim On Thursday morning, water said the Colaba observatory broke-off, due to strong winds rescued by the Palghar Police
safeguard human life that COVID-19 sadly passed away at the Casualty entrance level of the Panchganga river at received 293 mm rainfall from 8.30 and was seen dangling from on Wednesday included a five-
guidelines have been laid down. Besides, of Shija Hospital. Rajaram weir reached 41.7 feet. am to 8.30 pm. In August 1998, the facade of the building. As year-old girl, who remained atop
the lockdown guidelines, among many The warning level at the weir is the observatory had received the staff was unable to pull up a tree for over four hours. The
permitted activities allow ‘HEALTH Thank you 39 feet while the danger level is 261.9 mm rainfall in 24 hours the signage, the authorities Dahanu taluka in
RELATED ACTIVITIES.’ This unfortunate 43 feet, according to Kolhapur’s which was a record for the month had to call fire brigade to fix it. Palghar recorded over 350 mm
incident is a direct violation of Fundamental Daisinlung Sebastian Kamsuan disaster management cell. till now, but Wednesday’s rain A big tree collapsed on the rainfall and Thane recorded 150
‘Right to Life’ (Art. 21 of Indian Final year Student Master of Social Work Collector Daulat Desai has broke it within only 12 hours. police check-post at the main mm rainfall in 24 hours. Teams
Constitution). Assam Don Bosco University appealed to people living on the On Wednesday several trees gate of ‘Mantralaya’, the of the NDRF have been
I request the Government to enquire into 6001612454 river banks to shift to safer places. were uprooted, many areas were administrative headquarters of stationed at both Thane and
the matter and take appropriate steps, Daisinlung1990@gmail.com On Thursday a wall collapsed on flooded, as the heavy rains the Maharashtra government Palghar to deal with any
N S Patkar Road at Grant Road in accompanied by gusty winds in south Mumbai, as rain eventualities, NDRF
South Mumbai causing traffic blowing at a speed up to 107 lashed the city. Nobody was commandant Rajendra Patil said.
Edited by Rinku Khumukcham, Owned and Published by Iboyaima Khuman at Keishamthong Elangbam Leikai, Imphal and Printed by him at M/s Imphal Times Printers, Elangbam Leikai Imphal West,, Resident Editor- Jeet Akoijam