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Education Notes

ASSAM acre campus, the digital Disale who won the trained in self-defence, an-
Vice chancellor university — which has prize last year in recog- nounced special secretary
suspended the capacity of 12,000 nition of his efforts to (education) Bhim Thatal.
educate girl children, has
The announcement fol-
postgrad and research
GUWAHATI, FEBRUARY 11. scholars — has been set up thus far mentored 16,000 lowed Thatal’s inaugura-
State governor Jagadish by upgrading the two-de- teachers and taught tion of a self-defence train-
Mukhi, ex officio chan- cades old Indian Institute children from over 1,400 ing programme for girls at
cellor, suspended Ranjit of Information Technology schools in 143 countries the Samdong Government
Tamuli, vice chancellor of and Management Kerala through his novel ‘virtual Senior Secondary School
Dibrugarh University with (IIITM-K) through an field trip’ initiative, added on February 14.
immediate effect following ordinance promulgated in the minister. “Self-defence training
allegations of misuse of January 2020. will inculcate discipline
public funds. Speaking on the occa- GUJARAT within students as well as
Earlier, the Dibrugarh sion, the chief minister IIS co-promotion prepare them for future
University Teachers’ said the country’s first obstacles. Girl students
Association and several digital university will agreement will be trained in Tae-
employees unions of the create “enormous oppor- AHMEDABAD, FEBRUARY 4. kwondo, karate, boxing
university, and MLA tunities” for scholars. “We The Mumbai-based Tata and kickboxing,” he said.
Rituparna Baruah had urgently need to foster Group of Companies
petitioned governor Mukhi technologically-advanced (annual revenue: $113 UTTARAKHAND
to investigate Tamuli’s individuals in accordance billion or Rs.8.3 lakh
financial irregularities with changes in the new crore) and the state BharatNet 2.0 project
and misappropriation of world,” he said. government signed an DEHRADUN, FEBRUARY 22.
university funds. Dis- agreement to establish an Under the state govern-
satisfied with the vice MAHARASHTRA Indian Institute of Skills ment’s BharatNet 2.0
chancellor’s response to a Disale to mentor (IIS) for 5,000 students project, 12,000 villages
show-cause notice, Mukhi on a 20-acre campus will be provided Internet
constituted a four-member teachers in Nasmed village in connectivity. The decision
facts-finding committee MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 10. Ran- Gandhinagar district. to implement the project’s
to ascertain the veracity of jitsinh Disale, a primary Under the terms of second phase came after
the allegations. school teacher of the Zilla the agreement, the state’s chief minister Triven-
In its report, the com- Parishad Primary School labour and employ- dra Singh Rawat met
mittee found “prima facie in Solapur district and ment ministry will begin with Union IT minister
a case of grave miscon- winner of the $1 million construction of IIS under Ravishankar Prasad in the
duct, abuse of power and Global Teacher Prize 2020 the not-for-profit public- national capital recently.
lack of commitment on the of the UK/Dubai-based private-partnership (PPP) The two ministers
part of the vice chancel- Varkey Foundation, will model. This institute will agreed that time-bound
lor”. mentor government school train graduates to work in implementation of a
teachers across the state artificial intelligence, cyber state government model
KERALA through online ‘teacher security, additive manu- of the BharatNet proj-
inspiration’ workshops facturing, augmented ect is necessary because
KUDSIT inauguration on modern technology in reality, system integration, of Uttarakhand’s dif-
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB- education, said the state’s cloud-based application, ficult geographic terrain,
RUARY 20. Chief minister rural development minis- simulation solutions, says strategic significance and
Pinarayi Vijayan virtually ter Hasan Mushrif. a statement issued by the vulnerability to natural
inaugurated the Kerala “Through these work- Gujarat government. disasters. They also agreed
University of Digital Sci- shops, teachers in the state to strengthen digital con-
ences, Innovation and will gain new confidence SIKKIM nectivity in the Chardham
Technology (KUDSIT), and work with greater Girls self-defence pilgrimage area and to also
the country’s first digital vigour. This initiative boost Internet connectiv-
university in Technoc- will also help change the courses ity in border areas, said an
ity Mangalapuram after way communities look at GANGTOK, FEBRUARY 15. All official statement.
completion of its first government schools,” said girl students of classes
phase of construction. Mushrif, speaking on the VI-X in government-run Paromita Sengupta with bureau
Spread across a ten- occasion. schools statewide will be inputs

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