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Education Notes

ANDHRA PRADESH
pervised by the ministry) of School Education has Institute of Technology-
Reopening result is to beam quality educa- cancelled selection tests Jodhpur (IIT-J) a state-
tional programmes into for students scheduled to of-the-art innovation
AmArAvAti, november 5. A every household, including write their class X and XII laboratory. Christened the
total 262 students and 160 homes in rural and remote examinations in March Samsung Digital Academy,
teachers tested Covid-19 areas, said an official gov- 2021. “Exemption from this is a corporate social
positive during the past ernment statement. selection tests is a one- responsibility (CSR) initia-
three days after schools Under the MoU, 51 free- time exception to ensure tive of the company to
were reopened statewide of-charge DTH education the safety and health of skill students in tier-I and
for classes IX-X students TV channels including all stakeholders in view tier-II cities in managing
on November 2, said the 22 Swayamprabha of the of the prevailing Covid-19 cutting-edge technology.
commissioner of school Union education ministry; pandemic situation,” said “This valuable gift will
education V. Chinna Veer- 12 e-Vidya channels of the minister. expose students to new
abhadrudu, addressing a NCERT for classes I-XII, According to the minis- technologies including
press conference. 16 channels of Vande ter, this one-time exemp- AR (augmented reality)
According to data Gujarat of the government tion is for all candidates and VR (virtual reality)
provided by the state gov- of Gujarat, and DigiShala willing to write the class X to enable them to become
ernment’s department of of the Union ministry of and XII examinations in job-ready,” said Santanu
school education, 9.75 lakh electronics & IT will be March 2021. Chaudhury, director of
students registered to at- broadcast to all DD FreeD- IIT-J.
tend classes IX-X. Of them, ish viewers. UTTARAKHAND
3.93 lakh attended school, Free broadband gift TAMIL NADU
as also 99,000 (out of 1.11 BIHAR Anna U under cloud
lakh) registered govern- Abrupt resignation dehrAdun, november 8.
ment school teachers. Chief minister Trivendra ChennAi, november 13.
“It is not correct to say pAtnA, november 19. The Singh Rawat recently The state government has
this small number were in- state’s education minister launched free-of-charge ordered an official enquiry
fected due to their coming Mewa Lal Chaudhary, high-speed Internet broad- against M.K. Surappa,
to school. We ensure that whose recent appointment band services for all public vice chancellor of Anna
each classroom has only had triggered a contro- colleges and universities in University, to investigate
15-16 students,” said the versy because of a corrup- the state. alleged irregularities and
commissioner. tion taint, tendered his “Ours is the first state corruption. Surappa denies
resignation barely three in the country to provide all charges and welcomed
DELHI days after being sworn in free-of-charge Internet the enquiry.
Ambitious DTH as a Cabinet minister of connectivity to all govern- The enquiry commit-
education initiative the newly elected JDU-BJP ment colleges and univer- tee chaired by retired high
coalition government.
court judge Justice P.
sities. It will play a critical
new delhi, november 4. Chaudhary is an ac- role for students enrolled Kalaiyarasan will investi-
Prasar Bharati, India’s cused in a five-year-old in the state’s higher educa- gate the allegations since
largest public service case relating to alleged tion institutions,” said the “prima facie they (charges)
broadcasting corpora- irregularities in the ap- chief minister, speaking on are serious in nature”.
tion, signed a partnership pointment of teachers and the occasion. “This is a big The probe was ordered
agreement with the Union technicians at the Bihar step towards fulfilment of following complaints of
ministry of electronics and Agricultural University, prime minister Narendra corruption, financial irreg-
information technology to Bhagalpur, where he was Modi’s Digital India initia- ularities and graft against
launch 51 direct-to-home vice chancellor. tive,” he added. Surappa, among others.
(DTH) education TV chan- The Justice Kalaiyarasan
nels. MEGHALAYA RAJASTHAN Committee’s mandate is
The objective of the Selection tests Samsung’s gift to probe all charges and if
memorandum of under- exemption proven, suggest ways and
standing (MoU) signed by Jodhpur, november 20. means to prevent their
Prasar Bharati and Bhas- shillong, november 18. Samsung, the Seoul (South recurrence in future.
karacharya National Insti- Education minister Lahk- Korea)-based consumer
tute for Space Applications men Rymbui announced electronics conglomer- Paromita Sengupta with
and Geo-Informatics (su- that the Meghalaya Board ate, has gifted the Indian bureau inputs

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