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PUNJAB
September will compete in Rashtrapati Bhavan and onboarded over 8.33 lakh
Entrepreneurship the district-level cham- Parliament within India,” schools, 5.55 lakh individ-
curriculum pionship. District-level he added. ual volunteers and more
than 2,300 CSR and NGO

champions will compete at
Chandigarh, November 27. a state-level competition.” GUJARAT groups. The programme
The Punjab School Educa- The objective of the PPP Sainik Schools has benefited 18 million
tion Board (PSEB) has championship is to assess students countrywide
finalised a class XII entre- and develop students’ Boriyavi (gujarat), novem- with the active support of
preneurship curriculum. It practical ICT capabili- ber 13. The Union govern- volunteers, including CSR
is designed to stimulate in- ties, critical thinking, and ment has announced plans organisations.”
novation, self-reliance and problem-solving skills to establish 100 Sainik Under the initiative,
entrepreneurship and will through a range of innova- Schools across the country districts identify and
impact 5.60 lakh students tive activities, added Tigga. in the public-private part- submit project propos-
statewide in the academic nership (PPP) mode. als in key thematic areas
year 2026-27, said educa- MAHARASHTRA Speaking via video con- such as digital infra-
tion minister Harjot Singh Ambitious ZP project ference at the inauguration structure, sports, health,
Bains, addressing a press of Shri Motibhai R Chaud- and environment. “The
conference. Pune, november 14. hary Sagar Sainik School proposals are reviewed and
“PSEB has dem- Twenty-five zilla pari- (MRCSSS) and Sagar Or- approved by the state for
onstrated exceptional shad (rural government) ganic Plant, Union home CSR engagement. NICSI
commitment by introduc- school students are set to minister Amit Shah said: registered on the Vidy-
ing entrepreneurship visit America’s National “These Sainik Schools will anjali portal and adopted
as a compulsory subject Aeronautics and Space open up opportunities for a project titled ‘Digital
in 3,692 senior second- Administration (NASA) children from several dis- Infrastructure Develop-
ary schools, and training headquarters under a tricts of Gujarat to serve in ment in Schools’ in UP’s
10,382 teachers and 231 collaboration agreement the armed forces. The Shri Baghpat district,” Chaud-
master trainers for 104 between the Pune Zilla Motibhai R Chaudhary hary explained.
training programmes,” Parishad and the Inter- Sagar Sainik School, built
said Bains. University Centre for at an estimated cost of ASSAM
It’s noteworthy that the Astronomy and Astrophys- Rs.50 crore and equipped JNV outrage
PSEB’s ‘Business Blaster ics (IUCAA), Pune. with smart classrooms,
programme’ launched During this tour, the hostels, a library and a Morigaon, november 13. A
in 2022-23 for class XI students will visit NASA’s canteen, will certainly teacher has been sus-
students was a resounding Kennedy Space Centre, the become a symbol of pride pended and nine students
success, he added. Smithsonian’s National for Mehsana district.” transferred to other Jawa-
Air and Space Museum, har Navodaya Vidyalayas
JHARKHAND NASA’s Earth Information DELHI (JNVs) for physically
Digital skills Centre and major tech- Vidyanjali initiative abusing a junior student,
championship nology companies in San New delhi, november said Additional District
Commissioner (Education)
Francisco.
Ranchi, november 18. An “Of 15,000 students, 15. Under its Vidyanjali Anusuya Sarma.
inaugural two-day digital 235 were shortlisted after programme, the Union Following the incident,
skills and competencies a written test and oral ministry of education will the district administration
championship for class interviews, and 75 were provide 75 refurbished constituted a committee —
IX-XII students of state selected. Of them, 25 will high-quality computers comprising prominent citi-
government-run schools visit NASA while the re- of the National Informat- zens, police, and members
was organised recently by maining 50 will tour ISRO ics Centre Services Inc of the JNV management —
the Jharkhand Education (Indian Space Research (NICSI) to 15 government to investigate the incident.
Project Council (JEPC). Organisation) facilities schools in Uttar Pradesh’s Subsequently, a teacher
Addressing a press con- in India,” said Pune’s Baghpat district. was suspended for derelic-
ference, JEPC administra- ZP CEO Gajanan Patil. Addressing a press tion of duty while the vice
tor Sachidanand Diyendu “Another 160 students will conference, Union minis- principal was transferred.
Tigga said: “The 2,112 visit planetariums, IUCAA, ter of state for education
students who qualified in GMRT (Giant Metrewave Jayant Chaudhary said: Paromita Sengupta with
the block-level rounds in Radio Telescope), and “The Vidyanjali portal has bureau inputs

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