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DELHI schools and enable them enable ten students per confidence in the minds
National Teachers to continue their school- year from the scheduled of children so they can
Awards ing. “Although they are tribe category of the state succeed in this competitive
world. We will make every
to pursue higher studies in
new delhi, september 5. yet to be granted refugee British universities. effort to realise the dreams
President Ram Nath Kov- status by the Centre, the of every student and build
ind conferred the National Mizoram government is MADHYA PRADESH a strong, new and trans-
Teachers Awards on 44 providing education to School turns flour formed Odisha,” said the
educators from across the them on humanitarian chief minister, speaking on
country on Teachers Day grounds as the RTE Act mill the occasion.
(September 5). Insti- does not discriminate shivpuri (mp), september
tuted in 1958, the national against children on a 17. A government primary TELANGANA
awards are conferred upon nationality basis,” said the school principal in the Global Be Well Day
outstanding primary- minister. The government state’s Shivpuri district
secondary teachers under cannot ignore the edu- was suspended after an hyderabad, september 30.
a three-tier district, state cational needs of refugee official inspection revealed The city-based CHIREC
and national selection pro- children as they are not that the school’s premises International School, a
cess to honour educators only “our fellow humans were being used to operate constituent institution
who have improved the but also belong to Mizo a flour mill. of the UK-based Cognita
quality of school education communities,” he added. When inspecting officer Group of 85 schools in 12
and enriched the lives of Rohini Awasthi solicited countries with an aggre-
students. JHARKHAND whereabouts of the princi- gate enrolment of 58,000
“Our education system Munda Overseas pal, she was informed that students, celebrated Glob-
in which teachers play a he rarely came to work al Be Well Day (GBWD).
major role, should be such Scholarships and that a local political Explaining the impor-
that students develop feel- ranchi, september 23. Chief leader has been utilising tance of GBWD, Aneesha
ings of respect for consti- minister Hemant Soren fe- the premises to operate a Reddy, head of strategic
tutional values and their licitated the first cohort of flour mill, said a school de- initiatives and commu-
duties as citizens,” said six tribal students selected partment official, address- nity outreach at Chirec
President Kovind, speak- for the Marang Gomke Jai- ing a media conference. International said: “Lives
ing on the occasion. pal Singh Munda Overseas Shivpuri district collec- and livelihoods changed
Scholarship programme — tor Akshay Kumar Singh around the world due
MIZORAM instituted in the memory has suspended the princi- to the global Covid-19
Refugee children of Jharkhand’s eponymous pal and initiated appropri- pandemic. Several stud-
ies indicate that during
ate action against several
tribal icon who studied at
admitted Oxford University a cen- accomplices. the pandemic lockdown,
aizawl, september 3. Four tury ago — and promised 25-40 percent of children
hundred children from to raise the number of ODISHA suffered from anxiety as
Myanmar who have taken scholarships to 25. Gifted students against 7 percent in the
refuge in Mizoram after “We will bring not only pre-pandemic era. The
fleeing a military coup in tribal students but other initiative GBWD programme of
February last year, have backward communities bhubaneswar, september Cognita schools worldwide
been admitted to govern- within the ambit of this 5. In an official function greatly lifted the spirits
ment and private schools scheme,” said chief min- to mark Teachers Day, and morale of children.”
statewide, said education ister Soren, speaking on chief minister Naveen Throughout GBWD,
minister Lalchhandama the occasion. The overseas Patnaik laid the founda- students, parents and
Ralte, addressing a media scholarship scheme ap- tion for construction of staff members of Chirec
conference. proved by the Jharkhand a Rs.100 crore Odisha International engaged in
According to the min- cabinet in December last Adarsh Vidyalaya cam- purposeful dialogues and
ister, the school education year, covers tuition fees, pus, Andharua, to house activities to embed well-
department has directed residential living and mis- 1,000 meritorious higher being into children’s daily
all district and sub-divi- cellaneous expenses. secondary students. life routines.
sional education officers The overseas scholar- “Through our ongoing
to admit refugee children ship scheme rolled out by school transformation Paromita Sengupta with bureau
from Myanmar in local the state government will process, we will instil inputs

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