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DELHI which smartphones were demic but teachers are trepreneurship, Siemens
ARIIA Rankings 2020 gifted to six class XII required to be present in Ltd and the Germany-

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 18. students in a symbolic ges- their schools for preparing based international devel-
Union education min- ture. State ministers and notes and worksheets for opment agency GIZ, will
ister Ramesh Pokhriyal MLAs were entrusted with distribution to students.” ensure optimal upskilling
‘Nishank’ released the the task of symbolically of ITI graduates, includ-
annual Atal Ranking of distributing 20 smart- WEST BENGAL ing green skilling on a par
Institutions on Innova- phones each to students in Rebel headmaster with the latest technologi-
tions Achievements 2020 various districts to mark cal developments in indus-
(ARIIA, estb.2018) which launch of the scheme. MIDNAPORE/KOLKATA, AUGUST try, thereby enhancing the
ranks higher education During the first phase 12. Defying government employability of gradu-
institutions and universi- ending November 30, 1.74 directives on schools ates of our ITIs,” said the
ties for innovation and lakh class XII government closure following the state’s skill development
entrepreneurship develop- school children including Covid-19 outbreak, the minister Vishwajit Rane
ment in six categories. 1.11 lakh in rural Punjab management of Hatsarbe- speaking on the occasion.
Under the category of will be gifted smartphones ria B.C. Roy High School Siemens and GIZ
Centrally-funded institutes valued at Rs.92 crore in the state’s Daspur area India will also undertake
of national importance, under PSCS. of Paschim Mednapore intensive training of ITI
the Indian Institutes of district restarted classes instructors and handhold
Technology (IITs) in Chen- NAGALAND for class X students. them throughout the
nai, Mumbai and Delhi are Absenteesim notices “We started classes fol- process.
top-ranked followed by lowing all social distancing
IISc, Bangalore and IIT- KOHIMA, AUGUST 9. Show- norms and standard pro- LADAKH
Kharagpur. Bhubaneswar’s cause notices have been tocols. Our students were New education board
Kalinga Institute of issued to eight teachers very enthusiastic about
Industrial Technology is including the headmaster attending school after KARGIL, AUGUST 24. The
top-ranked among private of a government school staying at home for several Union territory of Ladakh
universities, followed by in Phek district for being months,” said headmas- is set to establish a
SRM Institute of Science absent from school ter Brindaban Ghatak new territorial board of
and Technology, Chennai since end-March after explaining his decision. school education that will
and the Vellore Institute of imposition of the national “Several parents had also fulfill “realistic needs” of
Technology. emergency lockdown requested us to restart students based on local
This year a new cat- following the Covid-19 classes,” he added. conditions of the region.
egory of women’s higher outbreak. In a late evening de- This decision was taken
education institutions was Addressing media, velopment, an education after a committee for
introduced to encourage Thuvopisu Vesathu Dozo, ministry official said the review of educational
women and gender parity chairman of the School headmaster has been is- boards for schools met
in innovation and entre- Management Board (SMB) sued a show-cause notice. in Kargil under the
preneurship. The Avi- which issued the notices, chairmanship of the
nashilingam Institute for said: “Despite the govern- GOA executive councilor for
Home Science and Higher ment’s orders directing Tripartite agreement tourism and Zanskar
Education for Women, teachers to be present affairs Phunsog Tashi.
Coimbatore, is top-ranked in their schools, these PANAJI, AUGUST 13. In a The committee also
in this category of ARIIA teachers were absent from unique collaborative suggested equal repre-
2020. duty. We want teachers to initiative, the Goa gov- sentation from Kargil and
make their presence felt so ernment has signed a Leh districts in the new
PUNJAB students can clarify their tripartite agreement to Ladakh Board of School
Smart Connect doubts and attain quality introduce dual world-class Education to make the
Scheme education.” German vocational educa- process more inclusive in
the larger public interest,
Shanavas C, principal
tion and training in the
CHANDIGARH, AUGUST 12. director of school educa- state’s Industrial Training said government officials
Punjab chief minister tion, clarified: “There are Institutes (ITIs). speaking with media.
Amarinder Singh launched no holidays for teachers. “This agreement be-
a Punjab Smart Connect Schools may have shut tween the Directorate of Paromita Sengupta with bureau
Scheme (PSCS) under down due to the pan- Skill Development and En- inputs

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