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NAGALAND party was voted into office certificates, 14 stamps, rooms in a government
Smart classrooms in the state in 2017, he four despatch registers, higher secondary school in

launch added. 50 migration certificates, Bagga village of Jammu’s
ODISHA 319 blank mark cards and Reasi district. The school
Kohima, march 4. Speaking several other documents, makeover initiative in-
at a function to mark the Sexual abuse charge he added. cludes complete conver-
launch of digital education “The state police is sion of two conventional
in 15 state government JaJpur (odisha), march 9. probing the matter. Strin- classrooms into Smart
colleges, Nagaland’s chief A temporary teacher of a gent action will be taken classrooms, improvement
minister Neiphiu Rio said government upper prima- if any university is found of the school’s campus and
Smart classrooms will ry school was arrested on selling fake degrees,” procurement of books, sta-
improve the quality of charges of sexual abuse of education minister Suresh tionery and learning aids.
education in the state and two students in the Jajpur Bhardwaj informed the The inaugural event
make teaching-learning district after parents of the house. was attended by Army offi-
interactive and engaging. victims filed FIRs against cials, the principal, teach-
Also speaking on the him. GUJARAT ers and students, says an
occasion, Temjen Imna The crime came to Abandoned answer army statement.
Along, minister for higher light when one of the girls
education and tribal af- narrated the incident to papers scandal HARYANA
fairs, said Nagaland is the her parents. Curiously, ahmedabad, march 18. Human rights
first state in North-east the school management Three bundles of unevalu-
India to introduce Smart declined to respond to the ated class X science sub- violation enquiry
classroom technology in parents’ protests prompt- ject answer scripts were ferozepur, march 13. Par-
government-run colleges. ing them to file a police found by a roadside near ents of girls studying at the
complaint. Virpur town in Rajkot dis- Government Girls Senior
PUNJAB District education trict, A.J. Shah, chairman Secondary School in Fero-
MDM workers pay officer Krushna Chan- of the Gujarat Secondary zepur district petitioned
hike dra Nayak has ordered a and Higher Secondary the State Human Rights
thorough enquiry into the
Education Board, in-
Commission complain-
chandigarh, march 4. matter. formed the media. The ing the school lacks toilet
Punjab’s education class X science exam was facilities. This prompted
ministry has proposed to HIMACHAL PRADESH conducted by the state the education ministry to
raise the honorarium of Fake degrees trove board on March 7. order an enquiry.
mid-day meal workers Adressing the media, “Parents have alleged
from Rs.1,700 to Rs.3,000 shimla, march 11. Himach- education minister Bhu- that there is no proper
per month, said education al Pradesh police arrested pendrasinh Chudasama toilet facility in the school
and public works depart- Munish Goel, assistant said: “I have ordered and girls are forced to
ment minister Vijay Inder registrar of the Manav an urgent and thorough use open spaces. This is
Singla, responding to a Bharti University (MBU), investigation to find out a serious violation of the
question posed in the state Solan after three FIRs whether more answer- human rights of students
legislative assembly. (first information reports) sheets are missing. The as well as staff,” said the
Under the Central were filed against the probe will reveal whether commission in a letter to
government sponsored varsity under various sec- this happened accidentally the education ministry,
mid-day meal scheme tions of the Indian Penal or deliberately. Strong ac- seeking a report on the
for government primary Code. The charges include tion will be taken against issue. “It has also been
school children, a total of cheating, and issuing fake those found responsible alleged that the conduct of
42,205 cooks-cum-helpers degrees, chief minister Jai for this,” he added. the principal (who is male)
work in primaries across Ram Thakur informed the is not dignified with the
the state preparing and legislative assembly. JAMMU & KASHMIR female staff and students
distributing meals for 1.58 Police also raided Indian Army initiative and he uses abusive
million children, Singla MBU’s affiliated Madhav language,” added the
informed the House. This University in Mount Abu Jammu, march 1. Under its commission’s letter.
is the second time their and sealed its administra- Operation Goodwill initia-
honorarium had been tive complex after seiz- tive, the Indian Army has Paromita Sengupta with
raised since the Congress ing 1,376 blank degree established Smart class- bureau inputs

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