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KERALA Central services examina- So we decided to withdraw in-principle agreement to
Universal digitisation tions. their NOCs. The state this proposal following a
A state-level entrance
claim exam will be conducted to government will not allow meeting to review school
education in the state, said
school managements to
thiruvananthapuram, shortlist students eli- exploit teachers and staff,” Arvind Pandey, minister
OctOber 12. Kerala has gible for scholarships, the he added. for school education and
become the first state in criteria for which will be sports.
the country to digitize announced soon, said chief ODISHA Moreover, a new
all 16,030 government minister Zoramthanga NIT-R skyscraper sports policy will soon be
schools, announced chief addressing the media. The implemented to provide
minister Pinarayi Vijayan state government will sign Bhubaneswar, OctOber 19. promising sportspersons
at a press conference. “The up promising Mizo youth A 14-storey golden jubilee and athletes mentoring
government took special with reputed coaching in- building of the National and training from profes-
interest in universalizing stitutes in Delhi, Kota and Institute of Technology, sional coaches and sports
K-12 education and has other test prep institutes to Rourkela (NIT-R) was stars. The state govern-
presented a Left alterna- facilitate aspirants in test formally inaugurated by ment’s new sports policy
tive, a Kerala model of preparation. Full scholar- Union education minister will include provision for
education to the world,” ships will be awarded to Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal. establishing sports science
he said adding with all gov- most promising students Speaking on the occasion, centres, and a dedicated
ernment schools equipped aspiring to become civil the minister described sports development fund
with hi-tech IT labs and servants, he added. NIT-R as a premier institu- for promoting budding
high speed broadband tion developing the best athletes in the 8-14 years
Internet connectivity, chil- PUNJAB brains of the country. age group, he added.
dren will learn and grow NOCs withdrawn Constructed at a cost of
with the help of advanced Rs.95 crore with a built-up DELHI
learning systems. chandigarh, OctOber 16. area of 7,000 sq. metres, Fake universities
To modernise all No Objection Certificates the new building is a tower exposé
government and aided (NOCs) awarded to nine block of 14 floors, entirely
schools, the state govern- private schools to pro- funded by the Central new delhi, OctOber 7. The
ment has constituted a vide primary-secondary government, said Pokhri- University Grants Com-
Public Education Rejuve- education to children were yal. “It is now the tallest mission (UGC) released
nation Mission to devise cancelled by the educa- building of the steel city of a list of 24 “self-styled,
strategies to upgrade tion ministry for breach of Rourkela,” he said. unrecognised institutions”
schools into centres of licence conditions, educa- A telescope is proposed across the country, and
excellence and the Kerala tion minister Vijay Inder to be installed on the declared them “fake”.
Infrastructure and Tech- Singla informed a press terrace of the building to “The UGC Act, 1956
nology for Education board conference. facilitate studies related to provides for degrees to be
to implement plans with The minister said that climate change. awarded only by universi-
funding from the Kerala numerous complaints ties established under a
Infrastructure Investment have been received against UTTARAKHAND Central, state, provincial
Fund Board. these schools for failure to Rural education drive Act or by institutions
pay salaries of teachers or especially empowered by
MIZORAM arbitrarily reducing their dehradun, OctOber 5. an Act of Parliament to
Civil service prep remuneration since mid- The Uttarakhand govern- confer degrees,” said UGC

scholarships March when schools were ment will establish two secretary Rajnish Jain, at a
shut down following the
Atal Adarsha Vidyalaya
press conference.
aizawl, OctOber 13. To re- outbreak of the Covid-19 schools in all 90 adminis- Delhi has seven
verse the declining number pandemic. trative blocks of the state. proscribed universities,
of Mizo youth joining the According to the They will provide free-of- Odisha and West Bengal
civil services, the state gov- minister, show-cause charge quality education two each and Karnataka,
ernment has resolved to notices were served and in English and Hindi to Kerala, Maharashtra, Pu-
provide full sponsorship, the accused schools were students from poor rural ducherry and Maharashtra
including test prep school thoroughly investigated. households. one each, he added.
expenses, to students pre- “Their replies and explana- Chief minister Triven- Paromita Sengupta with
paring for UPSC and other tions were unsatisfactory. dra Singh Rawat gave his bureau inputs

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