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PUNJAB director of medical educa- demic,” said Deb speaking will “directly hit online
New higher ed tion and research, and on the occasion. classes” being conducted
reforms registrar of the Maharash- RAJASTHAN in government schools. “In
this pandemic situation,
tra University of Health
chandigarh, may 3. Chief Sciences. Frontline workers teachers don’t want to
minister Amarinder Singh According to Yelikar, shirk their responsibilities,
constituted a committee to the syllabus will cover status but our demand for front-
recommend examination virology, safety measures, Jaipur, may 20. Teach- line worker status and
reforms and review cur- quality control, pathogen- ers and personnel of the security cover has fallen
riculums for improving the esis of infectious diseases, department of secondary on deaf ears,” he said.
quality of higher education diagnosis of Covid-19 and education will be classi-
in the state. management, ventilator fied as frontline workers UTTAR PRADESH
Chaired by Dr. Jas- support awareness and and vaccinated against the Election duty
pal Singh Sandhu, vice vaccination. “We are cur- Covid-19 virus on priority
chancellor of Guru Nanak rently working with a man- basis, according to an or- controversy
Dev University, Amritsar, power deficit. This course der issued by the National lucknow, may 31. The
the committee will also will augment the pool of Health Mission director cabinet approved an ex
explore the feasibility of skilled manpower, which Sudhir Kumar Sharma. gratia payment of Rs.30
introducing new study will prove useful during “Education ministry lakh to the next of kin of
programmes and courses. a possible third wave of personnel are working deceased government of-
The committee has been the pandemic,” she told a round-the-clock without ficials, including teachers
directed to submit its media conference. caring about their lives. struck down by Covid-19
report within 60 days. Therefore, in discharge while on duty in the recent
Also reviewing progress TRIPURA of our responsibility to panchayat elections.
of the higher education Remedial education protect them, orders have This approval comes
and languages depart- been issued to vaccinate days after a statement is-
ment, the chief minister channel them on priority basis,” sued by Dr. Dinesh Chan-
directed the education agartala, may 17. Chief said the state’s school dra Sharma, president of
ministry to speed up the minister Biplab Kumar education minister Govind the Uttar Pradesh Praath-
process of recruiting 931 Deb launched Vande Singh Dotasara in a tweet mik Shikshak Sangh,
assistant professors in Tripura, a 24x7 dedicated message to the public. claimed that 90 percent
government colleges. education television chan- of 1,600 teachers and
nel, to broadcast content JHARKAND employees of the state’s
MAHARASHTRA mapped to the NCERT Final rites deployment Basic Education Depart-
Covid management syllabus which will benefit protest ment who succumbed to
course students enrolled in 4,500 dhanbad, may 21. Primary the deadly virus since the
first week of April, were on
government schools and
aurangabad may 13. Dr. “make up for lost learning school teachers staged a election duty.
Kananbala Yelikar, dean time” during the pro- protest against their depu- “Not a single official” of
of Aurangabad Govern- longed closure of schools tation to cemeteries and the department or govern-
ment Medical College, has statewide because of the crematoriums for disposal ment representative had
proposed introduction pandemic. of the remains of Covid-19 expressed condolences,
of a certificate course in “We attach maximum victims. The protest fol- even though the teachers’
Covid-19 prevention and importance to education lowed a notification by community had contrib-
management in all govern- and have taken several Vikash Kumar Rai, Nirsa uted several lakhs to the
ment medical colleges. steps to improve quality. block development officer, Chief Minister’s Relief
The syllabus of the six- Last year, we successfully deploying 30 government Fund following the first
month certificate course reached 90 percent of all primary school teachers wave of Covid-19, says the
proposed for MBBS, students with lessons as nodal officers to burial statement. The teachers
homeopathy, Ayurveda delivered over television grounds. association had demanded
and dentistry students channels and mobile According to Brijendra that a sum of Rs.1 crore be
currently engaged in phones. Vande Tripura Choubey, president of the paid to the next of kin of
treating Covid-19 patients, will further enable stu- Jharkhand State Primary these pandemic victims.
has been submitted for ap- dents in the process of Teachers Association, this Paromita Sengupta with bureau
proval to the secretary and learning during the pan- deployment notification inputs

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